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Tween idols: Meet the
Jonas Brothers

What's shaped their chart-burning sound?

In a little over a year, the Jonas Brothers have gone from playing for audiences in the double digits to performing in front of 20,000 screaming young fans.

CD on CDS | Courtney Devores reviews releases

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Old 97's; "Blame It On Gravity" New West Records

Rachael Sage; "Chandelier" MPress Records

SARAH AARTHUN | Paid to Party

Consider these fresh digs without the smelly cigs

Picture it: You're slipping on a new, slinky BCBG dress, or a crisp Hugo Boss buttoned-down shirt, ready for a night out. A few hours later, you're home and realizing that your wardrobe staple smells of cigarette smoke and stale beer.

Recognize these applicants for ‘love'?

Hundreds of young women turned out uptown Thursday for a chance to meet the man of their dreams.

Video: Charlotte women try out for 'Bachelor'

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'X-Files': No reason to 'Believe'

This is it? We waited 10 years for a sequel to the movie version of “The X-Files” – well, some of us must have – and the best Chris Carter could do is “The X-Files: I Want to Believe”? Watch the trailer!

DINING

Big Daddy's piles burger options high

The choices aren't limited to its buns – it also has a variety of fries and chips

Big Daddy's Burger Bar is exactly what you think it's going to be, given the name, the look, the location and the prices.

ARTS

True, blue 'Q' sets us laughing, thinking

Conspiracy theorists had a ball when “Avenue Q” took the top three Tony Awards – best musical, book and score – away from the highly favored “Wicked” in 2004.

Video | Avenue Q in Charlotte

EVENTS

A look back 1,927 years ago

It has been 1,927 years since the Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted and decimated all life in Pompeii. Yet the tragedy and its aftermath are still haunting, fascinating and relevant today. Slideshow

Video | A look at the 'Pompeii' exhibit

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Q&A | Lawrence Toppman on Movies

More to come from Nolan, 'Batman'?

Q. I agree with the first sentence of your 'Dark Knight' review (as well as the rest of it), and Pixar and Nolan HAVE really been the only two filmmakers consistently putting out stellar films. What's Nolan's next film, too, by the way? 07.23.08

Sarah Aarthun

Recognize these applicants for ‘love'?

Hundreds of young women turned out uptown Thursday for a chance to meet the man of their dreams.

Richard Maschal

Cornell Capa froze moments of intimacy

The photograph captures a moment so intimate you want to took away.

Steven Brown

Celebrate independence at concerts

Johannes Brahms was a German who settled in Austria. Dmitri Shostakovich was Russian. Their music has nothing to do with the United States. What are they doing in the middle of the Charlotte Symphony's “Celebrate America” concerts?

Pam Kelley

Many loyal soldiers in the grammar fight

My admission a couple weeks ago that I spend my life mentally correcting grammar mistakes brought many wonderful responses from anal-like-me language lovers with their own peeves.

Mark Washburn

MTV to chronicle veteran's return to U.S.

Shameeka Gray of Charlotte lands on MTV Monday with her war stories. Gray, 25, with two tours of the war zone since 2003, has plenty of them. This one she doesn't tell on TV.