| Opening statements under way in Jason Young murder trial Raleigh, N.C. - Prosecutors retrying Jason Young on a first-degree murder charge described his marriage as being in trouble in the weeks and months prior to the brutal beating death of his pregnant... | |
| Newton's namesake has story to tell is a bona fide original. In one undeniable way, he is not. Namely, he isn't the first person named Cam Newton to play for the Panthers. "I'm the original Cam Newton - or at least I... |
| 'Good, hard-working people' of Lancaster lost on national media Anne Cauthen wears a 'We Are Lancaster' T-shirt before Friday's basketball game at Northwestern. Her son, assistant coach Jerron Cauthen, suggested the team start wearing the... |
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| Kings Mountain police arrest 2 after assault on mother, second man A 15-year-old and her boyfriend face charges after Kings Mountain police said the pair assaulted the girl's mother and another man. Edward Eugene Ruff, Jr., 19, has been charged with two counts... |
| Harrisburg residents fight rail upgrades Harrisburg residents and Town Council members are planning to fight future railroad upgrades planned by the N.C. Department of... |
| Wesley Chapel man in court over homemade firing range A Wesley Chapel man is expected to be in court today fighting a lawsuit filed by neighbors who say his homemade firing range violates state law. Michael Land is asking a court to dismiss the... |
| Park Road closed near Tyvola after wreck Park Road is closed near Tyvola Road this morning after an accident. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were called to an accident at the intersection of Park and Scofield roads around 7:37 a.m. Park... |
| Home sales in Winston-Salem region rose in 2011 Home sales in the Winston-Salem metropolitan area rose 4.3 percent last year compared with 2010, but average prices declined by 2 percent, according to a new report by Winston-Salem-based appraisal... |
| Perdue to make Greensboro jobs announcement Bev Perdue is scheduled to make a jobs announcement in Greensboro at 1:30 p.m. today. She will be at 4620 Grandover Parkway. That's the same address at which,... |
| Con artist in Google probe moved to NC prison PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A convicted con artist who assisted investigators in Rhode Island with an undercover sting that resulted in Google Inc. forfeiting $500 million has been moved to a federal... |
| 1 westbound lane of I-40 open at rockslide site NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee transportation officials say westbound Interstate 40 traffic near the North Carolina state line will remain constricted to one lane for at least another... |
| NC judge testifies in Racial Justice Act hearing FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- The judge who prosecuted the death row prisoner challenging his sentence under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act is testifying in the first evidentiary hearing... |
| NC judges don't dismiss map lawsuits entirely RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A three-judge panel says a pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina's new boundaries for congressional and legislative seats can move... |
| N.C. pension system investments returned 2.1% in 2011 Janet Cowell reported Friday. Fourth quarter 2011 returns were 3.82 percent. "Though markets ended the year on a positive note in the fourth quarter, 2011 was highly volatile overall,"... |
| New Red Hat HQ to be called ‘Red Hat Tower’ Follow this company 's impending move from N.C. State's Centennial Campus to an existing office building in downtown Raleigh is one of the Triangle's biggest business stories... |
| PowerSecure International announces $15M in LED sales expects to lead to about 100 new hires this year . PowerSecure (Nasdaq: POWR) did not name the three retailers that will use the lights, which are for use in refrigerated cases and designed to limit... |
| RBC Center works to go wi-fi Follow this company , soon to be PNC Arena, are moving forward -- slowly. The Centennial Authority, an appointed group that serves as the building's landlord, wants to upfit the... |
| GM Super Bowl ad riles Ford Follow this company (NYSE: GM) not run a commercial during the Super Bowl that took a poke at Ford trucks. The ad ran, and Ford is none too happy. A group of men in the commercial had... |
| Report: Bank of America could sell even more office buildings The Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, BofA's headquarters, is one of just a few properties the bank isn't considering selling, Bloomberg... |
| Charlotte gas prices continue upward Follow this company . A month ago, a gallon of regular gas cost $3.39 in the Charlotte metro area. The average price in North Carolina is $3.57, up from $3.50 a week earlier and $3.40 a... |
| Wall Street opens lower as Greek talks drag on In this Feb. 3, 2012 photo, trader Joseph Tarangelo, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets were in a jittery mood on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, as talks dragged on between... |
| Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6,... |
| Police seek missing 57-year-old woman from Fayetteville A silver alert has been issued for a missing Fayetteville woman who is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other type of cognitive impairment. Edith Raynor Dunn, 57, was last seen Sunday... |
| North Carolina Ready to Duke It Out The Tar Heel state looks to marshal forces to win back cargo from Charleston and Virginia ports About 90 miles west of the North Carolina coast rests the sprawling airport of Kinston, which boasts... |
| New mobile app to track N.C. sex offenders A new application will let people search for registered sex offenders across North Carolina using certain mobile devices. The N.C. Mobile Sex Offender registry currently is available for people with... |
