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The Charlotte Observer

Number of articles: 10

CMS says it will restore 141 teaching positions

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:14 EDT

(By Ann Doss Helms and Steve Lyttle, ahelms@charlotteobserver.com; slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials said this morning they will be able to restore 141 teaching positions for the 2010-11 academic year, because state budget cuts were not as steep as expected.

Superintendent Peter Gorman called it "a good day," and said up to 120 more callbacks could be coming, depending on decisions about the county budget.

Many Vue buyers can't or won't close on high-dollar uptown condos

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07 EDT

(By Beth Shayne, NewsChannel 36) It is one of the most anticipated new skyscrapers in the uptown real estate market.

When it opens to tenants, The Vue will be the largest residential high-rise in the Southeast. The high-dollar units start at nearly $300,000.

N.C. law blunts key DWI weapon

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:30 EDT

(By Ames Alexander, aalexander@charlotteobserver.com) After Howard Pasour's third impaired driving conviction, a Gaston County judge required him to wear an ankle bracelet that tested his sweat to assure probation officials he wasn't drinking.

But in January, after just two months wearing the anklet, Pasour was allowed to remove it. Now, six months later, he's charged with causing a crash that killed 17-year-old Laura Fortenberry. Authorities say he'd been drinking.

1st female graduate at Davidson College dies in Alaska

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:23 EDT

(By David Perlmutt, dperlmutt@charlotteobserver.com) Her classmates cheered that June day in 1973 when Missy Woodward walked across the stage to receive a Davidson College degree. They understood history had been written.

Singing the alma mater, they spontaneously changed the lyrics, substituting "loyal sons undaunted," with "loyal sons and daughters."

Charlotte to DNC: We're the 'new American city'

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:53 EDT

(By Fred Clasen-Kelly, frkelly@charlotteobserver.com) Leaders of Charlotte's bid to win the 2012 Democratic national convention wrapped up meetings with party officials Wednesday, promising they can deliver the millions of dollars needed to host the event.

At a news conference, Gov. Bev Perdue, Mayor Anthony Foxx and Duke Energy Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers contrasted Charlotte with three other finalist cities by repeatedly saying it best represents a "new American city" and "the future."

With sweepstakes outlawed, vendors still plan to be players

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52 EDT

(By Benjamin Niolet, ben.niolet@newsobserver.com) New fronts are opening in the battle to keep people playing electronic poker and slots, despite a law signed last week to ban sweepstakes parlors in North Carolina in December.

Even before the state House and Senate finished work on a bill to ban the games, the industry was threatening a wave of lawsuits and technical changes that they said would keep them legal. And the day after Gov. Bev Perdue signed the ban into law, she gave parlor owners and operators reason to think they could fight on.

Abducted baby found OK; man, woman charged

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:41 EDT

(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) A 41-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were jailed Wednesday and charged in the kidnapping of a 4-month-old boy from the parking lot of a Monroe doctor's office earlier this week.

The baby, Jalleel Xamir Howard, was found about 25 miles from where the kidnapping took place on Tuesday, police say. The infant was in good health.

Lost pony finds friend, goes home after 9 days

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:01 EDT

(By Joe DePriest, jdepriest@charlotteobserver.com) The scrawny brown pony meandered in front of Cathy Brissie as she drove to work early one morning.

Slowing her pickup on the country road north of Shelby, she saw an animal definitely down on its luck.

CMS board meetings still airing

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:38 EDT

(By Ann Doss Helms, ahelms@charlotteobserver.com)

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board may have eliminated the distric&squo;s TV station to save money, but people who want to keep an eye on the board can still watch reruns of its meeting this week.

Judge doubles bond for suspect in fatal DWI case

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:14 EDT

(By Joe DePriest, jdepriest@charlotteobserver.com) A Gaston County judge doubled bond to $4 million Tuesday for a man charged with second-degree murder after an SUV he was driving collided with a car, killing 17-year-old Laura Elizabeth Fortenberry.

Handcuffed, a bandage on his right arm and showing no emotion, Howard Clay Pasour, 28, of Bessemer City entered the courtroom while members of the victim's family watched from the first two rows.

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