Makeup of DSS audit panel is criticized
By Fred Clasen-Kelly | E-mail | 9:04AM
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The makeup of a panel investigating alleged misspending at the Department of Social Services has come under scrutiny after it concluded top Mecklenburg County managers took proper steps to address accounting failures.
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Man, woman killed at Charlotte apartment
By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | 12:51PM
A man and woman were found shot to death inside a northeast Charlotte apartment this morning.
Arts groups to get $100,000 to save jobs
By Steven Brown | E-mail | 6:43AM
A hundred-thousand dollars of federal stimulus money is headed to Charlotte through a program helping cultural organizations preserve jobs.
N.C. clamps down on deadly, exotic snakes
By Kevin Kiley | E-mail | 6:43AM
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The Burmese python can grow longer than 20 feet, produce several dozen offspring in a litter and devour small children and pets. In North Carolina, they have a new natural enemy: the lawmaker.

More hats in ring for elections
By Ann Doss Helms | E-mail | 6:43AM

Races for school board seats and mayor's posts in Mecklenburg's suburban towns have drawn new candidates this week.

Police probe if serial killer committed Iredell slaying
By Steve Harrison | E-mail | 6:14AM
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Mooresville police are investigating whether a June 9 home invasion and fatal shooting was committed by Patrick Tracy Burris, the habitual felon blamed for five killings in Cherokee County, S.C.

Coyotes cough; residents run
By Eric Ferreri | E-mail | 10:02AM

Tommy Galloway heard the coyote before he saw it – 50 yards away, a bark that sounded more like a cough.

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