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...
Texas search firm seeks $100K from Casey Anthony
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 10:21:36 -0700 | technology-news
A Texas search and rescue organization involved in the search for 2-year-old Caylee Anthony says her mother, Casey, owes it more than $100,000 in expenses. Attorneys for Texas Equusearch Mounted Search and Recovery say in recent federal bankruptcy court documents...
May Day snow storm hitting parts of Colo. and Wyo.
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 14:32:44 -0700 | technology-news
Parts of Colorado and Wyoming are beginning May with another wet blanket of powder. Blowing and drifting snow is making travel difficult in southeastern Wyoming. But the snow isn't having a major impact on Denver's airport so far, though deicing...
3-D digital technology reshapes manufacturing
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 15:17:38 -0700 | technology-news
The machine, no larger than a coffee maker and encased in black like Darth Vader's helmet, hums at a whisper. Swinging open the shell's door reveals a slim metal nozzle moving smoothly over a platform, putting down melted black filament...
Boston Marathon finish line area reopens
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 16:55:17 -0700 | technology-news
The area near the Boston Marathon finish line is reopening to the general public. Traffic was allowed to flow all the way down Boylston Street on Wednesday morning for the first time since two explosions on April 15 killed three...
Maine cottage owners relieved by hermit's capture
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 20:51:26 -0700 | technology-news
Maine Cottage owners on a central Maine lake are expressing relief that a so-called hermit is no longer at large. Law enforcement officials say 47-year-old Christopher Knight lived in the woods for 27 years and may be responsible for more...
Stanford to join Harvard, MIT in online education
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-03 04:37:53 -0700 | technology-news
Stanford University announced Wednesday that it is joining forces with Harvard and MIT on developing a computer system that allows colleges to offer free online courses, a collaboration that school officials said would benefit both educators and students around the...
Mount Vernon to sell Washington's rye whiskey
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-03-26 10:35:13 -0700 | technology-news
Rye whiskey using George Washington's own recipe will soon go on sale at the first president's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. The presidential home reconstructed Washington's distillery and will make more than 1,100 bottles of unaged whiskey available beginning April...
Crews near full containment of Colorado wildfire
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Johnstown :: PA :: USA | updated 2012-06-02 04:33:53 -0700 | political-news
Colorado authorities are allowing all remaining evacuees from the Lower North Fork wildfire to return home on Monday. Jacki Kelley of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said that residents of 50 homes can return Monday morning, nearly a week after...
Five segments set for NASCAR all-star race
Source: Greensboro News and Records
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-05-27 21:46:05 -0700 | sports-news
May 19 will be split into five segments, with a mandatory pit stop before the final 10-lap sprint for the $1 million prize. The Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be 90 laps and will begin with four...
Michelle Obama breaks jumping jacks record
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | updated 2012-02-12 18:31:30 -0800 | business-news
The first lady announced in an email Monday that her October bid to break the record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period succeeded. Mrs. Obama says 300,265 people participated, shattering the old record. In order...
The nations weather
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Topeka :: KS :: USA | updated 2011-11-26 17:16:35 -0800 | political-news
More active weather is expected in the eastern half of the nation and in the Northwest on Monday. A lingering low pressure system over the Great Lakes will support showers and thunderstorms in Wisconsin and Michigan. The system will also...
A look at the ongoing drought in Texas
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Shelby :: NC :: USA | updated 2011-10-16 08:23:38 -0700 | sports-news
Texas is in its most severe one-year drought on record. - The drought is the second-worst on record, behind only a dry spell that lasted for most of the 1950s. - During its typically wettest months, April and May, the...
NY police probing death of Broadway carpenter
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Albany :: NY :: USA | updated 2011-08-23 13:51:51 -0700 | sports-news
New York City Police are investigating the death of a stage carpenter on the Broadway show "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying." Police say they responded to a report of a 29-year-old male in cardiac arrest just before...
N.C. state worker health plan changes get final OK
Source: Greensboro News and Records
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2011-06-05 08:46:13 -0700 | political-news
Associated Press NC state worker health plan changes get final OK (AP) Higher co-pays and deductibles as well as mandated monthly premiums for all active North Carolina state workers and teachers are in Republican-penned legislation receiving final approval at the...
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