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NC Senate panel approves energy code rollback
A bill rolling back energy-efficiency standards for commercial builders passed a North Carolina Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Committee endorsed a bill that backers say will spur construction by eliminating the 2012 codes in favor of 2009 standards, which are 30-percent lower than today's energy-use benchmarks. Democratic lawmakers and ...
Duke Energy names insider to take over for Rogers
Duke Energy Corp., the nation's largest electric utility, named Chief Financial Officer Lynn Good to replace Jim Rogers next month as CEO. Rogers, 65, will retire on July 1. He agreed to step down by the end of the year as part of a settlement with North Carolina regulators after ...
Largest NC school district may name superintendent
North Carolina's largest school system is narrowing down its choices for a new superintendent. The Wake County Board of Education on Tuesday is expected to approve the contract for the system's new school superintendent. Its top candidates identified last month are the deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and the superintendents ...
PA Lottery
These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Cash 5 03-13-14-23-39 (three, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, thirty-nine) Estimated jackpot: $125,000 Evening Big 4 3-2-7-7 (three, two, seven, seven) Evening Daily Number 3-6-7 (three, six, seven) Evening Quinto 4-0-0-7-4 (four, zero, zero, seven, four) Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $36 million Midday Big 4 0-5-0-2 ...
NC NAACP protest ends with more than 80 arrests
A protest spearheaded by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP led to the arrests of 84 people Monday at the state legislature in the seventh installment of the civil rights group's near-weekly demonstrations. Protesters and supporters railed against the health and environmental policies of the Republican-controlled legislature as well ...
Lowe's offers to buy Orchard Supply for $205M
Lowe's plans to expand its California presence with an acquisition of Sears spinoff Orchard Supply Hardware Stores for about $205 million in cash. Orchard Supply filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Monday, so the offer from Lowe's will become the "stalking horse" bid for an auction of Orchard's ...
Leffler planned for young son in case of death
Jason Leffler, like every other racer, understood the risks of his profession. It's a conversation he had with his longtime girlfriend when his NASCAR prospects dried up and a return to the sprint car circuit was the only way he could compete on a regular basis. It wasn't a glamorous ...
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her case spurred a debate on how to allocate donor organs. ...
Gastonia neighborhood revitalized with garden
Gastonia's Highland community has seen its share of struggles with growth over the last 30 years. But Frances Hoyle even seems to get a little taller when she talks about what's sprouting there these days. "We've got a little something coming up," she said of the rows at the Highland ...
Some Charlotte area hospitals to require flu shots
A company that runs four hospitals in The Charlotte area says it will require health care workers to get flu shots. The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/14d6zQq) that Novant Health of Winston-Salem says all employees, doctors, volunteers and vendors must get flu shots unless they get an exemption for medical or ...
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