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Gorsuch, Sotomayor team up

As recent evidence from the N.C. Supreme Court reminds us, political affiliations fail to tell the full story of a judge’s approach to legal issues. Kevin Daley of the Daily…

Budget, Taxation & Economy

Your tax dollars at work: Booze-tracking jewelry edition

Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon documents a novel way to spend taxpayers’ hard-earned money. The National Institutes of Health is preparing to spend millions on research studies to…

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NTSB imagines a world where you’re ‘drunk’ with a BAC of .05

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has its own “Most Wanted” list, and on it the federal agency wishes to makes highways “safer” by making it ever more possible to create…

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Womble crash suit settled

Winston-Salem Journal reports the ongoing legal dispute between former state Rep. Larry Womble and the downtown restaurant Sixth and Vine has been resolved. The suit was filed following a 2011…

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W-S police chief stands behind Womble investigation

I realized it was the prerogative to dismiss charges against state Rep. Larry Womble in the fatal head-on crash that killed Winston-Salem resident David Carmichael, considering the fact there were…

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Womble crash victim impaired

Interesting development in the investigation into the Dec. 2 crash that critically injured Winston-Salem Rep. Larry Womble and killed another other driver. Police Chief Scott Cunningham says the other driver,…

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Banktown is Doomed

First up, the AP documenting that BAC and other banks are utterly dependent on robo-signed docs to generate any kind of new lending activity. It is to Mecklenburg County’s eternal…

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BAC Tests New 52-Week Low

Hello. This would be the wake-up call we said was coming. There is just not enough lending by BAC — or WFC for that matter — to sustain the bank’s…

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Does BAC Have Another $32b. in Losses Ahead?

Dick Bove thinks so. And it all goes back to bad mortgages, which means the Countrywide hangover. Still. What does that say about jobs in Charlotte? Can’t see much growth…

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Huge Earnings Miss for BAC

For some reason Reuters calls BAC’s latest earnings “an unexpectedly sharp drop in first-quarter profiit.” Ha! There is no money in lending money anymore. That is why BAC lost $2.39b.…

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"Project New BAC:" HQ Moves Out of Uptown?

We’ve told you for months that Brian Moynihan would have to step-up the cost-cutting at BAC in order to reflect the depression in lending revenue. Now that reality — reflected…

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More Countrywide Hangover for BAC

This time it is the sweetheart loans provided to members of Congress by the fast and loose operation. Could prove interesting.