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Minor League Hockey Team Buys Home for 11-Year-Old Super Fan

In January, AOL News first told the story of Zach Bennett, an 11-year-old boy from Albany, N.Y., who suffers from neurofibromatosis 1, a rare genetic disorder in which tumors grow on his nerves. When Bennett's favorite hockey team, the Albany River Rats, a farm team for the Carolina Hurricanes, was moved to Charlotte,...

Cops: Perp Left T-Shirt With His Mug Shot at Crime Scene

There are crimes against fashion and there are crimes solved by fashion. Police in Charlotte, N.C., say they arrested a home invasion suspect who accidentally left a T-shirt featuring his own face -- in the form of a mug shot -- at the scene of the crime. Following his release from a North Carolina prison after serving...

Why the Democrats Picked Charlotte for 2012 Convention

Charlotte, N.C., better get ready. In a year and a half, the city will be invaded ... by Democrats. The Democratic Party has selected Charlotte as the site of its 2012 national convention. Charlotte beat out St. Louis, Cleveland and Minneapolis, which had also hoped to win the right to host the Democratic National...

Source: Democrats Pick Charlotte for 2012 Convention

WASHINGTON -- A Democratic official says the party will hold it's 2012 presidential convention in Charlotte, N .C. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement was not intended to be made public until later Tuesday. The North Carolina city beat out three others; St. Louis, Minneapolis-St....

Wintry Blast Blankets Southern States; NYC Preps for More Snow

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- It could be days before icy, treacherous conditions improve for areas of the South hit by a wintry blast that sent cars sliding off the road, emptied grocery shelves and had officials nervously watching ice-laden powerlines and tree limbs. Meanwhile, New York City was about to confront its third...

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Charlotte Allows Coalition To Hold Pre-Democratic Convention Protest

Charlotte has given permission to a coalition to hold a major protest the weekend before the Democratic National Convention.

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Southeast Meetup Reminders: Savannah, Raleigh, And Charlotte Are Set, Atlanta Not Iffy [UPDATE!]

If you've been keeping up at all, you should know that we're planning a tour of the Southeast during the second week of July. We're hitting all the hottest spots, including Savannah, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Charlotte (in that order), but we seem to be hitting a tiny bump in the south-bound road.

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Democratic Convention Prompts DHS To Bring 'See Something, Say Something' To Charlotte

The Department of Homeland Security said it is expanding its "If You See Something, Say Something" public awareness campaign to Charlotte, N.C., just as that city prepares for the global spotlight that the Democratic National Convention will bring in September.

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Emily Maynard Is Up for a âFresh Startâ Away from Charlotte After The Bachelorette

Emily Maynard can currently be seen doling out roses Monday nights as The Bachelorette on ABC â and, in real life, just wrapped filming, meaning that the final rose is in the handsome hands of one of her final three.

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Charlotte And Owen Schilling Missing: Nebraska Mother And Son Disappear

The FBI has gotten involved in a search for a 41-year-old mother and her 10-year-old son who disappeared Thursday morning.

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06/03/12 Book picks: 'In the Bag' by Kate Klise Source: Herald-Journal - Spartanburg SC "By the Blood of Heroes" by Joseph Nassise.
06/02/12 Drivers prefer 400 miles at the Monster Mile Source: NASCAR There are very few drivers in Sunday's FedEx 400 field who remember when Dover was a 500-mile marathon, and even fewer who miss spending four-plus hours battling with the Monster Mile. For much of the Modern Era of NASCAR, Dover's 500-mile race was sandwiched between the Coca-Cola 600, 500 more miles at Pocono -- plus Michigan's 400-miler -- putting more emphasis on stamina and survival than speed.
06/02/12 East Charlotte house fire leaves family displaced Source: ABC - WSOC 9 - Charlotte NC A fire in east Charlotte has left a family out of their home Saturday morning.
06/02/12 SCOTT-EKLUND RACING HEADS TO TEXAS CHASING PODIUM Source: Rally News Friday, June 1, 2012: Scott-Eklund Racing heads to the second round of the Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) at the Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday June 9, chasing a podium finish after an impressive debut outing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
06/02/12 Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files Source: Creative Loafing - Charlotte NC A 23-year-old woman went to police headquarters after realizing that she had been duped out of an award that she apparently believed she deserved.