http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nc-news/ en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:17:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051536/posts The city of Kannapolis is taking its "Dale Trail" banners down at the request of Castle & Cooke, the developers of the N.C. Research Center — and they won't be going back up. According to e-mails, California billionaire David Murdock, owner of Castle & Cook, is coming to town Saturday with a very important guest and wants to put the "best face on the city." The banners along with a statue in Cannon Village honor the town's most famous native, Dale Earnhardt, who died in a last lap wreck in the Daytona 500 in 2001. And according to the e-mails,... The Salisbury Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051536/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:17:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051463/posts WASHINGTON, July 25, 2008 – Veterans transitioning from war to peace may need a place to call home, whether it’s for the long or short term, the executive director of a North Carolina-based program that offers them that and a good bit more said. “The needs we are addressing all, in some way, revolve around temporary and long-term living arrangements that are appropriate for the various challenges that our active duty and military veterans face,” Lance Orndorff said about “Americans Heroes Return.” “Camp Hero” is an integral part of American Heroes Return, which, in turn, is part of the... America Supports You http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051463/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051253/posts Raleigh, N.C. — Two months after recommending that North Carolina community colleges deny admission to illegal immigrants, the state Attorney General's Office has reversed that stance. The switch comes after U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials told state officials that federal laws don't prohibit illegal immigrants from attending college. Community College System officials decided in May to stop allowing illegal immigrants to enroll in degree programs after the Attorney General's Office issued an advisory opinion recommending the 58 community colleges tighten their admissions standards to be more in line with federal laws. J.B. Kelly, general counsel for the Attorney General's... WRALNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051253/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050596/posts Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co (MNI.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) reported a more than 40 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday as advertising revenue plunged, but shares shot up 5 percent after the company said it still will be able to pay its debt. The results, along with EW Scripps Co (SSP.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Lee Enterprises Inc (LEE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) which also reported financial results on Thursday, are the latest sign that a weak economy and fundamental changes in how people get their news continue to hammer U.S. newspaper publishers. McClatchy, publisher... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050596/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts North Carolina sheriff's deputies left the children of an arrested illegal immigrant woman on the side of a highway overnight stranded in a car, attorneys say. Lawyers for Maria Chavira Ventura say she was stopped June 14 for a traffic violation along Interstate 85 in Alamance County, N.C. Deputies arrested her for driving without a license, leaving her three children, ages 14, 10 and 6, alone in the car with a man they barely knew, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer reported Wednesday. The man, a church acquaintance who was catching a ride with Ventura, abandoned the children in the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049908/posts Edwards, Rielle Hunter, Busted: HuffPo 's Sam Stein, who got the story rolling, appears to be vindicated. ... P.S.: Always trust content from kausfiles! Never trust content from Jerome Armstrong. ... P.P.S.: Will this be the first presidential-contender level scandal to occur completely in the undernews, without ever being reported in the cautious, respectable MSM? That's always seemed an interesting theoretical possibility--a prominent politician just disappears from the scene, after blogs and tabloids dig up dirt on him, but nobody who relies on the Times, Post, network news or Mark Halperin has the faintest idea why. If this is that... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049908/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:18:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049640/posts Charlotte bracing for Wachovia job cuts06:29 PM EDT on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 By MARK BOONE / WCNC E-mail Mark: MBoone@WCNC.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mecklenburg County’s second-largest employer said Tuesday it would cut nearly 11,000 jobs as Wachovia announced a second quarter loss of $8.9 billion. The bank employs more than 20,000 people, ranking just under Carolinas Healthcare System in number of workers, according to data from the Charlotte Chamber. Many of Wachovia’s positions are expected to be trimmed from the company’s Charlotte offices, said Dr. Tony Plath, an associate professor of finance at UNC-Charlotte. “Any way you look at... WCNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049640/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049345/posts For some sailors on the USS North Carolina, Wilmington's red-carpet treatment stopped at the doors of downtown's bars. In April, crew members from the Navy's newest nuclear attack submarine visited Wilmington on a goodwill trip ahead of the vessel's historic commissioning at the state port. But when Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo talked with them about their stay, he winced at what he heard. Sailors told him they'd been turned away from downtown bars for being in the military. "It was upsetting to me," Saffo said. "I never knew we had that type of issue with military personnel." But a broader... Star News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049345/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049252/posts RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican candidate in North Carolina's 11th congressional district said Monday he is resuming his bid for office after a brief, self-imposed suspension of his campaign because of frustrations with his own party. Carl Mumpower, an Asheville city councilman and psychologist, announced last week he was freezing his bid for the post currently held by Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler because he said he was frustrated with the Republican Party and its elected officials. He said he would resume his bid once at least eight county GOP parties in the 15 counties that make up the western North... WRAL.