Provides the latest RSS feeds for Charlotte News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Charlotte News.Net http://www.charlottenews.net/ en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:32:22 -0400 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:32:22 -0400 30 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Neighbors at a north Charlotte apartment called police after they noticed a broken window at another unit. When the officer arrived, he thought it was a routine break-in call, he fo... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951806&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:22 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951806&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. -- Tyisa Witherspoon is a smart, spunky 5-year-old girl. Her eyes light up when she talks about playing, running and swimming.But she is anything but ordinary. Her body is cov... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951807&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:23 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951807&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On a wall full of family photographs hangs Kellie Owens' college degree. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a major in criminal justice. Now, the ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951809&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:18 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951809&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951810&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:14 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15951810&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 A baby boy, who was removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro -- $1.59 -- as a joke, is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday. "The child has been ret... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15950487&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:38:19 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15950487&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 DURHAM, N.C. -- The lawyer for one of three people charged in a North Carolina rape and kidnapping case that prosecutors have said included satanic ritual said it appears to involve "consensual activi... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15949158&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:57:33 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15949158&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On Friday, July 4, the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) will operate additional service to get July Fourth spectators close to the red, white and blue action. The July Fourth Sh... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15947818&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:15:51 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15947818&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 July 2 11:19 a.m. Armed Robbery From Business in University City Division: The Panda Express at 9300 JW Clay Bvld. advised they were robbed at gunpoint by 3 B/Ms. The subjects are in their early 20's,... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15947816&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:15:37 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15947816&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a traffic stop involving a Mount Juliet police officer accused of performing "vascular restraint" on a man suspected of tr... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15947819&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:15:36 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15947819&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 BOLIVIA, N.C. -- A man has been sentenced to at least 124 years in prison for the 2001 rape and kidnapping of two teenage girls vacationing at a North Carolina beach. The Wilmington Star-News reported... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946172&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:58 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946172&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 PITTSBURGH -- An Allegheny County judge must decide what degree of murder a North Carolina teen committed when he fatally shot clerk in a suburban Pittsburgh convenience store. Seventeen-year-old Eric... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946171&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:56 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946171&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia has put its four new lion cubs on display for the first time. Three females and one male cub were born June 7 by Caesarean section because of complications... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946174&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:34:00 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946174&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 AUSTELL, Ga. -- Six Flags Over Georgia has reopened the popular roller coaster ride that hit and killed a South Carolina teenager, but state officials have told the amusement park to make changes. The... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946170&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:55 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946170&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 A south Georgia teenager is charged with child cruelty after an online video showed a young man launching a baby several feet across a room. The video posted on YouTube shows the teenage boy putting a... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946173&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:52 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15946173&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Police have confirmed that one person has died as the result of an accident on Idlewild Road near Rice Road in Matthews.The driver of the car lost control and flipped onto the front ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944161&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:39:07 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944161&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MONROE, N.C. -- Police said that one man has died in a fire at the Knights Inn Hotel in Monroe.The fire started around 3:00 a.m. Thursday at the Hotel on Venus Street off Highway 74.The identity of th... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944162&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:39:05 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944162&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police say at least one car struck at least two pedestrians on College Street at Stonewall Street.The others injured were occupants of vehicles involved in the accident.Five people ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944163&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:39:02 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944163&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CABARRUS CO., N.C. -- Travelers filling up gas tanks in the Charlotte area before the Fourth of July holiday will pay yet another record price.AAA estimates the average price for a gallon of regular u... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944164&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:39:00 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944164&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LINCOLN CO., N.C. -- An early morning chase ended in a crash in Lincoln County Thursday.Investigators said deputies began chasing a vehicle on Old Mill Road and Highway 150. Shortly after, state troop... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944165&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:38:59 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15944165&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Doctors said a 7-year-old girl is in good shape after a random .22 caliber bullet became lodged in her head, where it will reside until next week.Yamilet Leon was with her uncle ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15941481&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:00:11 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15941481&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- With the jump in theft of copper wiring in across Charlotte, police said they needed to do more to curb the crime and started cracking down scrap metal dealers.Officers had the firs... