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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Charlotte Star.com http://www.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a6c0447118ba14fb/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:53:17 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:53:17 -0500 30 RALEIGH North Carolina's Department of Transportation reopened westbound Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line before dawn today after crews cleared the highway from two rock slides. ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203251016/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:46 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203251016/ Police were searching Saturday for one of three teenage girls who are accused of leading authorities on a chase through busy uptown Charlotte streets Friday night before crashing near Time Warner ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203251017/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:42 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203251017/ HOPE MILLS, N.C. – North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250260/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:26:58 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250260/ Three months after banks scrapped plans for debit-card fees, it's becoming clearer how they intend to recoup money lost in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.Instead of one new fee, prepare to ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250337/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:16:05 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250337/ As N.C. State wrapped up yet another win over Wake Forest on Saturday, a number of fans started chanting "Not our rival!" - the same chant North Carolina fans had used against the Wolfpack ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250032/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:24:03 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250032/ RALEIGH -- Wake Forest avoided the embarrassment of another 36-point loss to N.C. State on Saturday.The Demon Deacons even had some nice moments in the RBC Center -- just not enough of them to avoid ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250033/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:23:56 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203250033/ WASHINGTON -- High-tech workers across North Carolina could see smaller paychecks under an industry-led campaign to revise labor laws to limit overtime benefits.Some of the multinationals behind the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203248117/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:24 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203248117/ NEW YORK -- The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.A new study shows the average user of the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203248118/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:17 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203248118/ Teenage twins Carson and Zack Sisk felt they should volunteer more often after witnessing homeless women and children struggling to find food and basic clothing. The Sisks, along with 110 other ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247062/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:20 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247062/ Editor's note: With the nation's first African-American president poised to preside over the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this fall, the Observer will look back each Sunday ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247063/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:18 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247063/ Jim Rogers has a lot invested in making sure the Democratic convention is a success. And since July, he's invested even more. That's when Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy, hired a full-time ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247064/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:15 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247064/ "If that would happen, I would be blessed," she said.She appreciated the chance to mingle at Positive Youth Development Day."In order to get things for children, you have to get into ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247065/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:09 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247065/ At a string of public hearings that starts Tuesday in Lumberton, state highway engineers will ask Eastern North Carolina residents what they think about a novel and ambitious proposal to give ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247066/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:05 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247066/ RALEIGH -- Police charged a man with threatening city firefighters and Wake County emergency medical service workers with a machete Friday when they answered a call in a parking lot at 1823 Capital ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247067/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:59 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247067/ The Golden LEAF Foundation board has voted to give a $175,000 grant to the N.C. Governor's School Foundation. The donation means that the Governor's School Foundation has now raised enough ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247068/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:54 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247068/ RALEIGH -- The real winners of Saturday morning's Krispy Kreme Challenge didn't eat a single doughnut.Sure, the gold medal went to a UNC-Chapel Hill student who managed to run five miles ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247069/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:48 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247069/ Pharmaceutical company Cempra on Friday became the first Triangle company to complete an initial public offering of stock in 10 months, raising nearly $48 million.That was considerably lower than ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247070/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:43 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247070/ Gay marriage. Immigration. Carbon emissions.These hot-button issues are debated at the national level, but the producer and crew of "Groundwork," a radio documentary series produced out of ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246073/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:37 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246073/ "When a new family relocates in this area, the first place they come is the church," says the Rev. Father Daniel Florean, right, of the St. Basil the Great ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247071/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:32 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247071/ Tax laws are so complexmany taxpayers don't feel comfortable filling out their own returns, but getting professional help can be expensive. Believe it or not, the Internal Revenue Service wants ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246768/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:30 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246768/ RALEIGH -- Commuters on major Raleigh thoroughfares may soon stop at fewer red lights, thanks to an overhaul of the city's stoplight timing system that has been years in the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246766/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:26 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246766/ Q: I transferred my IRA from one brokerage to another late last year and I just received a letter from my old brokerage along with my 1099-R showing my 2011 IRA distribution. The letter said my ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246769/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:24 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246769/ Police charged two Raleigh men with drug possession Saturday and also charged one of them with illegally having two handguns that officers said they found while executing a search warrant. Emil ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247072/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:20 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247072/ Recently I discussed the importance of preparing the next generation to lead the family business and the critical elements to make this happen. Today I'd like to flip the tables and touch on ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246770/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:17 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246770/ Even Perdue's campaign advisers privately acknowledged that while they saw "a path to victory," the odds were against it. McCrory looked like a good bet, if not a sure bet.Perdue, a ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246965/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:14 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246965/ As the current chairman and former CEO of Martin Marietta Materials, Stephen Zelnak Jr. has spent plenty of time in both corporate boardrooms and in the halls of government.Zelnak ran Raleigh-based ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246771/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:10 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246771/ Durham no longer has a use for the original home of the N.C. Museum of Life and Science at 404 Lavender Ave. Neighbors hope to find a new use for the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246767/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:07 