I woke this morning with a revelation in neon: I lack the turn of mind to do what Bob Teixeira has done – convert a 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil.
A light-rail extension to the University City area is at least eight years away, if it gets built at all.
It didn't take long for someone to compare Jesse Helms with two other famous Americans who died on July 4.
If you caught your news on TV or radio last week, you learned that water mains had burst like balloons across south Charlotte.
He knew what it was to be poor, hungry, uneducated, abandoned and worse, much worse. Perhaps that's why he always tried to make life better for others.
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who as recently as last week said she didn't support drilling for oil and gas off her state's shores, said Thursday that North Carolina ought to be able to allow energy exploration.
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Joe Depriest Gaston/Lincoln |
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Dan Huntley York/Lancaster |
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Joe Marusak Lake Norman |
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Vanessa Willis Southern Mecklenburg |
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Cliff Harrington Union County | |
Rich Haag University City |
