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Older Americans Deserve a Substantive, Fair Debate

Josh Rosenblum | Posted 01.28.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Fiscal Cliff, Aarp, Congress, Medicare, Social Security, Erskine Bowles, Charlotte Observer, Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, Bipartisan, Medicare Cuts, Fifty News
Josh Rosenblum

After eating too much turkey, Congress returned to Washington this week with more opinions than my politically divided family about how we can reduce our federal deficit before the New Year when time runs out, and the federal budget turns in to a speeding car driving off the "fiscal cliff."

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At DNC 'There Are A Lot Of Good Opportunities' For Small Business Owners

AP | JEFFREY COLLINS | Posted 09.06.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Time Warner Cable, Video, Small Business, Barbecue, Charlotte Observer, Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte Business, Kendall Taylor, Small Business News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For entrepreneurs outside the Democratic National Convention, the easy part may be the hours of smoking meat, screen-printing T-shi...

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Birther Candidate Suffers Big Embarrassment

Posted 05.04.2012 | Politics
Read More: Birther, Joe Arpaio, Video, Jim Pendergraph Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, Jim-Pendergraph, Joe Arpaio Jim Pendergraph, Jim-Pendergraph-Birther, Politics News

For one Republican congressional candidate, having Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio as a surrogate may do more harm than good. Jim Pendergraph, who is r...

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Closure: A Changed Point of View

John A. Anderson | Posted 06.19.2012 | Fifty
Read More: N.C. Association of Broadcasters, Larry Sloop, Closure, Vietnam War, Elisabeth Arriero, Closure for Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, USO of North Carolina, Uso, Brittany Penland, Charlotte Observer, Ptsd, Veterans, Fifty News
John A. Anderson

For those who continue to wrestle with war injuries, post-traumatic stress syndrome and the lingering effects of an experience that they really didn't ask for, recognition is long overdue.

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Charlotte Observer's Major Copy Edit Fail

JIMROMENESKO.COM | Posted 03.05.2012 | Media
Read More: Newspaper Copy Edit, Copy Edit Fails, Newspaper, Charlotte Newspapers, Newspaper Fail, Charlotte Observer Newspaper, Copy Edit, Charlotte Observer, Media News

HERNIATED DICK? OUCH!...

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Has Michael Vick Changed Since Prison?

06/07/2011 | Bowenl@phillynews.com | Posted 08.07.2011 | Books
Read More: Michael Vick Autobiography, Tony Dungy, Nfl, Charles Chandler, Charlotte Observer, Dogfighting, Philadelphia Eagles, Michael Vick, Michael Vick: Finally Free, Books News

FOR A LOT of people who have interviewed Michael Vick in the 2 years since he finished his federal prison term and began his return to the NFL, the ce...

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Moonshine At Day Care? North Carolina Woman Accused Of Selling moonshine at day care

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: North Carolina, Charlotte Observer, Moonshine Distribuotors, Moonshine at Day Care Center, Moonshine, Home News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities have charged a North Carolina woman with selling moonshine out of her day care center. The Charlotte Observer repo...

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Back of the Line, Back of the Bus...or Just Plain Backward?

Dan Kowalski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Visas, Obama, Immigration, Fence, Border, Border Wall, Charlotte Observer, Senator Obama, Home News
Dan Kowalski

Obama's Op-Ed on immigration today is designed to please both sides of the debate, which is why it's either uninformed or cynical. Informed analysts know trying to "secure the borders" first is all backwards.

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