07/15/11 We're not talking in terms of musical similarity, of course, since Blink-182 and Arcade Fire have nothing to do with each other in that department, save both being rock bands.
06/08/11 COBB GALLERIA - More than 250 people, mainly business leaders, gathered at the Cobb Galleria Centre on Wednesday to learn how building a commuter-rail system in the northern Atlanta suburbs would b...
06/06/11 'Banktown USA' gets creative to survive the 2008 financial crisis that threatened the global economy. CNN.com traveled to Charlotte as part of our Defining America coverage.
06/06/11 Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) -- When residents of the city nicknamed "Banktown" talk about the whipsaw economic changes of the past decade, they often refer to "before" and "after."
04/27/11 So Steve Smith wants out of Carolina? Panthers should gladly trade him now.
03/30/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. The General Assembly is getting down to business on its once-a-decade redrawing of boundaries for North Carolina's General Assembly and congressional districts. The joint meeting of the House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled for Wednesday is expected to provide a primer on how state and federal laws and court rulings restrict ...
03/30/11 The General Assembly is getting down to business on its once-a-decade redrawing of boundaries for North Carolina's General Assembly and congressional districts.
03/30/11 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The General Assembly is getting down to business on its once-a-decade redrawing of boundaries for North Carolina's General Assembly and congressional districts. The joint meeting of the House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled for Wednesday is expected to provide a primer on how state and federal laws and court rulings restrict how lines can be drawn. The Senate ...
03/11/11 Filed under: News , Race and Civil Rights What authorities in Cleveland knew was bad enough. The remains of 11 women were discovered at the home of Anthony Sowell , 51, who was charged with the serial killings two years ago. But investigators wanted to make sure there weren't other victims, so the Cuyahoga County Prosecutors office formed a cold case squad to look at old murder cases in the poor ...
03/03/11 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte area's population surged in the past decade, despite a long manufacturing-sector decline and the financial crisis that battered its economy, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau show. Transplants looking for better jobs, cheaper homes and warmer weather fueled the growth. And while some worry those newcomers are stretching the job market and community resources ...
03/02/11 The Charlotte area's population surged in the past decade, despite a long manufacturing-sector decline and the financial crisis that battered its economy, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau show.
02/02/11 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - When Charlotte emerged as a major banking center in the 1990s, it looked like the good times would never end. Gleaming skyscrapers sprung up. The city landed NFL and NBA teams. Mansions were built.
02/02/11 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - When Charlotte emerged as a major banking center in the 1990s, it looked like the good times would never end. Gleaming skyscrapers sprang up. The city landed NFL and NBA teams. Mansions were built.
01/24/11 Ford Motor Co. plans add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in the United States. This year alone, Ford is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several of its U.S. plants, including 1,800 at Louisville Assembly Plant, which is preparing to launch the next-generation Ford Escape late in the year. Ford also will add 750 salaried engineering jobs in product development and ...
01/19/11 Anthony Tata starts his job as Wake County school superintendent Jan. 31. He is pictured here at a meeting, held earlier this month, of the conservative Wake County Taxpayers Association.
01/19/11 Fast Forward will shape the Tulsa area's transportation system over the next 30 years. We will likely see fewer cars on the road, because the emphasis is on creating public transit that people will want to use.
01/01/11 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A team of surveyors 228 years ago trudged through the thick forests and underbrush about 50 yards from where Andy Kramer's living room now rests. Another team recently confirmed their ancestral colleagues' work, assuring Kramer's family will have to keep crossing into South Carolina just to go to the pool. Kramer's neighborhood is one of several in the Charlotte suburbs ...
12/04/10 Local schools facing big budget cuts can expect more freedom on how to spend state money, says Rep. Thom Tillis, a Huntersville Republican who has been tapped as House speaker in the new GOP-dominated legislature.
12/01/10 Local schools facing big budget cuts can expect more freedom on how to spend state money, says Rep. Thom Tillis, tapped as House speaker in the new GOP-dominated legislature.
11/24/10 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Environmental groups are asking a federal judge to block progress on a toll road intended to reach the spreading suburbs of North Carolina's largest city. The groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center said Wednesday they've asked the court to act now to halt the start of construction on the Monroe Connector/Bypass. The toll highway would run about 20 ... | 
