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New Duke has big job ahead
Charlotte Observer
“All of that is going to drive our prices up,” Duke CEO Jim Rogers told the Observer. “The reason you do a merger is to make you stronger financially, but also because anything that offsets a rise in price is a good thing.” Before the merger, Duke ...
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Charlotte Observer
B.B. DeLaine's life enriched others'
Charlotte Observer
I had invited six members of the Observer editorial board's Young Voices forum, students who participated in an editorial feature where they respond to questions about current events, to tour the exhibit in advance of its opening. The multi-racial ...
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Anson County leaves partnership
Charlotte Observer
Local News · Crime · Education · Politics · Nation · World · Weird · Special Reports · Obituaries · Blogs/Columnists · Data Center · Public Notices · Sports · Carolina Panthers ... Amid county budget discussions this month, the Anson Economic ...
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For The Love Of Going Local
Charlotte Observer
Special to The Observer. Terri Bennett The Charlotte Observer. Posted: Monday, Jun. 25, 2012. Modified: Monday, Jun. 25, 2012. COLUMNISTS » · Terri Bennett. Terri Bennett has been providing weather forecasts in the Charlotte area for more than 16 years.
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Charlotte Observer
Hold off on US Airways/ American Airlines marriage
Charlotte Observer
Special to the Observer. By William S. Swelbar. Posted: Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012. Modified: Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012. The first 10 years of the new millennium for the U.S. airline industry is often described as the “lost decade.” During that period ...
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Bobcats tall order? Draft a star
Charlotte Observer
Tom Sorensen has been a columnist at The Observer for 20 years and has been at the paper for 25, writing about nearly every sport in the Carolinas. Tom Talks · E-mail Tom 704.358.5119. The Charlotte Bobcats have solid players in Gerald Henderson, D.J. ...
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Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with ex-IRA chief
Sarnia Observer
The meeting with McGuinness, who is now the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, comes 14 years after the Irish Republican Army ended its war against British rule in the province, and is one of the last big milestones in a peace process whose ...
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U.S. top court upholds part of Arizona immigration law
Sarnia Observer
Reader's comments ». If you already have an account on this newspaper, you can login to thenewspaper to add your comments. By adding a comment on the site, you accept our terms and conditions and our netiquette rules. Please enable JavaScript to view ...
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Why such large racial disparities in traffic stops?
Charlotte Observer
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Michigan Philharmonic salutes America
Hometownlife.com
The world's largest Chinese automaker has opened shop in Birmingham.- 4:43 pm. Birmingham clamps down on fireworks. Light that firecracker on the wrong day and you .... The Michigan Philharmonic concert is free and sponsored in part by the Observer ...
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Iron Maiden drawing fans from around the world
Sarnia Observer
Iron Maiden drawing fans from around the world 0. Mashoka Maimona. By Mashoka Maimona, Sarnia Observer. Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:56:23 EDT PM. Ari and Elina Asti will be flying in from Tampere, Finland to attend Sarnia's Bayfest festival on July 14 to ...
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Bramwell off to world junior championships
Sarnia Observer
... hopes to compete in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. PAUL OWEN/FOR THE OBSERVER/QMI AGENCY ... Bramwell qualified for the World Junior Championships with a personal-best 21.33-second finish in the 200m at the OFSAA championships in Brockville on June ...
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Justices affirm the right to lie, even when it has no valor
Charlotte Observer
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Ronaldo world's most polarizing player
Sarnia Observer
As enigmatic Cristiano Ronaldo and his glistening weave strut into the interview room after yet another standout performance at Euro 2012, the gaggle of assembled reporters from across the world begin quietly chatting among themselves. In the end, no ...
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N.C. wind project could kill eagles
Charlotte Observer
Special to the Observer. By Daniel deB. Richter Jr. Posted: Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012. Modified: Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012. Last week was North Carolina's first celebration of the increasingly popular American Eagle Day, June 20, a tribute to the American ...
