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  • 1 dead after dozens of tornadoes hit Oklahoma Kansas

    Nearly 50 tornadoes hit six states over the weekend, killing one man in Oklahoma.These twisters created large swirls of debris as they ripped across the open plains.Funnel clouds dropped from the sky and giant hail pelted drivers on the roads."It was very scary," said Mark Nettles from Carney, OK.One tornado near Oklahoma City destroyed homes and killed at least one man in a mobile ...

  • More storms expected to fire up Monday afternoon

    Heavy rain has moved out Monday morning but a muggy afternoon is ahead.More storms will fire up in the afternoon leading to heaving rain and lightning.There is a chance of afternoon showers each day through mid-week, which will lead to humid days.High temperatures will reach the mid-80s this week.The weather pattern should dry out by the ...

  • Teenage girl shot in leg in Charlotte home

    A teenage girl was shot inside a home on West Boulevard early Sunday. The shots were fired inside the girl’s home. She was hit in the leg but her injuries weren’t life-threatening. Assault with a deadly weapon detectives and robbery detectives responded to the scene, but police had only a vague description of the suspects. Officers were still investigating. Police encourage anyone with ...

  • New program will give Rock Hill students new iPads

    Students at Rock Hill schools will get iPads soon, thanks to a new program.The i-Rock initiative's goal is to provide the tablets to every student in grades 4 through 8.The Herald in Rock Hill reported parents will be required to buy a $65 protection plan and sign a financial responsibility form.The students would then be allowed to take the iPads home with them.The district is buying more ...

  • Police 2-year-old NC boy accidentally shoots himself with fathers gun

    Investigators said a 2-year-old North Carolina boy had his father's gun in his mouth when it accidentally went off.Police in Randolph County said the boy found the gun in his parents' bedroom Saturday afternoon.The rest of his family was at home at the time.Doctors expect the boy to survive, even though he is in serious condition.The bullet missed vital blood vessels and the boy's ...


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Going the Distance

Going the Distance

Anyone who has ever been through the travails of a long-distance relationship will find something familiar in Going the Distance, a fashionably vulgar romantic comedy in which Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, who were involved in real life a few years ago, star as a pai ... ...

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  • NC Senate budget proposal would close Morganton youth prison cutting 320 jobs

    The North Carolina Senate budget proposal could have major and wide-ranging local impacts.The plan would save the Polk Historical site in Pineville.However, the proposal would close the Western Youth Facility in Morganton and cut hundreds of jobs.Under the proposal, the detention center will close on Jan. 1, 2014. When that occurs, more than 320 people will lose their jobs.The facility has been ...

  • Police 1 injured after driver hits tree car catches fire

    Doctors are treating one person hurt after a car crashed and caught fire overnight in south Charlotte. The driver hit a tree on Carmel Road near Sharon View Road just after 11 p.m., police said.There is no word yet on a cause of the wreck. There was heavy rain the area at the ...

  • Charlotte Mayor Foxx picked as Obamas new transportation secretary

    WASHINGTON, April 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new transportation secretary. Foxx, who will succeed Ray LaHood, is the first African American named to serve in Obama's second-term cabinet. This is seen as a move in part to diversify the president's top advisers. Obama's pick highlighted Foxx's efforts to ...

  • 2 women arrested for prostitution in Concord

    Neighbors say there's a prostitution problem in a Concord neighborhood, and recently, police have been cracking down on the illegal activity near Ann Street and Buffalo Avenue. Police have already arrested two women in the last week for soliciting an undercover officer. They were arrested in daylight. "I leave to go to work at 6:30 in the morning, and I see them walking up and down the ...

  • Dog found by road shot malnourished

    The dog walks with a limp, his narrow frame still skin and bones. However, he has improved since a woman brought him to Randall Veterinary Hospital on Friday, after she found him wandering along Highway 801 in Moorseville. "She got him in her car and realized he had an injured leg, a wound on his neck, was bleeding from his nose and was very malnourished," said Pam Dingler, a vet ...

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