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15936083&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:31:22 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15936083&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Authorities say a 14-year-old boy has been charged in the death and sexual assault of an 8-year-old Greenville County girl whose body was found in an abandoned mobile home.Sheriff'... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15936082&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:31:20 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15936082&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 READING, Pa. -- Police said a 22-month-old boy was hospitalized after riding a tricycle off the second-floor roof of a Reading apartment Wednesday. The boy was flown to Hershey Medical Center for trea... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15936081&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:31:16 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15936081&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 BETHEL, Vt. -- The head of the Vermont State Police called the discovery of the body of a missing 12-year-old girl "heartbreaking." State police found the remains of Brooke Bennett in Randolph not far... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15932017&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:36:28 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15932017&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing. Agents would rely on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Ar... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15933314&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:36:24 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15933314&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tenants at the Heatherwood apartment complex on Providence Road called authorities when they smelled a foul odor coming from a vacant apartment.A hazardous materials team was called... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930275&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:49 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930275&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 A man was detained Wednesday after allegedly making a bomb threat to police at Los Angeles International Airport, prompting authorities to ground several flights and halt traffic into the area. The ma... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15933313&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:36:21 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15933313&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 DAVIDSON, NC -- This year, out-of-towners will be charged $5 to attend the annual Fourth of July fireworks display at McEver Field on South Street in Davidson.Admission will remain free for Davidson r... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930274&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:48 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930274&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 DILLON, S.C. -- A 13-year-old South Carolina boy has been arrested after officers say he did some patrolling of his own in a stolen police car. Dillon Police Sergeant Jason Turner tells the Morning Ne... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930277&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:53 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930277&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 - The first thing that a new observer to Panthers practices notices about second-year wide receiver Ryne Robinson is his vertical jump.It has been officially measured at 35 inches. But it seems all th... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15934456&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:40:53 -0400 Carolina Panthers http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15934456&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. -- Police said the car of a slain University of North Carolina at Charlotte student was turned on and off before her body was found.They are still trying to determine who killed Ira ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930278&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:54 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930278&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students will have to walk a bit farther to get to their bus stops next school year. The change is part of an overall plan to counter rising fuel ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15929312&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:56 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15929312&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LAKE NORMAN, N.C. -- Boater Ken Bennett spent Wednesday at Blythe Landing preparing his boat for the big Fourth of July celebration on Lake Norman."You can get out in the middle of the lake Friday nig... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930276&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:51 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930276&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Fireworks are facing some competition from high gas prices this year. Do you fill up your tank or satisfy your craving for streaks of color and loud booms?"We're cutting back," said... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930273&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:47 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930273&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Housing Authority is buying a neighborhood to make sure affordable housing stays in a certain part of town.The CHA plans to spend $2.1 million on Fairmarket Square nea... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15929266&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:45 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15929266&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh renewed his contract with Premier Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio, continuing syndication of The Rush Limbaugh Show, according to a press release on http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930271&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:39 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15930271&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 HICKORY, N.C. -- Police have arrested a woman who reported that a bag of kittens had been thrown onto the highway nearly three weeks ago.Hickory police charged Nikki Bradshaw with one count of resisti... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926826&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:08:25 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926826&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MORGANTON, N.C. -- A sign posted outside a convenience store just south of Morganton is garnering mixed reactions from customers.Jeff Griffiths, owner of Foothills Market on N.C. 18, posted the words,... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926825&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:08:23 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926825&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ANDERSON, S.C. -- South Carolina's drought has state and local fire officials urging people to forgo backyard fireworks displays and attend public ones instead this holiday weekend. In Anderson County... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926824&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:08:22 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926824&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ST. LOUIS -- Transportation corridors opened over and on the Mississippi River Wednesday as floodwaters continued to recede at a rapid pace. Two bridges -- one at Quincy, Ill., the other at Louisiana,... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926823&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:08:18 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15926823&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ALBEMARLE, N.C. -- A death row inmate who wore a Superman shirt and represented himself at trial is too mentally ill to be executed, a judge has ruled. Stanly County Superior Court Judge Robert Bell r... