N.C. Senate committee votes to roll back building efficiency standards
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:24:18 -0700 | business-news
Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 A legislative effort to slash the state's energy-efficiency requirements for new buildings gained crucial support in a Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill that would roll back energy-efficiency requirements of new office...
DNC: Nearly $500,000 of equipment was lost or stolen in Charlotte
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:14:20 -0700 | political-news
Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 To stage last year's Democratic National Convention, the local host committee raised millions of dollars, much of it for computers, phones and other communication devices. Now it appears a sizeable amount of that equipment was lost,...
Charlotte City Council member David Howard seeking reelection
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 13:44:19 -0700 | political-news
Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 Charlotte City Council member David Howard has announced he is running for reelection for an at-large seat he currently holds. Howard, a Democrat, was first elected to the council in 2009. He becomes the fifth Democrat...
UNCC, United Way, Panthers team up for literacy
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 12:17:43 -0700 | sports-news
Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 UNC Charlotte, the United Way of the Central Carolinas and the Carolina Panthers teamed Tuesday to train literacy tutors and give their students a chance to work off some energy. United Ways Project 1,000, a volunteer...
Likely to cause death or serious harm
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 06:01:19 -0700 | technology-news
Monday, Jun. 17, 2013 Even in a culture of corporate entitlement and privilege, SeaWorld's blatant defiance of federal safety standards reaches a whole new level. Federal authorities just issued the theme park a repeat violation for putting employees too close...
Detroit Lions legend Lem Barney apologizes for 'football is deadly' comments
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 22:49:01 -0700 | sports-news
On Friday, Lions legend Lem Barney sat on a panel at the Sound Mind Sound Body football camp and talked about how football was "deadly" and would be gone within 10-20 years. He said he told his grandson not to...
Greg Biffle wins Quicken Loans 400
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 18:58:22 -0700 | sports-news
Biffle held off Kevin Harvick to win Sundays Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway for his first Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and second consecutive at the 2-mile track near Fords headquarters...Biffle provided Ford with championships in...
US judge in Microsoft antitrust case dies at 76
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 21:23:49 -0700 | technology-news
Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a Microsoft antitrust case and declared the software company a monopoly, has died...She says her husband died of cancer at the couple's home in Compton, Md...Jackson presided over...
Cowell says proposed state budget jeopardizes benefits for disabled officers
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 11:24:57 -0700 | political-news
Saturday, Jun. 15, 2013 State Treasurer Janet Cowell opposes a budget provision she says will jeopardize insurance benefits for disabled law enforcement officers and officers survivors. Both House and Senate versions of the budget include a provision that would take...
Poll: Most men aspire to be dads
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 08:32:54 -0700 | political-news
Saturday, Jun. 15, 2013 More Information A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd like to be one someday. Debates about the different ways...
Too many passwords and no way to remember them. Until now
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 21:56:05 -0700 | business-news
Every time you type your account name and password into a Web page and press enter, Dashlane pops up, offering to memorize that information and fill it in the next time. In fact, it also offers to log you in...
Supreme Court ruling isn’t a game-changer for start-ups that rely on gene technology
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 16:15:41 -0700 | health-news
Supreme Court's ruling that naturally occurring genes can't be patented isn't viewed as a game-changer for start-ups that rely on cutting-edge gene technology. Essentially, the possibility that the nation's highest court might rule as it did already has been factored...
Slash the budget, but don't close unneeded bases
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 06:23:54 -0700 | political-news
Friday, Jun. 14, 2013 The following editorial appeared in the Columbis (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer on Friday, June 14: The Pentagon says it doesn't want them, doesn't need them and can't afford to maintain them. Two congressional armed services panels say that's...
Barbara Shelly: Where's Plan A for preventing teen pregnancies?
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 06:23:52 -0700 | technology-news
Friday, Jun. 14, 2013 One in five American women give birth to a child before age 20, the highest rate of any developing nation. So, by all means, morning-after contraceptives should be available over-the-counter to women of all ages...Panicked teenagers...
GOP commissioners accuse Democrats of excessive spending
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Charlotte :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 16:18:06 -0700 | political-news
Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013 Republican County Commissioner Bill James is charging five board Democrats with spending like a drunken sailor in the proposed county budget and currying political favor by funding unqualified groups that serve blacks and Latinos.
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