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Evangelist Graham In China For Meetings WSOC TV The son of American evangelist Billy Graham said Friday he is opposed to missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. Franklin Graham, also an evangelist, was speaking to...
N.C. Man Charged In Robbery Of FBI Agent In S.C. WSOC TV Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in the robbery of a vacationing FBI agent last month in downtown Greenville. Police say 23-year-old Elmer David Cespedes-Orozco of...
Tornado Blamed For Extensive Damage In Gaston County WSOC TV An expert with the National Weather Service said he suspects an F2 tornado hit Gaston County early Friday.Vince DiCarlo of the NWS has spent hours assessing damage in Gastonia...
Edwards Praises Obama, But Doesn WSOC TV Former presidential candidate John Edwards still hasn't made a Democratic presidential endorsement. But the former North Carolina senator seemed to stop just short of it Friday. Edwards...
SC Prisoner Kills Self With Overdose Of Prescription Drugs WSOC TV Authorities said a 35-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for murder killed himself with an overdose of prescription drugs.Prisons spokesman Josh Gelinas told The Greenville...
CMPD Significant Event Log For May 5/6 WSOC TV 11:56 a.m. Break/Enter Residential-Unoccupied: Reporting person saw BM teen running from his house as he was coming in in 2200 block of Rice Planters. Suspect described as bald LSW long black...
Exhumed Skull Used As WSOC TV Houston police said Thursday 17-year-olds Kevin Wade Jones and Matthew Richard Gonzalez, and a 16-year-old, dug up the grave with shovels, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a...
Convicted Ice-Pick Killer Gets Life in Prison WSOC TV Xenia, Ohio -- An Ohio woman has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for killing her roommate with an ice pick through the ear.Sandra Matthews-Johnson was convicted of killing...
Hezbollah Gunmen Take Control Of Beirut Areas WSOC TV Shiite Hezbollah gunmen have seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunnis loyal to Lebanon's U.S.-backed government.At least 11 people have been killed and 20 more...
Alcoa withdraws, then resubmits, water-quality application Charlotte Business Journal Alcoa Inc. has resubmitted its application with N.C regulators for a water-quality certificate for its hydroelectric operations on the Yadkin River after withdrawing the proposal. The company says...
Charlotte-area home sales drop 32% Charlotte Business Journal The number of closings dropped to 2,400 last month from 3,534 in The average sales price dipped to $221,497 from $225,748 a year earlier. Houses sold last month were on the market...
Premier unit signs supply contracts Charlotte Business Journal Under the three-year agreements, the health-care equipment suppliers will provide electronic thermometers to members of the Premier alliance. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Premier Purchasing...
Iraq Reports Of Al-Qaida Arrest Doubted WSOC TV A ministry spokesman said police in the northern city captured Abu Ayyub al-Masri during a midnight raid Thursday night. Al-Masri is also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir.Mosul, 225 miles northwest of...
3D Systems incurs higher losses in 1Q Charlotte Business Journal ... amp;amp;#39;s first-quarter loss grew 18 percent to $3.7 million, or 17 cents per diluted share. The Rock Hill-based company incurred a loss of $3.1 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, a year ago. ...
UNC Charlotte Community Remembers Murdered Student WSOC TV Songs and tears filled the heart of UNC Charlotte's campus as students, teachers, and family remembered murdered student Irina &Ira& Yarmolenko. Her brother traveled from Chapel...
Tornado Warnings Sweep Across Our Area WSOC TV The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a tornado warning for Iredell and Rowan Counties until 10:30 p.m. Thursday.There have been reports of high winds, lightning and hail...
Mooresville Residents Upset By Plans To Cancel CATS Bus Route WSOC TV About 800 people from Mooresville, Troutman and Iredell County ride four Charlotte Area Transit System buses to their jobs in Charlotte each week. But that option may be going...
Mecklenburg Officials Find Absentee Ballots Counted Twice WSOC TV Mecklenburg County election officials say some absentee ballots sent in by mail for Tuesday's primary were initially counted twice. County Elections Director Michael Dickerson said...
Wachovia Separates Chairman, CEO Positions WSOC TV Wachovia Corp. has stripped Chief Executive Ken Thompson of his chairman role in a move that separates the top management position from the top oversight role. The Charlotte, N.C....
Lye Could Be Used To Dissolve Bodies WSOC TV Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest -- dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish...
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