The torches include a wick and liquid fuel. Big Lots has issued a recall.

Big Lots has recalled 30,000 glass tabletop torches after some erupted in flames and injured users, including a Davidson man who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns in an explosion and fire last month. See the full story on the front page of DavidsonNews.net.

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See firsthand the dangers of texting while driving using a virtual reality simulator Friday morning, Aug. 9, at the AT&T store in Huntersville. Mayor Jill Swain and Huntersville Police Chief Phil Potter will join the event, which is part of AT&T’s “It Can Wait” program. The program has attracted pledges from more than 1.5 million people across the country to not text and drive.  Read the full story

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CHS is building the $36 million mental health facility off NC 73 east of Davidson. See more about the project below. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Construction is continuing on Carolinas HealthCare System’s new behavioral health hospital in east Davidson, which is scheduled to open in 2014. As CHS gets ready for the opening, it’s hosting a free community seminar on behavioral health Aug. 8 in Davidson.

Dr. John Santopietro, chief clinical officer for Carolinas HealthCare System’s behavioral health service operations, will be the keynote speaker. The seminar will take be Thursday from 6:30 to 8pm at Davidson College Presbyterian Church Congregation House, Concord Road, Davidson. Read the full story

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Dr. Craig White

Dr. Craig White of Davidson Family Medicine has reeled in a couple of local and national honors this summer in polls of his fellow docs. In July he landed on Charlotte Magazine’s Top Doctors List. And he’s also in the 2013 Best Doctors in America. Read the full story

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