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246767/ Michael Bernert turned down a job with McKinsey & Co. to launch a social venture with a fellow Duke student, Jamie Patrick, to help farmers in Liberia and Sierra Leone dramatically expand their ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246772/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:03 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246772/ Jay Miller, interim executive director of ArtsCenter, oversaw renovation of the Murphey School and has helped mental-health and substance-abuse ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247073/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:53:00 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247073/ Silicon Valley, birthplace of personal finance and investment heavyweights like Intuit, Financial Engines and Mint, is percolating with new startups that help people manage their money and ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246051/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:52:55 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246051/ CARRBORO -- Protesters opposed to a drugstore chain's plans to open in a vacant building here took over the site for several hours Saturday before leaving after police threatened to arrest ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246047/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:52:53 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246047/ Who is Generation Z? While opinions vary on who should be included in Generation Z, the institute chose its range based on the youngest of North Carolina's 2020 workforce, which will be mainly ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246773/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:52:49 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203246773/ N.C. State will always have Wake Forest.The ACC will regularly take a game against North Carolina away from the Wolfpack when the league expands to 14 teams, but State and Wake will continue to play ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247074/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:52:46 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203247074/ Throw in the fact that the sellout crowd at Maryland was making it difficult to concentrate, and it's safe to say the conditions weren't exactly ideal for No. 5 North Carolina's ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203244127/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:59:53 -0500 MSNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203244127/ Durham, N.C. - Durham police are investigating whether two fires at Piney Wood Park Friday night are connected to a string of arsons there two months ago.A stretch of woods about 40 feet by 50 feet ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240103/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:25:34 -0500 WRAL http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240103/ Durham, N.C. - The Bull City celebrated achievements in the African American community Saturday at the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Month parade.Ms. Black North Carolina Pia ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240317/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:25:32 -0500 WRAL http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240317/ was named Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press on Saturday evening. Newton also was named Pepsi Rookie of the Year. The winner of the AP award, considered the NFL's official ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240682/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:17:32 -0500 Carolina Panthers http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240682/ Residents in a south Charlotte condo building were displaced Saturday afternoon after a two-alarm fire. Charlotte firefighters said around 4:30 p.m. that they found fire and smoke coming from a ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240681/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:59 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240681/ Authorities said officers were called to the home in Reidsville around 2 a.m. Saturday where they found 48-year-old Douglas French and his 45-year-old wife, Ladonna, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203241035/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:46:11 -0500 Associated Press http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203241035/ Maryland team had thirsted for all season: a chance to prove it had arrived against a highly ranked conference rival in front of a jacked-up Comcast Crowd as eager as the players for a signature ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240845/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:35:35 -0500 Baltimore Sun http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203240845/ The owners of four Sylvan Learning Centers in the Charlotte region say they will provide free tutoring to any parents who are owed refunds from four other recently closed centers. Dave Rosenbaum, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203239625/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:20 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203239625/ announced on Friday new scheduling formats that will take effect when Pittsburgh and Syracuse begin league play, officially making the ACC a 14-team conference. Among the changes: -A nine-game ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203239626/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:18 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203239626/ Cempra on Friday became the first Triangle company to complete an initial public offering of stock in 10 months, raising nearly $48 million. That was considerably lower than the nearly $90 million ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203237913/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:04 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203237913/ POST The fifth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels play their fourth road game in the last six outings, as they head to College Park for an ACC showdown with the Maryland Terrapins.Roy Williams' ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203236504/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:26:12 -0500 WRAL http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203236504/ COVE CREEK, N.C. North Carolina transportation crews have removed nearly all the 600 tons of rock that fell on to Interstate 40 in North Carolina just three days after a mud and rock slide in eight ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203236499/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:10 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203236499/ CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Police say a mother of four has been arrested after surveillance cameras in her 5-month-old daughter's hospital room caught her injecting an unknown substance into her ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203236502/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:45:20 -0500 Associated Press http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203236502/ Football fanatics and people just tuning in to catch the sports event of the year on Sunday will be treated to plenty of high-tech tools that provide instant graphics and statistics thanks to ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203234474/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:40 -0500 WRAL http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203234474/ BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Junior All-American Ryan Hill of broke the longest-standing mark in N.C. State's track and field record book and became the first runner in school history to break the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203234692/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:28 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203234692/ Jim Braman, left, from Raleigh and Pam Hawe from Siler City were among about two dozen people gathered near the Federal Building on New Bern Avenue. The group calls financial sanctions imposed on ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203233807/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:26 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203233807/ A Charlotte man and woman were killed and another person critically injured Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash in Davidson County, the N.C. Highway Patrol says. Killed in the wreck on U.S. 52 ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232396/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:08:53 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232396/ WASHINGTON -- One of the most sweeping ethics bills covering the personal financial activities of congressional and executive branch employees is now headed to the House after the Senate gave ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232572/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:29:15 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232572/ WASHINGTON -- For most people, the 8.3 percent unemployment rate is the most visible sign of the economy's health. The rate's every movement is closely watched, especially in an election ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232573/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:29:11 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232573/ North Carolina and N.C. State have played one another twice per season in basketball for as long as the ACC has existed, and for even longer than that. The Tar Heels and Wolfpack have met at least ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232779/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:29:05 