| Woman dies from wreck injuries A single-vehicle wreck last Thursday morning on Wilkinson Boulevard in west Charlotte has claimed a second life. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say Darlene Margaret Chastain, 62, of Cramerton, died... |
| Support grows for Mooresville schools tax hike The superintendent of the Mooresville Graded School District says some parents and business leaders say they'll support a five-cent increase in property taxes to support the school district, the... |
| Kings Mountain man struck by train A Kings Mountain man was taken to the hospital after he was struck by a train overnight. Kings Mountain police said they received a call around 12:30 a.m. today from Amtrak indicating that one of... |
| Belmont man reportedly stabs girlfriend after questioning taste of steak A Belmont man is in jail this morning after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend in the neck after questioning her about the way his steak tasted. The Gaston... |
| SC man charged with fatally stabbing father NORTH MYRTLE BEACH A North Myrtle Beach man has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his father, said North Myrtle Beach officials. North Myrtle Beach police officers had... |
| Autopsy planned for SC college football player CLINTON, S.C. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death of a Presbyterian College football player. School spokesman Hal Milam says another student found 21-year-old Kyle Allen of St.... |
| Cabarrus County to send out new tax values Cabarrus County is expected to begin mailing out new property tax values later this month. Meanwhile, county leaders must now decide next year's tax rate. Cabarrus last reset property values... |
| Gilbert teen killed while moving deer from road GILBERT, S.C. A Lexington County teen has been struck and killed by a car as he tried to remove an injured deer from the road. Seventeen-year-old William Patrick Corley of Gilbert died when he was... |
| SC troopers say 9 injured in fiery I-95 wreck WALTERBORO, S.C. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fiery crash on Interstate 95 in Colleton County that injured nine people. Troopers say two cars collided near Walterboro in the... |
| Retrial begins in case of slain NC pregnant woman RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Prosecutors are trying a second time to prove a Raleigh man killed his pregnant wife, after a jury deadlocked last year in the... |
| NC county voters to decide on whether to stay dry HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Henderson County voters will soon have their first chance since 1955 to decide whether alcohol should be sold everywhere, or whether some parts of the county should stay... |
| NC groups upset over tree-cutting near billboards ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Conservation groups in North Carolina are unhappy with a new law that will allow increased tree-cutting around roadside... |
| NCCU dedicates lunch counter from 1960 sit-ins A dedication ceremony was held Sunday at the school for the exhibit featuring a section of lunch counter from the Woolworth store in Durham where black students staged a civil rights sit-in 52 years... |
| New BBQ restaurant to open in Sanford Ronald Bridges , who operate the Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Southern Pines, have signed a franchise agreement with Dickey's for Sanford. They plan to open the new location around late March... |
| The best hotels to eat at Frequent fliers know that sometimes you just want to crash in your hotel after a long day of air travel. But what to do about dinner? If you stay at these hotels in New York City, Chicago, Baltimore... |
| Cempra enjoys modest gain on trading Follow this company opened at $6.20 on its first day of trading as a public company, up 3.3 percent from the IPO price of... |
| Lichtin bankruptcy halts rent levy Harold Lichtin 's Wade buildings in west Raleigh were able to collect on about 40 percent of his nearly $300,000 unpaid tax bill through a rent levy before Lichtin's bankruptcy petition was... |
| Snow storm buries ... Rome, as in Italy As nice as it's been around the Triangle, it's hard to believe that some folks are suffering a brutal winter who normally don't. That's the case in the ancient city of Rome, where... |
| U.S. automakers bullish about 2012 @TriangleBIZJrnl BREAKING NEWS: U.S. economy added 243K jobs in January, and unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent. N.C. Governor? No thanks, says Erskine... |
| Startup advice from a $1 billion venture capital firm The most successful IT companies usually have solutions built around their software. This was just one bit of advice doled out to startup managers... |
| Big changes for coastal bridges Beach goers take note: The North Carolina Department of Transportation is replacing dozens of bridges in the eastern part of the state, including work in counties popular with tourists - such as New... |
| Prosecutors up next in Racial Justice Act hearing FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Prosecutors will begin presenting their case in the first evidentiary hearing involving North Carolina's Racial Justice Act. Prosecutors are scheduled to begin presenting... |
| Scientific teaching method promotes deeper questions, answers Raleigh, N.C. - There's a national push to help students focus on science, technology, engineering and math. Schools with that emphasis, called STEM schools, have special technology... |
| 2-truck wreck shuts southbound I-85 A wreck involving two trucks has closed all southbound lanes on Interstate 85 near the Mecklenburg-Gaston county line, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol and the N.C. Department of Transportation. ... |