At least two men were wounded, one seriously, in a shootout during a police drug undercover operation Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of Hidden Valley Elementary School in north Charlotte, police say.

Mecklenburg commissioners formally approved a $1.7 billion budget with a 2.35-cent tax rate increase Tuesday night.

To stage last year’s Democratic National Convention, the local host committee raised millions of dollars, much of it for computers, phones and other communication devices. Now it appears a sizeable amount of that equipment was lost, stolen – or perhaps kept by the staffers it had been assigned to.

Teacher education in the nation’s universities is “an industry of mediocrity,” says a new report that rates hundreds of programs and gives less than 10 percent at least three stars on a four-star scale. Among the North Carolina programs rated, only one made the report’s honor roll.

Less than a year after a tumultuous merger made it the nation’s largest electric utility, Duke Energy on Tuesday announced an insider as its first female chief executive.

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters is calling for an investigation of Bank of America after former bank empl...

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Small-business owners say employee perks help keep staffers happy, and at companies longer.

A main sponsor to a bill to transfer control and ownership of Charlotte’s airport, told the Observer that he doesn’t expect any action on the bill Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times Food Editor Russ Parsons offers quick recipes ideas for those star summer vegetables: corn, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, peppers.

Abby Howard, who grew up in Charlotte, is competing on 'Strip Search,' a reality game show for web cartoonists.

~ The Daily Edit 06.19.13

Before Tuesday, the most significant game Trent Thornton started might have come during his high school days in Charlotte.

So here’s Maryland center Alex Len’s sales pitch: 'I’m 7-1 or 7-2 (in sneakers). I’m pretty agile. And I can step out and shoot.'

Fowler: Out of the shadows of his former teammates, including LeBron James, Green has rocketed into the forefront of the NBA finals.

Several weeks ago, I wrote about several local "encore entrepreneurs," people over age 50 who sta...

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