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Monday, May 20, 2013 | 3:22 p.m.

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Billboard Music Awards to air Sunday on WSOC-TV

What performance are you looking forward to on the Billboard Music Awards? The awards show will air starting at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC and promises an array of star-studded performances. Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, known for his performances on "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock," will be hosting. ...

Bryan Buravah and family in front of their new Habitat home built by students from the Olympic Community of Schools. Buravah will purchase the home will a zero-interest mortgage from Habitat Charlotte. The bird house is a gift to the family from second graders at Charlotte Latin School.

Olympic HS dedicates fifth Habitat for Humanity house

Olympic High School dedicated its fifth Habitat for Humanity house on Friday in Charlotte. The school began working with Habitat for Humanity in 2006 in order to help create what the school calls "career and college ready students." With the introduction of the project, proficiency test scores have increased by ...

DMV brings ID cards, license duplicates to Speed Street

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will join the party May 23-25 at Food Lion's Speed Street in Charlotte, bringing its mobile unit to the Third Street parking lot, between Tryon and Church streets. The unit will be open from noon to 6 p.m. The DMV will provide safe-driving ...

New improvements unveiled for South End’s streetscape

Charlotte was recognized by a national newspaper for its efforts to reduce driving and offer more mass transit options. A New York Times article points to the South End neighborhood, where the Lynx light rail is easily accessible and runs right next to shops and restaurants. Tuesday, Center City Partners ...

Organizers say they can’t find title sponsor for Thanksgiving Day parade

Since 1947, the Carolinas Carrousel Parade in uptown Charlotte has been a Thanksgiving Day tradition. The parade bills itself as the fourth-largest in the nation, with an estimated 100,000 spectators. But event organizers say it will soon become a memory. The parade's executive director, Linda Healy Vespa, began cleaning out ...

Vegetarian race car driver to make stop at Charlotte VegFest

Leilani Münter is one of the most well-known female professional race car drivers and environmental activists in the world, and will be in Charlotte on Saturday to give a special presentation at the second Charlotte VegFest. Discovery's Planet Green named Münter the No. 1 Eco Athlete in the world, and ...

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