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<title><![CDATA[Former Harrisburg mayor, physician dies]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG — Edwin M. "Tommie" Tomlin, a longtime leader in the Cabarrus County Republican Party and active member of the medical community, died on Monday. He was 86.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City school systems closed Tuesday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[There will be no school for students in Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City school systems on Tuesday, Feb. 2.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:21:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tonight's Cabarrus County Board of Education meeting canceled]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Tonight's Cabarrus County Board of Education work session has been canceled.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Check out scenes from Cabarrus in the snow]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Scenes from around Cabarrus County in the snow.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:17:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First-person sledding video from Harrisburg]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Brian Baute and his daughter Raegan went sledding Saturday and shot a first-person video in front of their house on Timber Ridge Road in Harrisburg.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:39:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[December unemployment tops 12 percent in Cabarrus]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Cabarrus County's unemployment numbers jumped one-half of one percent in December, finishing 2009 with 12.1 percent of the local labor force out of work. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Surveys will help nonprofits better serve homeless]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Pam Smith stood with surveys in her hand in front of a room of about 10 people who were eating at Samaritan House Soup Kitchen on Thursday. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do you have an interesting online dating story to tell?]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Do you have an online dating story?
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[County manager to serve on statewide food council]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Cabarrus County Manager John Day will meet with fellow local food advocates next week at the first meeting of the N.C. Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council in Raleigh.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:12:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[County moves forward with park plans]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Plans for Cabarrus County's new 190-acre Rob Wallace Park include a splash park, four miles of bike trails and an 18-hole disc golf course.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:07:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[County, district to spend more to complete school]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Two Cabarrus County schools would have to open in the same building in the fall if nothing were done to speed up construction on the $27.7 million Hickory Ridge Middle School project, school officials said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:48:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lowe's in talks to sponsor NASCAR Hall of Fame]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Mooresville-based home improvement store that last year ended a sponsorship with Concord's Charlotte Motor Speedway is reportedly considering sponsorship of Charlotte's Hall of Fame.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:45:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Concord, Kannapolis settles water transfer dispute]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Concord and Kannapolis agreed to a settlement Tuesday night to end a lawsuit over the interbasin water transfer granted in 2007. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:03:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early College High School provides Cabarrus students options ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Before they stepped into their first classes with college students this week, the youth enrolled in the Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early College High School were feeling anxious.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus County Schools considers magnet program]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Cabarrus County Schools is developing surveys to gauge interest in a potential magnet school that could open in August. The surveys are expected to be distributed to parents within the next few weeks. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Photo Gallery: Hickory Ridge at Jay M. Robinson basketball]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Jay M. Robinson swept Hickory Ridge in South Piedmont Conference basketball action Friday night in Concord. The Lady Bulldogs won over the Ragin' Bulls 68-57 and the boys won 71-65. For more on the games, pick up Sunday's edition of the Independent Tribune.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:35:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Census office to open today in Concord]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau will create more than 1,100 jobs locally with an average pay of about $15.50 an hour as it prepares for the 2010 Census, according to administrators.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Teens learn lessons of 'Fame']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/jan/13/teens-learn-lessons-fame/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Acting Up! Children's Theatre to perform classic 'Fame' at the Glenn Center this weekend.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:38:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Resident sues Harrisburg over buyout]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ Harrisburg has another lawsuit in the judicial hooper — this time from a resident.
Robert MacLeod, owner of the now-defunct Hibernian Hall, claims the town forced him to move out of Harrisburg Town Center and didn't pay him for moving out.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[School system to award diplomas retroactively]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Students who missed out on graduation prior to July 1, 2009, for failing to pass the North Carolina Competency Tests of reading or mathematics or the North Carolina Computer Skills Tests are now able to petition for their high school diploma.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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