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  • DT Cole ready to resurface

    was helping the first team in NFL history to make the playoffs with a 7-9 record shock the world by knocking off the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.Now, some 28 months later, Cole is working feverishly to come out of nowhere again."I don't think words can really describe how excited I am to have another opportunity to get out on the football field," said Cole, who ...

  • Sinkhole opens up near businesses in Hickory

    A sinkhole has opened up in a parking lot behind some businesses along Sixth Avenue Southwest in HickoryOne worker said he felt his car starting to go down into it.The city filled it with dirt last year, but the hole reopened and is growing in size. It is about 15 feet across and about 8 feet deep.Resident nearby told Channel 9 he is concerned about children in the ...

  • Concord gun range offering discount to teachers

    A gun range in Concord is reaching out to teachers Monday night.The Eagle Guns and Range posted on its Facebook page that its giving school employees a discount.It said the teachers and administrators can learn basic skills and become more confident.This comes as the National Rifle Association wants to put guns in schools following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.But the ...

  • Wells Fargo slows foreclosure sales BofA not so much

    Three large banks have nearly halted their foreclosure sales while they make sure they are meeting revised standards on how troubled homeowners are to be treated. Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised orders on the how troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes. But Bank of America ...

  • 30 students to be tested after another diagnosed with TB

    Some local students in the area will be tested for Tuberculosis this week.A student at South Mecklenburg High School has the bacterial lung infection.The Mecklenburg County Health Department said the student is already being treated.Thirty students will have to be tested, officials said.Tuberculosis is common, but can turn deadly if left untreated. The infection is extremely contagious. It can ...


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Movie Review

Run Lola Run

Like so many crises, it begins with a panicked phone call. Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a courier for a powerful drug dealer, calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), because he has just lost 100,000 deutsche marks that he must deliver to the dealer in 20 minutes. If he doesn't show up with the money, he's knows that he will be killed. He contemplates robbing a grocery store across the street, b ... ...

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  • Troopers to kick off Click It or Ticket crackdown on 20th anniversary

    On Monday, state troopers will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Click It or Ticket program by starting a crackdown. North Carolina was the first state to launch the seat belt safety initiative in 1993.Now every state participates.The number of crashes in North Carolina involving people without seat belts has dropped dramatically from 38,000 in 1992 to 8,000 in 2012.This year's campaign ...

  • Social Madness nominations top 40 locally 2000 nationwide

    Forty-four Charlotte-area companies are signed up to compete in the 2013 Social Madness challenge, beginning June 3. Since Social Madness nominations closed last week, our colleagues at American City Business Journals Inc., parent company of the Charlotte Business Journal, have been busy vetting entries and tallying final numbers for each market. Several Charlotte-area companies slid in just ...

  • Sheriff Troutman bank robbed by 2 men with guns

    A bank was robbed Monday morning in Troutman, marking the second bank robbery within 30 minutes in the Charlotte area. The Iredell County sheriff said two men with guns robbed a Bank of America around 9:30 a.m. No shots were fired, but the men were able to escape in a gray car, investigators said. The car was last seen heading northbound on Highway 21. Stay ...

  • Lightning splits tree in 2 falling onto trailer

    A lightning strike in Huntersville hit a tree that then fell into a trailer. The tree split in two on Detroiter Drive. Firefighters said the lightning strike was so strong, it also knocked over a power pole. No one was ...

  • Gas prices in Charlotte declining but national costs are on the rise

    Gas prices in the Charlotte area have declined in the past week. The cost of gasoline in the Charlotte market and the Carolinas has declined in the past week, even as the national average crept upward ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, according to the latest data from AAA Carolinas. The average local price today is $3.44 per gallon for regular unleaded, down from $3.46 a week ago. The average ...

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