01 September 2014
Advertising: That wonderful world where three things rule – sex, sex and (you guessed it) more sex. Once upon a time, advertisers were discreet. But somewhere along the way all rules were ripped off and tossed aside. Remember back in the dark ages when commercials had the good wife vs. bad wife theme? In various […]
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30 August 2014
Updated 3:20pm HUNTERSVILLE - One man died and another was seriously hurt when a car rolled over early Saturday on McCoy Road between Hambright and Beatties Ford roads. Police said alcohol may have been a factor.
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30 August 2014
The W.A. Hough High School band program is raising money this fall at a series of “Dine-Around” events on selected Wednesdays at area restaurants, beginning Sept. 3 at Panda Express in Huntersville. The band has to raise $47,000 through the dine-arounds and other fundraisers to meet its 2014-2015 budget.
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29 August 2014
By LINCOLN DAVIDSON DavidsonNews.net Starting in the fall of 2015, Davidson College will require students in the class of 2018 and after to buy campus meal plans – at cost of nearly $2,400 a year. Details are still in the works, but the change already is bringing widespread criticism from students. In particular, members of Patterson […]
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29 August 2014
Officers intervened in a 20-person fight in the street at Westside Terrace Aug. 20, arresting person who had a gun. Meanwhile, seven teenagers at an Armour Street residence were arrested for underage drinking, and police investigated the theft of $150 from a car parked on Ashby Drive. At Davidson College, the recent return of students brought reports […]
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29 August 2014
Revenues and cash flow improved at the town-owned MI-Connection Communications System in the fiscal year that ended June 30 as the company added customers and increased the average revenue per subscriber, officials said Thursday. But customer growth slowed slightly, as fewer new people added phone service.
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29 August 2014
The TV show Banshee will stop filming in and around Charlotte. It looks to be the first casualty of North Carolina’s soon to expire film incentive tax credit. For all of its three seasons Banshee, a campy show about an ex-con hiding out in an Amish community has called Charlotte home. HBO, which produces “Banshee” […]
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29 August 2014
By JONATHAN COX CorneliusNews.net U.S. Robert Pittenger (R-9th District) says he knows exactly where the logjam is in Congress: Hundreds of bills are stalled on the desk of Senate majority leader Harry Reid. In a forum at Cornelius Town hall Thursday night, Pittenger blamed the Democratic Senate leader for delaying reform in banking regulations and […]
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