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Charlotte pastor, also a delegate, gets prosthetic leg for the DNC
By Mark Price | E-mail | August 27, 2012

Charlotte has done everything possible to make a good impression for the Democratic National Convention.

Starting Over: More in this series
NBA hopeful turns disappointment into lesson plans for young athletes
By Langston Wertz Jr. | E-mail | August 20, 2012

Starting Over series: When Ricky Price enrolled at Duke in 1994, he thought he was on a path to the NBA.

DeCock: Ex-UNC star builds career around unexpected
NBA hopeful turns disappointment into lesson plans for young athletes
'Leaving in sorrow,' Catholics start new church in Hickory
By Michael Gordon | E-mail | August 13, 2012

Starting Over series: Tom Sanford left the priesthood; now he’s back to lead a small congregation breaking away from the Diocese of Charlotte

More stories of people starting over
Cornelius inventor plugs into a handy idea of his dreams
By Kelly Mae Ross | E-mail | August 6, 2012

Starting Over series: Michael Schutte had been doing chores around the house, and accidentally pulled electrical cords out of the wall. It kept happening. One night he thought of an answer.

More stories of people starting over
Years of wanderlust lead to joy at home
By Claire McNeill | E-mail | July 30, 2012

Starting Over series: Shelley Warren’s search for the right life has taken her across America, through three different careers and into motherhood.

More stories of people starting over
Losing job with city frees Mehl Renner to be creative
By Dannye Romine Powell | E-mail | July 22, 2012

As it turns out, almost everything Mehl Renner needed to start over was already within reach when he lost his job in 2009 with the City of Charlotte.

Former gang member now assists at-risk kids
By Corey Inscoe | E-mail | July 15, 2012

For nearly 20 years, Brian Mack has been trying to pay back a debt. He’s spoken at nearly every middle school in Mecklenburg County. He’s talked to rooms full of future lawyers and judges. He’s worked with inner city youth basketball players, trying to keep them out of trouble

Headed down the path to prison, youth broke away for good
By Victoria Guida | E-mail | July 9, 2012

Starting Over series: Watch Jamal Tate stand in front of a classroom of teenagers, wearing a smile as bright as his red tie, and you’d never know how bleak his life was looking just a year and a half ago.

Starting Over: More in this series
Starting over: Back to college for a job that feels better
By Joanna Nolasco | E-mail | July 1, 2012

Howard Estell had to be at work by 8 a.m. and often wouldn’t get home until 10:30 p.m.

Skills helped homebuilder find sweet detour in sour economy
By Kathleen Purvis | E-mail | June 25, 2012

Starting Over series: Is there really that much difference between building a house and building a cake?

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