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  • Checkpoint nabs 12 for DWI

    A police checkpoint at the edge of Charlotte's uptown area took 12 alleged drunk drivers off the streets overnight.

  • Construction sends rats into uptown streets

    Uptown's construction noise is scaring these brown critters out of the sewers and into the streets … and a cafeteria.

    The booms of Boomtown may be sending colonies of rats scurrying across uptown.

  • Slaying victim had sought a new start

    No suspects yet in the apparent drive-by shooting of James Robert Hunt, found lying in his driveway.

    James Robert Hunt was released from prison in March 2004 after serving more than two years on a drug conviction, his latest in a string of felonies that included auto theft, assault and breaking and entering.

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Mama said I'm special, and now we have proof

Tommy Tomlinson: If you're reading this, it's a beautiful Friday morning and I'm in the hospital getting better. Doctors had found a small tumor in my heart.


Professor who inspired millions dies

Randy Pausch, a terminally ill professor whose farewell lecture became an Internet video phenomenon and a best-selling book, inspiring millions and turning him into a symbol for living and dying well, died Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47.

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