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Christa McAuliffe Had No Fear Challenger Might 'Blow Up'

When Christa McAuliffe was chosen in 1985 as the first private citizen/teacher to fly in space on board a space shuttle, she couldn't have imagined the overwhelming impact her life and commitment to education would have on millions of students and other teachers around the world. That impact occurred after she died with...

Possible Thursday Announcement Could Tell of Lowe's Motor Speedway's Future

We've seen and heard the battle that the City of Concord (N.C.) and Lowe's Motor Speedway have had in the past month.Thursday could be the day of reckoning on whether or not LMS' parent company, Speedway Motorsports Inc., and CEO Bruton Smith will either ruin yet another fantastic piece of the NASCAR history (remember...

Concord: Give Smith Drag Strip, Own Street

This whole flap with the City of Concord, North Carolina and Speedway Motorsports CEO Bruton Smith really is turning quite comical. Speedway Motorsports owns Lowe's Motor Speedway, the race track in Concord.First, Concord re-zoned Bruton's land to specifically deny him the right. Or, more easily, the equivalent to finding...

Concord Starts Retreat in LMS Dispute

Bruton Smith is a man who likes to grab attention.So last week when the Concord, N.C. City Council voted to change the zoning of Lowe's Motor Speedway to eliminate a possible drag strip, he swung back -- and connected.The CEO of Speedway Motorsports declared that he was ready to spend over $350 million and completely...

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Ann McLane Kuster: War on Women Affects Us All

This is an edited speech given by congressional candidate Ann McLane Kuster at the New Hampshire Women Unite rally on Saturday April 28.

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05/27/12 Building Industry Creates âMagical Makeoverâ at... Source: PR.com Concord, CA, May 27, 2012 --( PR.com )-- What started as Concord's De La Salle High School's (DLS) "Healing Spaces" program to renovate a room or two at the Bay Area Crisis Nursery (BACN) in Concord has inspired a full home makeover by the building industry charitable group HomeAid and homebuilder Brookfield Homes.
05/24/12 Concord parents warn against budget cuts that 'will... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI By the end of June, the Concord School Board must close a $614,000 budget gap.
05/23/12 Two charged in armed robbery outside Concord McDonalds Source: Independent Tribune - Concord NC Police on Monday arrested two men accused of using a BB gun to rob a man in a McDonalds parking lot.
05/23/12 Staten Island Obituaries--Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Source: Staten Island Advance - Staten Island NY The following obituaries will appear in the Wednesday, May 23 edition of the Advance: *Scott A. Taylor, 41, of Great Kills, died May 17.
05/23/12 Former owner of Concord health club banned from... Source: Independent Tribune - Concord NC A former owner of more than a dozen health clubs in North Carolina has been banned from the business for 12 years for repeatedly violating state law, Attorney General Roy Cooper's office announced Tuesday.

Background on Concord

Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction.

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