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232779/ WASHINGTON -- The burst of job growth in January gives President Barack Obama a fresh - but tricky - opportunity to revise the grim economic narrative of his presidency while offering Mitt Romney a ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232574/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:29:04 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203232574/ After 22 years of selling open-flame cooked hot dogs and sausages on the streets of Charlotte, "Uptown Donnie" called it quits Friday. His real name is Donnie Cooke, and he'll tell ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230469/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:43:25 -0500 Charlotte Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230469/ Wesley Parham, assistant director of the city transportation department, said the authorities have observed the roundabout's decorations "over time" but never enforced the code ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230008/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:19 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230008/ CHAPEL HILL -- Three UNC-Chapel Hill students with former ties to the athletic department were arrested on cocaine and trespassing charges Friday in Chapel Hill.Nicole Suarez, 21, is charged with ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230472/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:14 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230472/ A painful decision She soon faced a terrible choice, she said. She could take Michael home with a tracheotomy and a ventilator, she said, but even then could expect only a few more months with her ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230473/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:09 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230473/ Career fair attendees lined up at the Caterpillar company's booth on Friday. The company is adding 199 jobs to its Clayton plant in the next 5 ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228028/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:08 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228028/ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Etheridge said Friday this was "a defining moment" in North Carolina's history, and that he could provide the leadership that would keep the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230474/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:04 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230474/ NEW YORK -- Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year.The Super Bowl is an ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230009/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:03 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230009/ If you're taking part in today's 8th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge, you'd better be prepared to run a little longer than in years past. The route has been expanded to nearly 5 miles - ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230475/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:59 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230475/ WASHINGTON -- An unexpected burst of job growth last month helped drive down the unemployment rate to its lowest point in three years, raising hopes that the long-sluggish labor market is gaining ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230010/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:58 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230010/ New Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane got a surprise invitation while she was in Washington, D.C., this month for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.The White House invited McFarlane and eight ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228847/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:54 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228847/ The owner of two prominent office buildings near the RBC Center in West Raleigh has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Lichtin/Wade LLC, an entity owned by Raleigh-based Lichtin Corp., owes BB&T ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228159/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:53 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228159/ Certain symbols have become universally recognizable in society, like the Christian fish that adorns many a bumper sticker, or the rainbow flag displayed in support of gay rights.Now Durham LED ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230011/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:48 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230011/ CHAPEL HILL -- The decision to send a heavily armed police tactical team to remove squatters from a vacant downtown building last fall was made without first asking the squatters to voluntarily ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230476/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:48 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230476/ Republican leaders in the state House of Representatives said Friday that they're reviewing a complaint by a civil liberties group about prayers in the General Assembly but that they believe ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230477/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:43 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230477/ DURHAM -- Southern Durham Development has withdrawn its attempt to collect expenses and "sanctions" from plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the company's proposed 1,300-home development ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230012/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:42 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230012/ Last year's market volatility made for a small return for the state pension fund, which gained just over 2 percent in 2011.The fund clocked in at $71.8 billion at the end of December, State ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230014/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:38 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230014/ CHAPEL HILL -- Food trucks will soon be allowed in Chapel Hill, but many vendors say the costs will keep them away.The Town Council unanimously passed new regulations for food trucks and trailers ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228131/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:38 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228131/ WILMINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Friday that a Raleigh school administrator accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a terrorism case should be held without bail until her ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230478/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:34 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230478/ Virginia "Ginni" Rometty's salary almost doubled to $1.5 million after she was promoted to CEO of IBM, the world's largest computer-services provider, at the start of this year, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:33 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230013/ RALEIGH -- Lorenzo Brown has no difficulty assessing the recent flaws in his game.Since a 20-point outing in the Wolfpack's 76-40 win over Wake Forest on Jan. 14, the N.C. State point guard ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230470/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:31 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230470/ RALEIGH -- State officials are investigating a Raleigh man who admitted he was operating a home-based commodities trading business as a Ponzi scheme.Michael Anthony Jenkins, 56, of 2512 Gregmoor ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230481/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:29 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230481/ CHICAGO -- You can't buy love, but that isn't stopping Americans from spending plenty on jewelry, flowers, candy and dinner out this Valentine's Day, according to a report released ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230015/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:28 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230015/ Coaches all have their go-to clichés, regardless of the sport, and Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton is no different. When the Seminoles win big games, he's likely to say something to ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230471/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:25 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230471/ An Army pilot based at Fort Bragg will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross in a ceremony next week.Maj. Brendan P. Murphy of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, will be recognized ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230480/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:24 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230480/ NEW YORK -- A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since before the 2008 financial crisis. The Nasdaq ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228029/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:22 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203228029/ Women and minorities were disproportionately hit by the budget cuts to state government last year.Data provided by the state show that 58 percent of those who lost their jobs in this budget year ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230479/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:18 -0500 News & Observer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a6c0447118ba14fb/id/203230479/