Hurricane Earl threatened to bring a violent end to the summer high season on the US Atlantic coast as tourists evacuated beach resorts in North Carolina and storm preparations were underway Thursday along most of the Eastern...

Buxton, NC -- Hurricane Earl's powerful gusts and driving rains churned over the Outer Banks of North Carolina overnight. National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday...

A roofing company that collected more than a half-million dollars from Carolinas homeowners and then abruptly shut down has filed for bankruptcy protection – meaning consumers are unlikely to...

By Eric Frazier efrazier@charlotteobserver.com There will be no trial before until at least 2012 in the nasty legal fight between the Charlotte region’s United Way and former president Gloria...

DAVIDSON An overturned boat in Lake Davidson has brought traffic in both directions of Interstate 77 to a crawl this afternoon. The interstate runs along the lake north of Davidson Exit 30. From...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Tom O'Brien figures the best way to keep his North Carolina State players focused on their opener is to remind them that they're playing...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Sean Renfree has the strong arm and understanding of the offense that Duke coach David Cutcliffe wants to see from his...

"I'll probably be a little nervous at the beginning of the game, but once I find that rhythm, everything's gone," Jefferson said. "I wouldn't judge after one performance, because I have a whole...

Cooper, Robertson & Partners to spearhead the development of a new master plan for Research Triangle Park – the first update to the park’s master plan since the 1960s. The board...

rose by 6.3 percent to $87.9 million in its fiscal second quarter, while net income rose to $2.2 million from a loss of $157,000 compared to a year ago. Same-store sales rose by 5.7 percent, the...

new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . The Durham-based firm was founded in late 2004 to perfect a process using human cells to make artificial blood vessels capable of being...

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finished the last month of the summer vacation season with a meager increase in passenger traffic, though a key revenue measure fared better for the carrier. US Airways (NYSE:LCC) reported its...

Inc. announced plans Friday to begin winding down all operations, including its renovation division. The company, which has built more than 700 homes in the Charlotte region, was founded in 1994 by...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s attorney general is ending the investigation of a scam that involved selling overpriced mountain lots to buyers who were told they could profit without...

CHATHAM, Mass. — A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could...

BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England...

MIAMI — A scientist detained at Miami International Airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law...

NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company’s well on Friday afternoon. A BP spokesman said in...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries. The...

Fayetteville, N.C. — Cumberland County sheriff's detectives arrested a Terry Sanford High School student Friday morning and charged him with vandalizing two school buses.Allen Lloyd Terrell,...

NEW YORK — The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale. But isn’t...

BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. — A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, North Carolina (AFP) – A weakened but still nasty Hurricane Earl lashed the US East Coast on Friday with heavy winds and high surf, triggering warnings clear up to Canada...

Hurricane Earl pounded North Carolina on Friday as it sped up the US East Coast, threatening dangerous waves and riptides across the eastern...

Wells Fargo & Co. today said it created a new chief administrative officer post that oversees corporate communications, corporate social responsibility, marketing, government relations and human...

By Karen Garloch kgarloch@charlotteobserver.com N.C. MedAssist, a Charlotte-based community pharmacy that serves uninsured residents across the state, will move from its Central Avenue location to...

Tom Mather of the State Emergency Response Team says power was restored to Ocracoke Island by early Friday afternoon. About 5,000 customers were without power in Hyde County, and Mather says most, if...

UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday ruled six players ineligible for the team’s first game of the season Saturday and said it would keep at least six other players on the bench as NCAA investigations...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation will suspend most road construction activities on major routes across the state during the holiday weekend with a few exceptions – including one...

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — North Carolina officials say the two-lane highway on an Outer Banks island will remain closed at least through Friday as workers clear sand that Hurricane Earl dumped on the...

HAVELOCK, N.C. — Officials say power has been restored to a North Carolina island impacted by Hurricane Earl. Tom Mather of the State Emergency Response Team says power was restored to...

Buxton, N.C. — A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina’s Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better...

MIAMI — Investigators on Friday released a scientist detained at Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an...

QUETTA, Pakistan — A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, an airport official said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Some unconfirmed...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the...

Durham, N.C. — Gina Marie Watring, who taught at Durham's Creekside Elementary School, pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with a 10-year-old student.She was sentenced to up to six and a half...

BURR OAK, Mich. — A southern Michigan man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn’t expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him. Jeff...

MIAMI, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- North Carolina got a break from Hurricane Earl, which weakened as it approached the Outer Banks, then veered east and stayed at sea. Instead of hurricane conditions, the...

Chapel Hill, NC (Sports Network) - The University of North Carolina has declared six players ineligible for Saturday's game against LSU for violations of school or NCAA rules and will keep six...

RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - September 3, 2010) - If you're getting your "geek" on in the South, chances are you're doing it in the world-renowned Research Triangle in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina....

Hurricane Earl stayed far enough off the Carteret County coast late Thursday to spare the area any major damage, but it left a going-away present on Atlantic Beach. Beachgoers on Friday morning...

Time Warner Cable and Walt Disney Co. signed a long-term contract that will keep the Disney Channel, ABC Family and ESPN on the air for the cable-TV provider's 2.1million customers in the Carolinas. ...

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WRAL-TV reported Bill Harrison was unanimously re-elected board chairman and Wayne McDevitt was re-elected vice chairman at the board's monthly meeting...