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922949&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:49 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922949&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina authorities are investigating the death of a man confronted by upset relatives after riding in a car that struck three people in a Columbia neighborhood.Richland Count... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922951&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:55 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922951&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ALBEMARLE, N.C. -- A Mount Pleasant woman who works for the Albemarle Department of Motor Vehicles is charged with attempting to defraud the government by issuing identification cards to illegal immig... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922946&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:59 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922946&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The first state survey of who visits North Carolina wineries will help tourism officials market the wineries to those who like them, typically well-educated people in middle age... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922945&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:58 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922945&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 RALEIGH, N.C. -- A House committee approved a bill Tuesday would apply North Carolina's new video poker ban to an online sweepstakes that allows participants to play games resembling slot machines. Th... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922948&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:47 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922948&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is deciding whether the state should expand its use of DNA to solve crimes and free people wrongly convicted. Sanford, who vetoed similar legislation... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922947&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:46 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922947&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 OMAHA, Neb. -- A former teacher is expected to plead guilty today to reduced charges in a case involving a 13-year-old student.Kelsey Peterson, 26, had been accused of having sex with the boy and flee... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922953&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:27 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15922953&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LUMBERTON, N.C. -- Authorities say nine North Carolina jail inmates have been charged with making wine behind bars. The Fayetteville Observer reported Wednesday the inmates were discovered making wine... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919431&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:28 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919431&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 AVON, N.C. -- A young sperm whale has died after it was stranded on a North Carolina beach this week. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., reports the 15-foot whale was seen struggling in the ocean be... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919430&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:27 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919430&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 GASTON CO., N.C. -- A person walking on a Gaston County road was hit by a volunteer firefighter who was on his way to a wreck.Authorities said it happened just after midnight Wednesday on Crowders Cre... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919429&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:26 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919429&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 SHELBY, N.C. -- Police said one person died after being shot at a Shelby apartment complex Tuesday night.It happened just before 10 p.m. at the Ramblewood Apartments.Authorities say one person was sho... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919427&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:25 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919427&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 HARRISBURG, N.C. -- A desperate search overnight for a missing 10-year-old Cabarrus county boy had a happy ending early Wednesday morning.Malachi Joyner said the boy disappeared at about 5 p.m. Tuesda... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919428&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:24 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15919428&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 The attack wreaked havoc and left a large swath of damage in the heart of downtown Jerusalem. Traffic was halted and hundreds of people fled through the streets in panic as medics treated the wounded.... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15917763&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:14 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15917763&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 The move Tuesday was no surprise after Harrington missed 71 games in two seasons with the Bobcats due to two surgeries on his left knee. The 34-year-old Harrington played in only 22 games last season ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15908579&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:58:24 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15908579&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MORGANTON, N.C. -- A 67-year-old Burke County man is accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl. Russell Junior Hartman was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15910083&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:42:20 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15910083&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Glenda Silvers is determined to find out what's happened to her son, Terrell Tisdale, a Charlotte teen who has been missing for two weeks."Everything that's going on right now. I ju... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15910081&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:42:16 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15910081&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats extended qualifying offers to restricted free agents Emeka Okafor and Ryan Hollins, and picked up the 2008-09 option on the contract of forward J... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15902288&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:55:28 -0400 WRAL http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15902288&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MORGANTON, N.C. -- A Morganton church trustee has been arrested on sex crime charges.Police said 67-year-old Russell Junior Hartman was charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a minor. Inve... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15904623&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:55:03 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15904623&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 YORK, S.C. -- One woman is dead, and a long-time friend is charged with her slaying.Pamela Caines, 54, was found on the ground in the doorway of an apartment at Cedar Terrace. That's on East Liberty S... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15904622&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:55:01 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15904622&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley is calling on lawmakers to approve a measure that could help some homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. A House judiciary committee began examining the plan T... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900789&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:12 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900789&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina is setting aside $2 million to more than double the number of low-income women who receive breast and cervical cancer screening, state officials said Tuesday. One of t... