An art exhibit at a Charlotte museum is connecting the convention experience of one North Carolina attorney, Duane Hall II, with his father’s memorable Democratic National Convention experience 44 years ago. The timing is fortuitous, as Hall is in Charlotte as the Democratic candidate for a state House of Representatives seat in Wake County.

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On Tuesday I took a detour north of Charlotte to Lake Norman for “A Day on the Water,” an event hosted by the lobbying group for America’s recreational boating industry. It was such a curious lobby that I had to find out what, exactly, is the agenda of Big Boat?

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Amid all the party politics and politico parties, some business is also getting done, too. At least that was part of the agenda at Monday night's Charlotte 2012 Clean Energy Party. The event brought together movers and shakers from all corners of the country's alternative energy industry--making it an ideal time for professional networking.

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Upset by the Democratic Party's decision to stage its presidential convention in a Southern state long viewed as hostile to organized labor, union leaders are holding a rally where they hope to highlight key issues near and dear to middle-class workers.

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A Mecklenburg County commissioner is asking why the county still provides benefits to same-sex partners of their employees three months after North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment slamming the door on same-sex marriages.

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A federal judge in Charlotte has taken the wind out of the sails of a class-action lawsuit against a national freight hauler accused of shortchanging more than 2,000 truck drivers across the country. “The face of the ruling removes the truly large dollars from the litigation. But to be sure, plaintiffs’ counsel can appeal,” said an attorney for CEVA Freight, John R. Wester of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson in Charlotte.

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With less than a month before the Democratic National Convention, the city on Wednesday released details about what streets will be closed for security during the event.

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For this summer's Democratic National Convention, Charlotte will add thousands of police from outside departments and spend millions on training, equipment and temporary barriers. But their biggest aid in crowd control will be one they didn't have to purchase, build or teach: The layout of the city itself.

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Federal inspectors have told Charlotte-based Duke Energy they've found safety problems at the Catawba Nuclear Station in York County.

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The Justice Department said Thursday that United Technologies Corp. must sell some assets in order to proceed with its purchase of aerospace-parts maker Goodrich Corp. in an $18.4 billion deal that is the largest merger in aircraft industry history.

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