Scaffolding completed around Washington Monument
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 08:33:49 -0700 | technology-news
The Washington Monument is now covered in scaffolding from top to bottom. The completion of the scaffolding on Monday is a milestone in the $15 million project to repair the monument, which was damaged in a 2011 earthquake. It's been...
Freshman pitcher quickly proves that she belongs
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 08:27:28 -0700 | sports-news
Before Katrina Cassel ever made her first pitch for her Hough High softball team, she had already proven that she wasn't be intimidated by a challenge. As an eighth-grader at Bailey Middle School, Cassel was already playing against older competition...
Lawyers: Ohio kidnap suspect will plead not guilty
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:19:39 -0700 | allnews
The attorneys for a Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade say he will plead not guilty. TV that suspect Ariel Castro has been portrayed as a "monster" in the media, and after meeting...
Lawyers: Ohio kidnap suspect will plead not guilty
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:19:39 -0700 | allnews
The attorneys for a Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade say he will plead not guilty. TV that suspect Ariel Castro has been portrayed as a "monster" in the media, and after meeting...
Charlotte Catholic beats Lake Norman to advance to N.C. girls’ lacrosse title game
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 20:37:01 -0700 | sports-news
Charlotte Catholic found ways to adapt in the N.C. girls' West regional lacrosse final. The Cougars twice built and lost big leads against Lake Norman Tuesday at Keffer Stadium, and each time responded in a 23-16 victory to advance to...
South Mecklenburg baseball coach Jon Tuscan, 29, battles cancer
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:35:39 -0700 | sports-news
A week after his 29th birthday and just a few months before his second wedding anniversary, South Mecklenburg baseball coach Jon Tuscan learned he had testicular cancer. Tuscan's cancer is considered a highly treatable form of the disease, which disgraced...
Tensions follow Mecklenburg County manager’s firing
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 17:59:00 -0700 | political-news
More Information The first Mecklenburg County commissioners meeting since the firing of former county manager Harry Jones descended into chaos Tuesday with shouting, bickering and name-calling. Democratic commissioners, split along their views of Jones, accused each other of unethical behavior,...
Victim's eye blinks key to Ohio murder trial
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 12:27:52 -0700 | disasters-news
Ohio jurors will have to determine whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes as they deliberate in the suspect's murder trial. The prosecution and the defense completed closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of 35-year-old...
Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, a former Tar Heel, on SI cover
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:10:15 -0700 | sports-news
Former North Carolina standout and current New York Mets star pitcher Matt Harvey is on the regional cover of Sports Illustrated's May 20 issue. The magazine features Harvey in the cover story, The Dark Knight of Gotham, written by SI...
NY woman accused of Conn. shooting donation scam
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:12:30 -0700 | allnews
New York City prosecutors say a woman has been charged with fraud for posing as the aunt of a Connecticut school shooting victim and soliciting donations. Nouel Alba was indicted Tuesday on identity theft and fraud charges in the Bronx....
NY woman accused of Conn. shooting donation scam
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:12:30 -0700 | allnews
New York City prosecutors say a woman has been charged with fraud for posing as the aunt of a Connecticut school shooting victim and soliciting donations. Nouel Alba was indicted Tuesday on identity theft and fraud charges in the Bronx....
N.C. man says he was harassed by IRS because of Tea Party politics
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 05:56:38 -0700 | political-news
More Information David DeGerolamo, who runs a Cary graphics business and has been active in Tea Party politics, said he experienced harassment from the Internal Revenue Service that stretched out for nearly a year. The recent reports that the federal...
Catholic among final 4 in 3A dual-team tournament
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 19:22:27 -0700 | sports-news
This potentially presumptive picture didn't much bother coach Ken Hazen, but he did have a message for his players: Yeah that's all fine, but we want to take this same picture next Saturday. The Cougars took another step in that...
Early loss ‘set a tone’ for Piedmont High baseball
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 16:12:28 -0700 | sports-news
The Piedmont High baseball team had high expectations coming into this season. The team lost one senior starter from last year's squad that went 14-15 and lost in the second round of the 2A state playoffs. Despite the sub .500...
Groups urge help for state’s unemployed
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 15:48:33 -0700 | political-news
Advocacy groups for the poor and the state AFL-CIO are pushing state legislators to take action to help unemployed workers and ease the impact of a new law that will significantly reduce jobless benefits. The groups held a press briefing...
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