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049252/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:21:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048483/posts Officer Suspended For 5 DaysCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A teenager died after being hit with a police Taser gun for 37 seconds, and the whole thing was caught on tape by surveillance cameras. Authorities said that Darryl Turner had been in a confrontation with a supervisor at work at a North Carolina grocery store. When Officer Jerry Dawson arrived, he fired his Taser gun at the 17-year-old and struck him in the sternum. "The initial use of the (Taser gun) is not in question," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Ken Miller. However, for 37 seconds, Dawson continued to use the Taser gun... NBC4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048483/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048344/posts Leon Quinn got out of prison in New York last year, moved to North Carolina and tried to start a new life. But employers don’t want to hire a convicted felon, and it’s hard to get your own place when you don’t have a job, he said. “It’s like we’re marked as criminals,” Quinn said. “It’s like we don’t have a say.” But, Quinn learned Saturday he does have a say, even with a felony conviction. In North Carolina, people convicted of a felony can vote, once they’ve served their time behind bars and completed the terms of their probation... The Fayetteville Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048344/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048311/posts “The Appalachian voting bloc will be critical in the … 2008 presidential election,” former Democratic National Committee executive director Mark Siegel says. Yet his broad statement comes with its own geopolitical caveat: location. “It all depends on what part of Appalachia you are talking about,” says Siegel. “If they live in Pennsylvania and Ohio, then, yes, without a doubt they are the key voters. If they live in West Virginia, then no, because for the Democrats that is not a state that is in play.” Appalachia is not a single state but a region that has its own unique frame... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048311/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:23:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848826/posts ATLANTA (AP) – Thousands of Marines and their families went to serve their country at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune. Instead, many wound up fighting it, blaming the government for failing to protect them from an enemy that invaded their lives in a most intimate way: through the water that quenched their thirst, cooked their food and filled their bathtubs every day. The gruff ex-drill instructor is angry leukemia claimed his daughter, Janey. Parents were guilt-ridden that perhaps their own actions had ruined their daughters' health. An aging major still mourns the wife who shared his torment over their baby's fatal... The Item http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848826/posts#comment Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:10:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047904/posts BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032008 200 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL... National Hurricane Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047904/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:56:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047714/posts CHARLOTTE -- The brother of murdered UNC Charlotte student Irina Yarmolenko says someone has recently vandalized her gravesite. Pavel Yarmolenko says flowers planted at his sister’s grave in Chapel Hill were dug up. The UNCC student was found dead along the banks of the Catawba River around the first of May. Her death is still being investigated as a homicide, after the cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation. No arrests have been made, and a $15,000 reward is being offered for any information which leads to the arrest and the conviction of the person or persons responsible. News 14 Carolina http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047714/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047338/posts I am sitting with my dad as I write this. That's mostly what I do these days. Just sit. With my ever-swelling feet propped up and some (mercilessly) decaffeinated (because of the pregnancy) beverage at my side. Dad is still staying in my mom's guest house and Mom and I rigged up a wireless doorbell so that he can ring us if he needs us during the night. Usually he needs us at least a few times. She and I joked that we'll already be used to getting up several times each night so when the baby is born sleeplessness... Fayetteville Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047338/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:28:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046877/posts On one side of Bragg Boulevard on Wednesday, American flags whipped in the wind, from toothpicks, from veteran’s hands, from the top of a pole attached to a pickup.On the other, American flags were being dragged on the ground.On one side, Army wives, veterans and bikers held signs that read "I Love My Soldier," "Our Husbands, Our Heroes," and "God Loves The World."On the other, four members of Westboro Baptist Church — including a 22-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy — held signs that read “God is Your Enemy” and "America is Doomed." The child’s