Recently added articles from The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC ):
These boots grew legs, walked off.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Amy Rainey Oct. 10--As if losing a TV, speakers, microwave and Direct TV cable box wasn't enough. Ostrich-skin cowboy boots also were stolen when someone broke into a west Charlotte home. Someone entered the Tacoma Street home through an upstairs window ...
Critic: Light rail adds greenhouse gases.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Harrison Oct. 10--With the American Public Transportation Association's annual meeting in Charlotte this week, light-rail critics countered Tuesday with Randal O'Toole, a national transit critic who said that light rail systems don't cut down on greenhouse gases. ...
The Charlotte Observer, N.C., On Sports column.(Column)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Langston Wertz Jr. Oct. 10--Former Carolina Panthers safety Mike Minter is coaching defense for Northwest Middle School's seventh-grade team in Cabarrus County. "He's doing a great job, and we're very excited to have him here," Northwest Principal Tim Farrar ...
EDITORIAL: Finally justice: Judge right to drop charges; now, put spotlight on prosecution.(Editorial)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--It's shameful that Floyd Brown was forced to seek justice outside Anson County, the place where he was charged with but never tried for a murder based on a confession experts say he could not have made. But justice is justice, and it finally came Monday in Durham County when a ...
BRIEF: 3 students arrested after fight.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Lyttle Oct. 10--Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg middle school students face court dates and school-related discipline after they apparently threatened a police officer Monday afternoon. The three, all students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in ...
BRIEF: Fake police plot backfires.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Lyttle Oct. 10--Rule No. 1 for anyone planning to impersonate a police officer: Don't try to pull over a real police officer. That apparently is what happened overnight in the Hidden Valley community of north Charlotte. Police say an off-cuty ...
Mooresville winnows down Ward 2 slate: In Statesville's general election, residents pick City Council members.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Kathryn Thier Oct. 10--Mooresville voters on Tuesday selected incumbent Ward 2 commissioner Thurman Houston and challenger Gary Lewis to face each other Nov. 6. Dennis Hendrix came in third in the town's nonpartisan primary and won't advance to the general ...
Concord reverses stance on drag strip: Smith calls city's surprise move a `small step' toward resolving issue.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Bell Sharif Durhams David Poole Oct. 10--Concord reverses stance on drag strip Smith calls city's surprise move a 'small step' toward resolving issue The city of Concord, trying to settle a fight in which owner Bruton ...
BofA takes to the street fests: Display publicizes no-fee mortgages.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Rothacker Oct. 10--Amid tire-changing stations and a concert stage at Trade and Tryon streets, Bank of America Corp. on Tuesday wanted to talk about mortgages. Since spring, the Charlotte bank has been bringing a mobile mini-neighborhood to NASCAR races ...
Concord reversesstance on drag strip: Smith calls city's surprise move a 'small step' toward resolving issue.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Bell Sharif Durhams & David Poole Oct. 10--The city of Concord, trying to settle a fight in which owner Bruton Smith threatened to move Lowe's Motor Speedway, reversed its opposition Tuesday to the billionaire's building a drag strip on speedway land. ...
Concord reverses hard-line position on Smith's drag strip.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Bell Sharif Durhams and David Poole Oct. 10--The city of Concord, trying to settle a fight in which owner Bruton Smith threatened to move Lowe's Motor Speedway, reversed its opposition Tuesday to the billionaire's building a drag strip on speedway land. ...
McCrory: Interests killed anti-gang bill: Mayor implies Earle helped `bury' proposal, but she voted for it twice.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Morrill Oct. 10--So who's to blame for North Carolina's failure to pass anti-gang legislation this year? Charlotte Republican Mayor Pat McCrory told a group Tuesday that it was members of the Mecklenburg County legislative delegation -- and by ...
City, developers split on rules: Council may require projects to be more pedestrian-friendly.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Victoria Cherrie Oct. 10--The city's planning staff and local developers are still at odds over proposed guidelines that call for more streets, shorter blocks, wider sidewalks and lots of trees. The guidelines already are used in city road-improvement ...
Poverty presentation met with skepticism: Some on board unimpressed with results of money spent to improve achievement.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Smolowitz Oct. 10--School board members and a top official with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools challenged one another Tuesday over efforts to improve high-poverty, low-performing schools. The attempts to boost test scores and recruit effective teachers ...
Monroe rejects tax, keeps incumbents.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Torralba Oct. 10--MONROE -- Voters in Union County's largest municipality elected familiar faces to city hall and rejected a tax that would have helped build a civic center. Citizens voted 1,485-881 to reject the meals tax. The rejection of a ...
Greene jurors say they're not biased: Mother charged with killing children.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sharif Durhams Oct. 10--CONCORD -- Potential jurors in the trial of a woman accused of killing her children said today they had seen and heard news coverage of the case, but said they could judge the case fairly. Defense attorneys for Lisa Greene had asked the ...
Mayor wins rough race for 10th term: Official says he's still angry over tone of rival's campaign.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Marcie Young Oct. 10--MORGANTON -- Mel Cohen easily won his 10th term as Morganton mayor Tuesday, beating former community college president Jim Richardson in a contentious and sometimes nasty race. Cohen won with 59 percent of the vote, compared with ...
Incumbent, newcomer take open seats: Hot election issues involved jobs, economy.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Marcie Young Oct. 10--Voters in Morganton's municipal elections ousted one City Council member Tuesday but kept another veteran in office. Challenger Forrest Fleming, a retired corrections officer, and incumbent Larry Whisnant won four-year terms on the ...
UNC-USC every year would be 'very fun'.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Ron Green Jr. Oct. 10--COLUMBIA -- Coach Steve Spurrier said Tuesday he wanted North Carolina and South Carolina to play an annual game against each other in Charlotte, but he doesn't anticipate it happening. Saturday, his seventh-ranked Gamecocks will visit ...
Richardson feels at home already: Vincent: He worked hard to get where he is.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Bonnell Oct. 10--Do something about those street names, and Jason Richardson will have found perfection. That's the only problem this new Charlotte Bobcat has had: Somehow you can drive straight in Charlotte, yet the street names change from Fairview to ...