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900790&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:05 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900790&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Trustees at Winthrop University in Rock Hill have decided to raise tuition 8.3 percent for the coming school year.Trustees voted to increase the cost for undergraduate students form... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900791&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:04 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900791&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHICAGO -- Authorities have issued a murder warrant in one of eight killings that may be connected to a 28-year-old man being sought by police in Illinois and Missouri. Police in Galesburg, Ill., said... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900792&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:01 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15900792&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 – In a matter of speaking, the Panthers received a taste of training camp in June, when some summer-school sessions took place in temperatures that climbed near triple digits."Your body has to get r... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15898911&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:03:48 -0400 Carolina Panthers http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15898911&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CONCORD, N.C. -- A Concord post master is accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker.Keith Allen Fraley, 52, is charged with second-degree sex offense and second-degree kidnapping. He was arres... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15897146&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:58:57 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15897146&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 SALISBURY, N.C. -- A Salisbury dentist strangled Thursday was likely killed after the three suspects in his slaying were pulled over on a traffic violation, the chief of police said.Candice Drye, Chri... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15897145&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:58:56 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15897145&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Authorities say an illegal immigrant charged in a hit-and-run accident that killed a Rock Hill teen will be deported. Authorities say 15-year-old Christopher Lanier died Friday afte... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15893015&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:58 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15893015&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America Corp. has completed its purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp., and the Charlotte-based bank is now the nation's leading mortgage originator and servicer. The Feder... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15892316&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:57 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15892316&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley's wife took a pair of overseas trips in the past two years to visit museums in Europe -- trips that cost taxpayers $109,000. The News & Observer of Raleigh report... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15892307&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:53 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15892307&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LISBON, Portugal -- A spokesman for Madeleine McCann's parents said if Portuguese police are dropping their investigation into the British girl's disappearance, they should give their files to the McC... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15893013&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:52 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15893013&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Anchorage officials are asking the public to stay off a city trail after a 14-year-old girl was mauled by a bear over the weekend. One biologist said the trail is regularly patrol... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15893012&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:46 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15893012&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Church and rugby player Gavin Henson took 9-month-old Ruby Megan Henson to St Mary of the Angels Church in Cardiff for the christening. The baby was carried in a carrycot covered with a white blanket,... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15887105&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:34:49 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15887105&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police have confirmed two people were shot and killed in a west Charlotte neighborhood.The shooting happend at the Arbor Glen neighborhood, that's at Romare Bearden Drive and Spring... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15885796&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:34:48 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15885796&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte's new police chief, Rodney Monroe, and his wife, Marvette, shook hands and greeted a packed room of both members and leaders of the city's black community at a welcome rec... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15885795&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:34:47 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15885795&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Emeka Okafor . Part II. For the second straight summer, the Bobcats will try to lock up the first draft pick in team history to a long-term contract. This time, however, the sense of urgency is greate... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15884560&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:16:37 -0400 Sports Illustrated http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15884560&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Chief Communications Officer Nora Carr has responded to hundreds of e-mails in the last week after an article was posted online entitled "Invasion USA:... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882583&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:31 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882583&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 GASTONIA, N.C. -- The city of Gastonia has filed an injunction to shut down a halfway house that serves recovering addicts.The residents and organizers of Faith, Hope and Love in the Smyre community s... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882582&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:30 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882582&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, NC -- A Charlotte woman whose 15 year old daughter was murdered 15 years ago says she believes her case has fallen through the cracks in the court system."I'm out of patience. I've been pat... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882581&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:29 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882581&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The fight to keep the Dairy Branch Creek clean just got messy.Brad Fleming's back yard currently overlooks an urban forest where he can hear the creek below. Now developer Brian Pac... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882580&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:27 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15882580&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LANCASTER, S.C. -- A crime spree in Lancaster sent a retired police officer to the hospital after police say he was shot in the face.Authorities said Charles Raffaldt Jr. and Stephanie Myers face seve... