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'Special elves' help send happiness to the world

Hundreds of children and volunteers gathered to help Franklin Graham send off gift-filled shoe boxes destined for children around the world.

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Bumpier ride ahead for Charlotte mass transit
By Steve Harrison | E-mail | 6:07AM
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A year after voters decided to keep the transit tax, the Charlotte Area Transit System is unsure that it can build the rapid transit system it promised.
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Teen, woman shot to death; city surpasses '07 homicide total
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. | E-mail | 7:39AM

Julius Thompson was shot dead during an argument early Thursday in the city's 75th homicide of the year. And Roschelle Wolyee, shot 21 hours later, became the city's 76th.

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Teen victim suffered storms in life
By Mandy Locke and Thomasi McDonald | (Raleigh) News & Observer | 7:11AM
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Matthew Josiah Silliman, 18-year-old Eagle Scout, was found dead Wednesday. Four teens, friends from western Wake County, have been charged with his killing.

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