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CMS bus blaze echoes previous fires
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Ann Doss Helms | Staff Writers | 7:37AM
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A Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus that caught fire Wednesday afternoon was the same make and model as other buses that have gone up in flames in North Carolina in the past two years, prompting state officials to send at least one cautionary memo to school systems.
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Albright: Charlotte is 'New South'
By Jim Morrill | E-mail | 7:35AM
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More than 300 diplomats and international political leaders will see "the face of America" at this year's Democratic National Convention, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Thursday.
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UNC Board of Governors votes today on average 8.8% tuition hike
By Jane Stancill | E-mail | 7:38AM
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Students expected to turn out in force today as full UNC Board of Governors votes on plan to increase tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates across N.C.'s public universities next year.
UNCC chancellor: Not interested in Arizona
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UNC Charlotte Chancellor Phil Dubois told his faculty and staff this week that he'd been recruited by a search firm to become president of the University of Arizona, but that he's not a candidate.

Debris on I-85
By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | 7:30AM

Some sort of debris in the road is causing problems Friday morning for motorists on northbound Interstate 85 in west Charlotte.

DNC delegates to play at Knights Stadium
By Don Worthington | E-mail | 7:48AM

Delegates to the Democratic National Convention will get the chance to hit and field at Knights Stadium in the Fort Mill area - and the proceeds will go toward children's hospitals in Charlotte and Chicago.

1 dead in Johnston Road wreck
By Steve Lyttle and Davie Hinshaw | Staff Writers | 8:23AM
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One man was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle collision in southern Mecklenburg County, authorities say.

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