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15880931&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:27 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15880931&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 - The only number that truly matters for Dan Connor is the one on the front of his jersey.Until the draft, however, the numbers that generated the most chatter were the times he clocked for the 40-yar... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15879737&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:09:23 -0400 Carolina Panthers http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15879737&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Five-thousand cars zip through Third Ward daily; add to that the growing number of Johnson and Wales University students walking to class every day and you could have a recipe for d... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15878187&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:04:00 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15878187&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Beleaguered consumer bank Wachovia Corp. is getting rid of a mortgage payment option that allows borrowers to pay less each month than the bank charges in interest. The choice to pa... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15874236&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:52:09 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15874236&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Authorities in Ohio say they're re-examining the slaying of the first husband of a woman with five dead spouses. Medina County Sheriff's Office detective Scott Phillips said Monday ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15874235&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:52:08 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15874235&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Republican governors candidate Pat McCrory says North Carolina should consider allowing offshore drilling as a way to meet its energy needs. The Charlotte mayor said Monday that dr... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871842&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:31:04 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871842&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LENOIR, N.C. -- Eight members of a crew fighting a North Carolina wildfire were taken to a hospital because of a lightning strike in a remote part of Caldwell County, officials said Sunday. The firefi... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871839&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:57 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871839&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Legislature passes new laws every year designed to combat the latest crimes in the news, whether by child sex predators, meth manufacturers or those who commit dome... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871840&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:55 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871840&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ROCK HILL, S.C. -- A South Carolina woman is opening a tiger park in North Carolina, more than a year after officials in the Palmetto State rejected the idea. Lea Jaunakais of Rock Hill is set to open... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871838&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:54 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871838&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 AUSTELL, Ga. -- A popular ride at a Georgia amusement park is reopening after a South Carolina teenager was decapitated by the roller coaster. Police say 17-year-old Asia LeeShawn Ferguson IV of Colum... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871837&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:53 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871837&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 MONTREAT, N.C. -- John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat. The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting religi... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871841&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:59 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871841&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The slain student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was shot several times, including a blast to her head from a shotgun.The Office of the State Me... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871836&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:48 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15871836&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 LINCOLN CO., N.C. -- One person died in a wreck in Lincoln county late Sunday night.State troopers blamed the severe weather. A tree fell across Ed Willis Road and became tangled up in power lines.Tro... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15867632&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:22:11 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15867632&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Visitation services are scheduled Monday night for a 15-year-old boy who was hit and killed by a pickup truck Friday. They will be held at 6 p.m. at the ML Ford Funeral Home in Lake... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15868854&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:22:09 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15868854&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 SALISBURY, N.C. -- Two cousins are in the Rowan County Detention Center, both charged with killing a Salisbury dentist.Accompanied by his mother, police said 18-year-old Jonathan Barnett turned himsel... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15862531&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:37:49 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15862531&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Two medical helicopters collided in mid-air Sunday afternoon in Flagstaff, Ariz., less than a mile from a medical center, killing seven people, a Federal Aviation Administration sp... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15859970&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:24:28 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15859970&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A north Charlotte school was broken into early Sunday morning.Police did not release much information about the break-in, except that they have taken one person into custody and tha... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15852125&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:06:56 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15852125&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. -- Eight people were rushed to the hospital Saturday night, after rangers say a lightning bolt hit near them in the mountains. The people were fighting wildfires at the time in C... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15847812&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:47:03 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15847812&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A victim told Eyewitness News he was robbed just before 12:00 a.m. Saturday by a man who showed a badge, then a gun, and claimed to be an undercover police detective."I looked aroun... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15847811&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:47:01 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15847811&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 beluga sturgeon  adjourn to a bed at even the slightest inkling of discomfort and forego loud conversation.  Well, my doctor didn't tell me to avoid such chatter, but a few attempts at lively discus... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15843758&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:08:19 -0400 Carolina Panthers http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15843758&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Police are looking for a suspect who hit and killed a Rock Hill teenager Friday night.It happened on Adnah Church Road, near Old York Road, around 5 p.m..Investigators said a truck ... http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15841324&cat=dee48d631688e0a3 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:03:04 -0400 WSOC TV http://feeds.charlottenews.net/?rid=15841324&cat=dee48d631688e0a3