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By Christina Rexrode, Mark Price and Rick Rothacker | Staff Writers | 8:16AM

Within days of awarding $1million to a group of struggling Charlotte charities, Bank of America announced it is cutting back on matching contributions to nonprofits in the communities it serves.

Here comes the teacher - and the crowd goes wild

By Ann Doss Helms | E-mail | 9:07AM

The rumors were flying about Thursday's "mystery assembly" at Hopewell High: Oprah is coming! No, it's one of the Obamas!

Teacher wins Milken Educator Award

Perdue: Lifers got no time credits

By Mandy Locke | E-mail | 6:13AM

Gov. Bev Perdue's third take: Prison officials never doled out credits for good behavior to those sentenced to life in the 1970s.

Gov. Sanford reports flights with donors

By Jim Davenport | Associated Press | 6:36AM

S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford wants to report previously unrecorded flights he took on planes owned by friends and campaign donors, a state ethics official said Thursday even as the governor's lawyer continued to defend his travel practices.

Doggedness and DNA send a murderer to prison

By Gary L. Wright | E-mail | 1:22PM

Jeffrey Barton nearly got away with it. The 1995 killing of 20-year-old Rachel Dietrich had gone unsolved for 10 years. Then the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's cold case homicide squad got a break.

Microsoft to offer free tech training online

By Jim Morrill | E-mail | 8:23AM

Charlottean Bill Sykes has been looking for work since losing his bank job a year ago. Now he's getting some help.

4 female inmates allege sex abuse by staff

By Mandy Locke | E-mail | 6:36AM

Four female inmates have filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing N.C. prison officials of subjecting women prisoners to extensive sexual violence and harassment amounting to cruel and unusual punishment.

Text donations, United Way asks | 11:50PM
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