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Obamacare still on life support, but feds supreme on immigration
Sarnia Observer
Again Monday, as the political world hung on the edge of its seat, the highest court withheld its decision on the legality of Obamacare, but issued instead a ruling on a controversial Arizona law that cracks down on illegal immigrants. Known as SD-1070 ...
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Hold teachers accountable, yes, but all the other players, too
Charlotte Observer
Special to the Observer. By Jean Rattigan-Rohr. Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012. Modified: Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012. Not long ago I spoke at an “open house” for high school students who wanted to meet college professors and learn more about different ...
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Canada gets new World Heritage Site
Sarnia Observer
On Saturday, the Landscape of Grand Pre in Nova Scotia was named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), making it the 16th of its kind in Canada. UNESCO said "the Landscape of Grand Pre ...
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Camp holds special place for reunited counselors
Charlotte Observer
Each week, the Observer will list Summer Camp Fund contributors. If you wish to make an anonymous donation, indicate it ... Six months later, 10 of them from around the world reunited for a June weekend. 'Who knew?' The accommodations at Camp Grier ...
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Federal appeals court rules for environment, planet
Charlotte Observer
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Paper sorry over Balotelli cartoon
Sarnia Observer
Paper sorry over Balotelli cartoon 0. MARK MEADOWS, REUTERS. Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:06:04 EDT PM. Italy's biggest newspaper apologized for publishing a cartoon of Mario Balotelli on top of London's Big Ben swatting away balls. Tweet ...
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Northwest corridor revival needs great expectations
Charlotte Observer
Special to the Observer. By Ron Stodghill. Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012. Modified: Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012. In the winter of 2011, Dr. Ronald Carter, president of Johnson C. Smith University, pulled together dozens of community leaders to enlist ...
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'Timing is everything,' Matt Kenseth notes
Charlotte Observer
I had a chance to try something else and Roush was looking to move Ricky Stenhouse Jr. up to Cup,” Kenseth told the Observer. “Three months ago if someone asked me, I probably would have said I would retire from Roush. It's still hard for me to picture ...
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Are there lessons in capital-plan debacle?
Charlotte Observer
Are there lessons in capital-plan debacle? By Mary Newsom Special to the Observer. By Mary Newsom. Posted: Saturday, Jun. 30, 2012. Modified: Friday, Jun. 29, 2012. How did Charlotte City Council – with all 11 members willing to vote for a small ...
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IPI director weeps for slain journalists
Trinidad Guardian
International Press Institute's (IPI) executive director, Alison Bethel McKenzie, yesterday wept as she recounted the killings of 72 journalists all over the world for the year so far. Bethel McKenzie cried openly while ... Peter Preston, left ...
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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Metrolina Greenhouses, stumps for renewable ...
Charlotte Observer
Vilsack said in a meeting with the Observer editorial board. “We have enormous opportunities here,” he said, “particularly in rural areas, where we have this grand opportunity... to create new energy products.” Among the new North Carolina grant ...
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C-USA commissioner pleased with 49ers' early efforts
Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte 49ers return to Conference USA after an eight-year absence in 2013, with the football team beginning play in 2015. The Observer's David Scott talked recently with C-USA commissioner Britton Banowsky about a variety of topics related to ...
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Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Bobcats could be players in NBA free agency
Charlotte Observer
As team vice chairman Curtis Polk told the Observer, “If we don't land the big fish – there's not a lot of (player) movement and we're not a big glamor market right now – then we need to use this in a lot of different ways.” That process started Monday ...
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Charlotte Observer
Hudak urges major changes to Ontario labour law
Sarnia Observer
Hudak released a white paper Tuesday, entitled Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets, which calls for significant rewrites to the labour laws in Ontario which he says would make the province's business environment more competitive and create jobs.
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Van Koeverden forgets past, focuses on future
Sarnia Observer
He came into the Games undefeated in 2007, world champion in the K-1 500 and silver medalist in the 1000, his meticulous preparation ready to pay off in more Olympic gold until the final when the field blew past him as if he had dropped anchor. Since ...
