Man's best friend's delinquent cousin
By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick | E-mail | 2:13AM
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Aggressive and unafraid, the region's rising urban coyote population is thriving in Charlotte. Some families fear for their children and small pets.
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Hope for Lexi spreads worldwide
By Elizabeth Leland | E-mail | 2:18AM
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New road plan won't split Barbee Farms
By Joe Marusak | E-mail | 6:47AM
State highway officials have chosen an alternate route for the planned straightening of Pitts School Road, scrapping their original choice, which would have split the more-than-century-old Barbee Farms.
A hard holiday project: Trusting enough to give
Tommy Tomlinson | E-mail | 11:09PM

Project Joy was the most fulfilling thing I've ever done at work. Now it's the most heartbreaking.

Survival stories sharpen debate on mammograms
By Karen Garloch | E-mail | 6:21AM

Charlotte nurse Susan Gawlik was 35 when she got her first mammogram two months ago. It was supposed to provide a baseline for future scans. Instead, it detected cancer.

I-485 South drivers push for equal time
By Celeste Smith | E-mail | 11:09PM

Gov. Bev Perdue's recent announcement to speed completion of the final northern piece of the I-485 loop had southern-leg motorists raising a familiar question: What about this end?

Belmont pastor killed in 3-vehicle wreck
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. | E-mail | 11:10PM

A Belmont pastor driving his church van home from a golf trip was killed and seven people were seriously injured Saturday in a three-vehicle wreck in Lancaster County.

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