Via: wired.com NEW YORK (Reuters) – The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards. Other events singled out by the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and […]
The City of Charlotte will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with events from January 14 – 18, 2010. You are invited to join the celebration. Click here for details!
Via: charlotteobserver.com The ads on the radio promised money for gold at Perry’s jewelry store, and Vatogna Steward didn’t want to miss out. So she gathered her high school and college rings, a bracelet, a broken hoop earring, and an old ring her mother had left her and lined up in the SouthPark store. After […]
Via: CharlotteObserver.com A crowd of hundreds watched as Anthony Foxx was sworn in as Charlotte’s new Mayor Monday night, after which Foxx gave a solemn speech noting the city’s tough economic climate and the need to create jobs. Foxx mentioned some of the city’s struggles, such as the region’s 12 percent unemployment and “even higher […]
Via: CharlotteObserver.com Desperate to save her father’s California home from foreclosure, Kelly Gonzalez hopped a plane with him Wednesday and flew to Charlotte, where they camped overnight in cold, drizzly rain. Their mission: to be among the first struggling homeowners to get help from the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, a nonprofit group with a […]
Via: Elev8.com Though people no longer talk about it with as much frequency as they once did the big disease with the little name is still out there. It’s still out there taking siblings, wives, husbands, cousins, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, neighbors, children, men, women, and teenagers’ lives. It has not been cured. It has […]
VIA: NewsOne.com Tiger Woods canceled another meeting with state troopers on Sunday, the third straight time he’s done so. He posted a statement on his Web site that said the accident was his fault, but failed to address the lingering questions about the crash that sent him to a hospital. The statement was posted about […]
Via: Hello Beautiful It’s the end of an era! Oprah Winfrey is set to announce today on her show that her powerhouse daytime TV show,will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. According to eurweb.com, the talk show host will make an official announcement and give more details live on today’s […]
Via: Charlotte Observer A birthday party in west Charlotte turned into a home invasion site overnight, with two party-goers suffering gunshot wounds, police say. It happened about 12:30 a.m. at an apartment in the 600 block of West Boulevard, according to police reports. Several people were in the apartment at the time, and they told […]
Via: News One From SFLTimes.com: For the past 22 years, Florida women seeking the Miss Black Florida USA title never got the chance to wow a crowd with their talents, or sashay across a stage in a glittering glamorous gown at a state pageant to compete for the title. Current Miss Black Florida Asari Maurice, […]
Via: Charlotte Observer Voters ended more than two decades of Republican leadership in Charlotte Tuesday by electing Democrat Anthony Foxx the city’s second African-American mayor and the youngest in memory. Foxx won Charlotte’s closest mayoral race in years, taking just over 51 percent of the vote over Republican John Lassiter in unofficial totals. At a […]
Via: CharlotteObserver.com For residents of Yorktown Gardens apartments, it’s been a frightening week. After police said a string of sexual assaults might be connected, one woman said she’d starting keeping a knife near her bedside, and others stopped going out after dark. But on Thursday, residents were relieved when police arrested a man they say […]