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CharlotteObserver.com: Breaking News News, sports, and entertainment from County recommends two for ABC board (By April Bethea, abethea@charlotteobserver.com) Graham pays $3,950 campaign fine (By Mark Johnson, mjohnson@charlotteobserver) Sen. Malcolm Graham, a Charlotte Democrat, paid a $3,950 fine last month imposed by the State Board of Elections for accepting campaign contributions from businesses. Reformer: Charlotte must save its kids (By Ann Doss Helms, ahelms@charlotteobserver.com) Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Childre&squo;s Zone, today told hundreds of Charlott&squo;s leaders today that children are experiencing the educational equivalent of Hurricane Katrina, standing on rooftops desperate for help. I'm So Cheap: This wee&squo;s winner &squo;m so cheap that recently I made up my own concoction: I mix a few leftover coffee grounds in with some cheap lotion or cream and use it as a facial scrub/exfoliator. It works well plus I feel like my face wakes up from the caffeine! I guess you could use it on other body parts, but I have&s...  (By Elizabeth Leland, eleland@charlotteobserver.com)  (By Seanna Adcox, Associated Press) When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the S.C. legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented... Winthrop fire origin found, but not cause (By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) Matthews town concert tonight (Observer Staff Reports) Music from the "Wizard of Oz" and selections from George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein will be on the program tonight for the Matthews Concert Band performance.The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the Matthews Community Center, 100 West McDowell Street. There is no admission c... Bridge repairs close Lincoln road (By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) AS&squo;s final endowment push: $21 million (By Steven Brown, sbrown@charlotteobserver.com ) |