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The war correspondent: Strange days on the battlefront
The Saudi lieutenant shouted an order in Arabic. Two dozen of his men, frenzied and hollering, lowered their weapons and backed away from an encircled knot of prisoners. Kneeling at the center of this commotion in the Kuwaiti desert were 10 unarmed...
Tags: The Pentagon, Radio, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Mark Watson
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Ex-fund-raiser for Townsend is arrested
Sun StaffA North Carolina Democratic Party activist who raised money for Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in 1999 was arrested last week in Southern California and charged with $3.6 million in fraud after disappearing 17 months ago. Andrew Reyes - former...Tags: Democratic Party, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland, Charlotte, Parties and Movements
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Desegregation march re-created today to honor 50th anniversary
The Charlotte ObserverFifty years ago today, Reginald Hawkins led a march from the Johnson C. Smith University campus to the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, in a demand for an end to segregation in Charlotte. Hawkins' son is participating this morning in a re-creation of that...Tags: Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, Dwayne Johnson
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Big questions await Charlotte's next mayor
The Charlotte ObserverWhen voters elect a new Charlotte mayor this fall, they will be handing him or her a long list of tough questions to confront. How do you build consensus in an increasingly diverse community that tends to segregate by race and income? How do you...Tags: Barack Obama, Public Officials, 2010 Census, Railway Transportation, Government
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Public's agenda for city's next mayor: jobs, taxes
The Charlotte ObserverCharlotteans have definite ideas about what they want to see on the next mayor's to-do list. They want job creation to get highest priority. They are concerned about their taxes and schools. And they believe the city should keep control of its airport....Tags: Labor Markets, Charlotte, Conservation, Bank of America Stadium, Elections
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Mecklenburg's interim manager: from quiet engineer to eye of the storm
The Charlotte ObserverDuring his 27 years in local government, Bobbie Shields has worked with little fanfare on some of Mecklenburg County's most significant projects, including the new uptown baseball stadium and the Little Sugar Creek greenway expansion. But the firing...Tags: Duke Energy Corporation, Civil Rights, Budgets and Budgeting, BellSouth Corporation, Local Government
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Area law enforcement officers commemorate fallen colleagues
The Charlotte ObserverHundreds of local law enforcement officers marched in uptown Charlotte on Friday morning as part of the annual ceremony to commemorate peace officers killed in the line of duty. The uniformed officers gathered in front of the fallen police memorial at...Tags: FBI, Charlotte, Law Enforcement
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Audit: Charlotte non-profit misused $70,000 in state money
The Charlotte ObserverState officials are investigating Charlotte nonprofit Transformation Center of the Carolinas after an audit revealed its director spent more than $70,000 in state grant money for personal use while neglecting to pay the vendors that did contract work...Tags: Charlotte
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Mecklenburg hires child advocate Peggy Eagan as new DSS director
The Charlotte ObserverAfter a nationwide search for a new Department of Social Services director, Mecklenburg County went down the street Thursday to hire longtime Charlotte children's advocate Peggy Eagan. On June 17, Eagan will take over the massive agency that's been...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Diplomatic Security Service, Anthony Foxx, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Charlotte hosts events to mark 50th anniversary of city's desegregation
The Charlotte ObserverCharlotte-area leaders, historians, organizations and residents have organized a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of desegregation in the city. Here is a list of several events that are planned: Sunday --History Makers Panel Discussion:...Tags: Johnson C. Smith University, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Charlotte, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud
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BRIEF: Primo Water Corp. subsidiary agrees to arbitration
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Primo Water Corp. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that a wholly owned subsidiary has agreed to enter arbitration with Electrotemp Technologies China Inc., beginning Oct. 28. The arbitration agreement stays litigation between the two companies....Tags: Breach of Contract, Arbitration, Corporate Crime
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GOP legislators use power to control local affairs
ATLANTA (AP) — Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but...
Tags: Democratic Party, Carolina Panthers, Barack Obama, Republican Party, 2010 Census
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