Rowan County firefighters have been on the scene of a fire at a four-decade old flea market since early this morning. The blaze started about 7:30 a.m. at the Webb Road Flea Market at exit 70 on I-85.
The Tar Heel football team will be without at least 12 of their own for Saturday's opening game against LSU. Six players were declared ineligible for the season opener for "violating school and/or NCAA rules." More players are being held out of the game because of the ongoing investigation.
A SWAT team was deployed to a south Charlotte home overnight Friday. It happened on the 600 block of North Wendover Road. When the smoke cleared, a man was dead and a woman was shot.
A large building blitz for Habitat for Humanity is underway in Winston-Salem. Hundreds of volunteers over the four-day blitz will build five houses in a neighborhood that's been substantially affected by the downturn in the economy.
U.S. payrolls shed 54,000 jobs in August, but private businesses added 67,000 workers, and the nation's unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.6 percent for the month as half a million Americans resumed their search for work, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday.
Long-term mortgage rates fell again this week, with both 30- and 15-year mortgages remaining at the lowest levels since Freddie Mac began keeping track.
Most Charlotte-area stocks rose Thursday, with Lowes Cos. Inc. gaining 70 cents to close at $21.94. The Mooresville-based retailer (NYSE:LOW) posted a 3.3 percent gain on the day. The Dow Jones Industrials gained 51 points to close at 10,320. (LOW) (WFC) (BAC) (NUE) (GR) (PNY) (CATO) (SPW) (TRK) (FDO) (DUK) (LNCE)
Private employers added 67,000 jobs, more than forecast, but governments shed jobs in August, the Labor Department reported, as the jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel. Dr Fox, who was in Paris for talks with his French counterpart Herve Morin, said the "tough financial climate" meant it was in the interest of both nations to work together. The Defence Secretary and Mr Morin also discussed Afghanistan and the progress being made to train military and security forces in the country. As the leading military nations in Europe, the Ministry of Defence said a strong relationship between the UK and France was important for the defence and security of both countries. Speculation about closer defence...
New Delhi - Indian authorities suspended four wrestlers and a shot-putter from next month's Commonwealth Games over failed drug tests, a news report said Friday. The athletes tested...
It was meant to be Delhi's moment of glory. By staging the Commonwealth Games successfully in its capital, India wanted to announce to the world that it was an emerging...
The Amazon river has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, causing severe economic disruption in a region where it is the main transport route. At least six large boats have been...
Police are questioning the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that the players implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
