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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be in Charlotte tomorrow to deliver what his campaign is calling a "prebuttal" to President Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC in September.

The former Massachusetts governor is scheduled to speak at 3:40 at a rooftop venue called A Roof with a View. That view includes Bank of America Stadium, the site where the president will formally accept the Democratic nomination in September.

Police are seeking a high school student known by the street name "Bam-Bam" after four men with bandannas over their faces tried to attack a school bus carrying dozens of students in north Charlotte on Monday.
No one was injured, but the student kicked in the glass bus door and threatened to kill the driver, said Officer Kay Rivera, the resource officer for Martin Middle School. The driver maneuvered the bus around an SUV that was blocking it and returned to Martin, she said.

A foray into the age-old question of who makes a better hot dog, New York or Chicago?

My boyfriend Ryan and I have a little on going debate about which hot dog is the best.  A New York Nathan’s Famous Frank or the Chicago Style hot dog?  By me being a savvy New Yorker, quite naturally I said the New York Nathan’s, but he is a boisterous young man from the “Windy City” so he says the Chicago Dog.  So, we decided to settle the score by comparing and contrasting what makes each of our beloved regional delectation the best.

South Carolina is trying out a new program in several counties that requires many unemployed food stamp recipients to go through job training or risk losing assistance.

People between the ages of 18 and 49, who are able to work and don't have kids, must now agree to go through a job-training program if they want to receive food stamps. The state is trying out the program in a dozen counties, including Lancaster and Cherokee.

The state's department of social services estimates there are 97,000 people across the state who fit that bill.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say they've cracked a $1 million theft ring that involved storing the items at a large warehouse in Kannapolis and selling them on eBay and Craigslist.

The first thing police saw when they entered the warehouse was a six foot tall stuffed bear. It was shrink wrapped and ready to be shipped. There were also instruments signed by musicians, electronics, clothes, hunting equipment and even a ballistic vest. Captain Allan Rutledge says it's been a chore to go through everything.

Michal says he finds his zone when he's on the water. Photo: Tanner Latham

The U.S. Olympic Trials for kayak and canoe are taking place out at the Whitewater Center today and tomorrow.

It's one of two qualifying events, and those who earn the most points at the events make the Olympic team.

But one of the best kayakers on the U.S. national team this weekend doesn't have a shot at competing in London this summer.

Michal first stepped in a kayak when he was 11. He says it frightened him. Photo: Tanner Latham