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Friday, 19 April 2013 15:57 |
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CHARLOTTE, (AP) — The City of Charlotte and the Carolina Panthers have reached agreement on improvements of the team's stadium.
The plan calls for the city to contribute about $87 million for renovations to Bank of America Stadium in exchange for a six-year deal to keep the Panthers in Charlotte.
That's less than the team was seeking for improvements of the stadium the opened in 1996.
City Council is expected to vote on the agreement Monday.
The initial called for an improvement package that totaled $250 million. The city would have paid half of that, along with other money for stadium maintenance and traffic control costs. The state and the team would have paid for the rest of the project.
But state lawmakers rejected plans for tax changes to fund the project.
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2013 15:58 |
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Friday, 19 April 2013 15:53 |
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LENOIR, (AP) — Google is investing more than $600 million in its North Carolina data center.
Friday announcement brings Google's total investment to more than $1.2 billion at its Caldwell County data center — one of the company's eight massive facilities.
The data center near Lenior houses computer systems that support Google's Internet search engine and other services such as Gmail and YouTube.
Gov. Pat McCrory and other politicians praised Google's announcement.
Google also says it plans to participate in a new program Duke Energy is developing for large customers that want to buy renewable energy. The company says it's committed to using renewable energy at its data centers.
Duke Energy says it will make a regulatory filing in North Carolina proposing the new renewable energy program in the next 90 days.
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2013 15:54 |
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:55 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — State and local health officials are investigating an outbreak of measles in Stokes and Orange counties.
A statement from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday says local health departments are contacting others who might have been exposed to these cases and providing vaccine to limit the spread of infection.
So far, seven cases have been reported.
State Health Director Dr. Laura Gerald said measles is very uncommon in North Carolina, so many people don't know the symptoms.
Measles is highly contagious and is spread by coughing and sneezing. Initial symptoms may include fever, runny nose, watery red eyes and cough. After a few days, a rash on the head spreads over the entire body. Measles can lead to pneumonia and other complications, especially in young children. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:56 |
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Monday, 15 April 2013 13:44 |
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BRYSON CITY, (AP) — A North Carolina social service worker is pleading guilty to trying to cover up the agency's role after a child's death.
Thirty-year-old Candice Lassiter is pleading guilty to three counts of forgery related to the police investigation of 15-month-old Aubrey Kina-Marie Littlejohn's 2011 death.
Lassiter is being sentenced in August. But she agreed Monday that she would provide critical information as police continue to investigate the case.
A trial is being postponed for Craig Smith, another Swain County social worker charged in the cover up.
Prosecutors say that after Aubrey's death, Lassiter ordered Smith, a subordinate, to falsify records to make it appear that the department had done a thorough job investigating allegations that the girl had been abused.
The girl's great aunt has pleaded guilty in the child's death.
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Last Updated on Monday, 15 April 2013 13:45 |