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Charlotteans react to Supreme Court's decision to uphold health reform law
Charlotte Observer
“Government should not have the right to make you purchase a product,” he wrote through the Public Insight Network, a group of readers who offer to share their knowledge with the Observer. “Purchasing of insurance at group rates makes sense, and the ...
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Charlotte Observer
Former Redford Union High principal let go
Hometownlife.com
LATEST HEADLINES. Shanghai Motors arrives in Birmingham. The world's largest Chinese automaker has opened shop in Birmingham. .... Moran did not return calls for comment from the Observer. “We're dealing with a very severe and serious circumstance ...
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Mel Watt lies low on banking, finance issues
Charlotte Observer
And he hasn't issued a single public statement on banking in the two years since Dodd-Frank passed. Watt told the Observer that this was a conscious decision and a result of the committee's polarization since Republicans captured control of the House.
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Charlotte Observer
Krueger to get Oilers head coach job
Sarnia Observer
I coached the Swiss to be able to beat the teams we were supposed to beat and to compete with the top countries in the world. “I had a ... If you already have an account on this newspaper, you can login to the newspaper to add your comments. By adding ...
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Go Army! Egyptian military is simply trying to prevent an abomination
Sarnia Observer
The outside world, led by the media, recoils at any suggestion of military rule in countries awash in revolution. And so it is in Egypt. One might recall that in Pakistan, military takeovers periodically occurred when civilian governments became so ...
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Canada on right track?
Sarnia Observer
The most recent Canadian to break the 10-second barrier was Montreal's Bruny Surin, who ran a 9.84, back at the 1999 world championships in Seville, Spain. The Canadian record in the 100 is held by Surin and Donovan Bailey (times set back in the 1990s).
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Ronaldo at centre of Iberian rivalry
Sarnia Observer
The Spanish side has been like an irritating elder sibling to Portugal for years, flashing championship bling -- the World Cup 2010 and Euro 2008 titles -- in front of the Portuguese people as if it was sticking out its tongue and mockingly saying "Nah ...
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Writer Nora Ephron dead at 71
Sarnia Observer
“From her earliest days at New York City's newspapers to her biggest Hollywood successes, Nora always loved a good New York story, and she could tell them like no one else,” Bloomberg said in a statement. Ephron, who often parlayed her own love life ...
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World's Fittest Man to bring health and fitness awareness to East ...
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A Guinness World Records certificate, which Procurement News (PN) has seen says the man, achieved the following measurements in a 24 hour/13 activity fitness programme from 1-2 December 2000: 160.93 km (100 miles) cycling, 16.09 km ( 10 miles) running and 16.09 km (10 miles) hiking. ...The Observer Newspaper in the United Kingdom quoted Mr. Chris Sheedy of the Guinness WorldRecords saying: “His achievement is momentous, unbelievable, and superhuman. When his ...
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World news | From the Observer | The Guardian
The Observer: Main section. Sunday 24 June 2012. World news p17 ... Read the paper exactly as it was printed. Guardian digital edition · Subscribe to the ...
www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/jun/24/.../worldnews
Observer News - Why so sad?
We live in what much of the world would consider to be paradise; how can so many people be ... I see the bad guys in the newspapers and on the evening news.
www.observernews.net/thisweek/.../3981-why_so_sad.html
Jobless rate up slightly | The Observer News Enterprise
To read more of this story, pick up the weekend print edition of Catawba County's communitynewspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands ...
www.observernewsonline.com/content/jobless-rate-slightly
Test your news knowledge | World | News | Sarnia Observer
Test your knowledge of the past week's news and current events. ... If you already have an account on this newspaper, you can login to the newspaper to add ...
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Former O-R intern gets different view of world - The Observer-Reporter
Former O-R intern gets different view of world. By Emily Petsko, For the Observer- Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com. This article has been read 1352 ...
www.observer-reporter.com/or/.../06-25-2012-nepal
Rinehart didn't start the fire - National Comment - The Observer
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