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Incredibly Violent Lesbian Bar Brawl Ends Badly
Holy Cow. A brawl between women at Hartigan’s ended in a stabbing death early this morning and get this — the weapon of choice was a bottle. The fatal stab wounds were…
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NBC television affiliate in Charlotte
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Lesbian Cop Brawl, Take 3?
So says Cedar Posts. After two confirmed acts of domestic violence by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Gina Cook, word on the street is that she has finally been fired by CMPD. Here’s…
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Lesbian Cop Brawl at CMPD, Take II
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Gina Cook is beating up her girlfriends again. The last time she did this — that we know of — was in 2003. Here’s how that went,…
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Pent-up demand for urban lifestyle projects?
Meck Deck passes along the WCNC report on The Vue, Charlotte’s Uptown urban living status symbol. Out of 408 units —hang on to your hat —–20 are inhabited. Greensboro’s Center…
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Uninhabited: The View From Inside The Vue
Holy cow! Talk about a symbol of the destruction that this recession has wrought on uptown, and everywhere. WCNC reports that the The Vue, once forecast to be the guiding…
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Feds Finally Notice DSS, Taxicab Nexus
WCNC reports that the FBI is finally poking around Mecklenburg County’s bizarre habit of paying taxicab companies millions of dollars a year to haul welfare recipient around. This never passed…
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Smuggling: Ahem. Today's News Not News
3 accused of trying to smuggle cocaine through Charlotte airport — May 8th, WCNC/UPoR Is There a Smuggling Ring at CLT-Douglas? — January 14th, Meck Deck Note that the first…
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Plane Fired On While Landing at CLT Airport?
That is what the CBS outpost in Philly is suggesting: Investigators say they now know what caused a small hole in a US Airways plane that travelled from Philadelphia to…
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Noise Fight: "We're not out here to be Metallica"
WCNC fingers Dilworth (surprise!) and Elizabeth as the locus of complaints about the current city noise law — along with Uptown hotels, another shocker. Imagine NYC entertaining complaints about, oh,…
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WBTV: Airport security breach blamed for death of teen who fell from plane
WCNC put it much the same way in reporting that the family of Delvonte Tisdale has retained counsel. Note it is now a generally accepted fact that Tisdale fell from…
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Stargate Worldwide Still Spinning
WCNC picks up the threads of Stargate Worldwide’s past dealings in Georgia to establish that would-be developer Terry Keeney dreams big, but does not deliver. Turns out there were not…
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Million Dollars of Rah-Rah
WCNC’s Stuart Watson asks why in the hell taxpayers are paying three guys $300+K each to rah-rah Charlotte. The answer: Because we can. That and local pols are dopes.