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  • http://media2.newsobserver.com/smedia/2010/07/30/22/rockclimbusateam0730_G2R1I6RSL.1+rockclimb01-0730-CLL.embedded.prod_affiliate.156.jpg MORRISVILLE - Climbing used to get 10-year-old Kai Lightner into trouble. Climbing the walls keeps him grounded
  • http://media2.newsobserver.com/smedia/2010/07/30/22/africancamp%200731.ART_GO91I71N9.1+AFRICANCAMP1.NE072810CEL.embedded.prod_affiliate.156.jpg DURHAM - What do you get when you mix 35 local kids with the world-renowned African Children's Choir for a weeklong music camp? African Children's Choir shares music, fun with Durham kids
  • RALEIGH - Police say a few days before Nancy Lynn Cooper's body was found dumped in a storm drain near her home, she and her husband, Brad, had met to review a draft of a separation agreement. Cary police key in on Cooper marital strife
  • http://media2.newsobserver.com/smedia/2010/07/30/21/NRN-0728-raleighwideopen%202_GO91I76VJ.1+jlkzf889.WIDEOPEN1.NEWS.072107.CLL.JPG.embedded.prod_affiliate.156.jpg RALEIGH - A slew of bands, a circus, art and eating contests are just a few of the draws to today's installment of Raleigh Wide Open - the city's annual concert blowout downtown. Music, food and fireworks; festival promises fun for all
  • The nation's economic recovery remains crippled by weak business spending and hiring, but Caterpillar is bucking the trend in North Carolina. Caterpillar to build new plant

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  • (By Brooke Sutherland, bsutherland@charlotteobserver.com) A proposed rule change that would allow pets to join diners on outdoor patios is still in the works, but attorneys first need to hammer out some new wording.

    The amendment was expected to go before the N.C. Rules Review Commission on July 15. If passed, four-legged friends could have been welcome in outdoor dining areas by Sunday. Rule change to allow pets to dine out progressing

  • (By David Bracken, david.bracken@newsobserver.com) The nation's economic recovery remains crippled by weak business spending and hiring, but Caterpillar is bucking the trend in North Carolina.

    The company said Friday that it will build a $426 million manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem and create more than 500 jobs over the next five years. The announcement came on the day the federal government reported that economic growth had slowed to 2.4 percent in the spring - down from 3.7 percent during the first three months of the year. Winston-Salem lands Caterpillar

  • (By Amanda Chan, achan@charlotteobserver.com) News organizations would not be forced to give up the identities of online commenters on news articles, according to a pre-motion ruling in Gaston County Superior Court this week.

    The attorney for Michael Mead, a suspect in a 2008 murder, had issued a subpoena seeking identifying information on someone who left an online comment about an article on the Gaston Gazette's website, said attorney John Bussian, who represents the Gazette. Ruling upholds online confidentiality

  • (By Amanda Chan, achan@charlotteobserver.com) The Charlotte psychologist whose patient records were discovered at a county recycling facility last month contacted 1,590 of his patients via letter to inform them of the incident on Friday, his lawyer said.

    Ervin Batchelor, owner of Carolina Center for Development and Rehabilitation, had his sons mistakenly take 23 boxes of confidential patient records to the Mecklenburg Recycling Center on June 24, said Sean Timmons, Batchelor's lawyer. Lawyer: Patients notified about misplaced records

  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2010/07/30/23/regbriefs_G821I76I3.1+ken_miller.JPG.thumb.prod_affiliate.138.jpg Ken Miller, Charlotte-Mecklenburg's senior deputy police chief, has taken a job as Greensboro's new top cop.

    Miller has served with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department since 1989 and was promoted to deputy chief in 2006. Greensboro's new police chief picked from CMPD

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