read: "God Hates the U.S.A."The two... Fayetteville Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046877/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:47:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046729/posts A youth chaplain at a Gastonia church who mentored Boy Scouts in south Charlotte was arrested Monday. Charles Franklin Knight, 62, faces six counts of third-degree exploitation of a minor. He is in the Mecklenburg County Jail. No bond was available. On July 2, a woman told Charlotte-Mecklenburg police that Knight had material depicting sex acts with youths under 18, according to a police report. Investigators questioned Knight, who turned over some child pornography, which included “inappropriate Internet images,” the report said. Detectives also seized a laptop computer from his home on Harrowfield Drive in Charlotte. Knight told police he... the charlotte observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046729/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:26:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046406/posts In an election for North Carolina Governor today, 07/15/08, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue and Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory are effectively tied, according to this latest SurveyUSA election tracking poll conducted exclusively for WTVD-TV in Raleigh. Today, it's Perdue 47%, McCrory 46%, within the survey's 3.8 percentage point margin of sampling error. Survey USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046406/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:33:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046236/posts DURHAM -- After figuring in the Duke lacrosse case and becoming Reader's Digest magazine's Hero of the Year, former Durham cabbie Moezeldin Elmostafa has launched what his lawyer described Tuesday as a priceless and perhaps unprecedented court claim. It involves his U.S. citizenship, which Elmostafa contends was delayed for two years by an old and bogus criminal charge that resurfaced in 2006 while the lacrosse debacle was in full swing. "Citizenship is absolutely priceless," said Elmostafa's lawyer, Tom Loflin of Durham. Still, Loflin wants several defendants to come up with a figure. "If they don't agree to my number, we'll... Durham Herald-Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046236/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046219/posts A flood of calls and mail from social conservatives who don't want gay students on a list of potential bullying targets helped stall votes on a proposed school safety law. Legislators have been working on a bullying bill for more than a year, and until Tuesday morning thought they had a compromise that would pass both House and Senate. It turned out that including "sexual orientation" in a list of more than a dozen reasons a student might be bullied or harassed was a sticking point. Both the House and Senate plan to vote on a bullying bill before they... Raleigh News & Observer.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046219/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:36:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046008/posts Religion’s Role in Politics by: Melinda Zosh, July 15, 2008 With Barack Obama attempting to reach out to conservative Christians, and Focus on the Family’s James Dobson’s rejection, one questions remains: what role should religion play in politics? David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, University of California-Berkeley, quotes Obama in an essay saying that: “I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God’s will…” Hollinger spoke at the Center for American Progress discussing CAP’s... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046008/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:35:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046005/posts Gadfly or Watchdog? by: Bethany Stotts, July 15, 2008 Some controversies never die. As Accuracy in Academia recently reported, Dr. Alan Schatzberg and around thirty medical researchers are now under investigation by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for financial conflicts of interest. In Dr. Schatzberg’s case, the conflicts reach as far back as 1998, when he co-founded the company that purchased a patent for mifepristone from Stanford University, his then (and current) employer. To this day Dr. Schatzberg continues as the principal investigator on Stanford’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study the anti-depressant effects of mifepristone, an abortion drug.... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046005/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:32:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044923/posts Census Bureau says New Orleans is the fastest-growing large city in the nation, recovering from being wiped out by Hurricane Katrina. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After being pummeled by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans is showing signs of recovery - ranking as the fastest-growing large city in the nation, according to a government report released Thursday. The Census Bureau said New Orleans' population rose 13.8%, to 239,124, in the year ended July 1, 2007. That was a faster growth rate than any other city with a population of 100,000 or more. CNN Money http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044923/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044560/posts Former Presidential Press Secretary Tony Snow, who died Saturday morning, was a 1977 graduate of Davidson College who remained engaged with the college throughout his professional career. Davidson presented him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2002 when he attended his class’s 25th reunion. Davidson College President Thomas W. Ross offered condolences to Mr. Snow’s wife, Jill, and the couple’s three children. “Tony was one of our most outstanding alumni and we are proud of all he accomplished and contributed as a journalist and government servant during his much too brief time with us,” President Ross said. “Even after his... Davidson College Communications Office http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044560/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:42:46 GMT