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A North Carolina man convicted of running the $40 million Black Diamond Ponzi scheme was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for what prosecutors called “the worst financial crime in this district in memory.”
Tim Newman, the former chief executive of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, was charged with DWI and hit-and-run Tuesday night.
They also hear about new procedures designed to prevent future fraud like what happened in the African and Afro-American Studies department.

Pineville police are searching for a suspect in a strong arm robbery at a bank parking lot last weekend.

Activities begin at noon with a parade, and the three-day festival has caused several blocks of South Tryon Street to be closed.

About a dozen supporters of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools rallied outside the Government Center Thursday to weigh in on Mecklenburg County’s proposed spending plan for 2012-13.

State lawmakers are considering a measure that would limit how North Carolina prepares for sea-level rise, which many scientists consider one of the surest results of climate change.

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