Fordham tied the Division I women's basketball record for futility in a season, losing 79-55 to Charlotte on Wednesday night, dropping the Rams to 0-28.
Josh Duncan scored 25 points, including the clinching 3-pointer with 15.9 seconds left, and No. 12 Xavier survived its third straight close call in beating Charlotte 62-60 on Wednesday night.
Leemire Goldwire scored 21 points to lead Charlotte to an 82-72 victory over No. 18 Clemson on Wednesday night, the 49ers' first win over a ranked team in nearly three years.
Jeff Gordon staked his claim to the Nextel Cup title Saturday night, winning his second straight race to widen his lead in the Chase for the championship standings.
Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin have all but conceded the Nextel Cup title, while Jeff Burton and Martin Truex Jr. are pretty close to waving white flags.
Airport officials searched about a half-dozen airplanes at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport on Friday after a man bypassed security screening.
The mayor said he stands by his comments that black youth are imitating gangsters, despite a call from the local NAACP to apologize.
Tony Stewart was in desperate need of a clean and easy race. The reigning Nextel Cup champion ended up breaking the tip of his right shoulder blade.
Four Texas metropolitan areas were among the biggest population gainers as Americans continued their trend of moving to the Sun Belt in 2006 and 2007, according to Census Bureau estimates to be released Thursday.
An investigation is underway into how a gun carried by a US Airways pilot was discharged during a flight. No-one was hurt when the gun went off as the plane was preparing to land at Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Until now, Seattle had been one of the only metropolitan areas out of the 20 in the indexes not to post a year-to-year price drop during the latest housing downturn. Charlotte, N.C., is now the sole area with that distinction, with an annual increase of 1.8 percent in January.
A teenager died after police used a Taser on him inside a grocery store in northeast Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police homicide detectives said they will investigate why police used the Taser on 17-year-old Darryl Turner Thursday afternoon. His mother, Tammi Fontenot, tol …
Local Charlotte Artist Brooke Colby talks with Charlotte Art about her work and the community at large.
Imagine living in a city with the country's highest rate for violent crime and the second-highest unemployment rate. As an added kicker you need more Superfund dollars allocated to your city to clean up contaminated toxic waste sites than just about any other metro.
They say you should arrive at the airport and hour and a half before boarding for a domestic flight. That gives you time to clear security, find your gate, and mortgage your house to buy a sub-standard cheeseburger from the airport café.
Michael Jordan was back on the court Tuesday, swishing jump shots and talking tough. No, he's not making another comeback.
When a market goes through uncertain times, investor caution reigns. And whether you're talking about the housing market or the financial services sector, there's been so much bad news lately that it makes sense for buyers and investors to remain wary.
GREENSBORO --Delegates to the annual meeting of the N.C. Baptist State Convention voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to expel Charlotte's Myers Park Baptist for welcoming gays and lesbians without trying to change them.
The Coffee Cup in Charlotte, NC has a new home.
We just had the grand opening of our new Trader Joe's here in town yesterday and it was sumpin. You would think folks here had never been inside a grocery store before. People cheering.
....A toddler in a Charlotte, NC, park, had the scare of his life as a python wrapped around his leg, then bit in. WCNC's Melissa Martin reports....
Soon-to-be-jailed celebrity socialite Nicole Richie said she is pregnant by her boyfriend, singer Joel Madden of the rock band Good Charlotte.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 25, 2007 - Penned in Charlotte and filmed on-location in Wilmington, N.C., best-selling novel The List (www.TheList-TheMovie.com) makes its big-screen debut with a star-studded, red-carpet premier at Charlotte's Ballantyne Village Theatre, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m.
NAACP wants demands apology from Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory for making what some call an insensitive racial remark and others call the truth.
In a Yearlong Housing Downslide, Charlotte Keeps Getting Better People Are Flocking to Charlotte Where They Get More Bang for Their Buck
One of the world's kindest and gentlest souls has passed. Ruth Bell Graham - missionary, author, and wife of Rev. Billy Graham - passed away earlier this evening, June 14, surrounded by her loving family, at her home in North Carolina. She was 87.
Nolan Bailey, 60, dressed in the skirt and Hawaiian shirt was waiting for his bride-to-be, Sharon Hughes, at the Morehead Farm campground at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday. "It just came to me - like a light bulb," Nolan said.
Several exclusive photos by Independent Tribune photographer Greg Kahn of today's NEXTEL All-Star Challenge practice.
Shares of Beazer Homes USA Inc. fell more than 8 percent Wednesday after the FBI said it is among agencies investigating possible fraud in the company's mortgage lending practices and other financial transactions.
(Charlotte) April 1, 2007 - A suspect was charged with murder Sunday, less than 24 hours after two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers were fatally shot during a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex.
2d3 a leading developer of visual effects software and part of the Oxford Metrics Group, has revealed that its technology has enabled Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) to bring to life the character of Charlotte the spider in the current box office release, Charlotte's Web.
Newly-acquired PG Jeff McInnis was ejected from his first Charlotte Bobcats home game against Philly with a technical foul because he wasn't on the Bobcats roster. Apparently a mistake was made on the roster when it was turned in by a Bobcats employee before the game.