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http://66.225.205.104/JR20120110.mp3 The "scum trough" is the primary clarifier where solids are separated from the wastewater. Photo: Julie Rose The…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120515.mp3 Protestors converge on 5th and College Streets in Charlotte last week. Photo: Julie Rose Last week at this time,…

http://66.225.205.104/SG20111222.mp3NASCAR is coming off its most successful season in recent memory. The championship came down to the last lap of the…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120508.mp3Hundreds of protesters have pledged to descend on Bank of America's annual meeting in Charlotte Wednesday. 2011 was a…

News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the…

http://66.225.205.104/TL20120319.mp3What is the risk for corruption in the state governments of North Carolina and South Carolina? Findings from a…

After his swearing in, Mayor Anthony Foxx high-fives son Zachary as daughter Hillary and his wife, Samara, stand by. Foxx also spoke about attention to…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120402.mp3A Charlotte City Council committee meets this week to consider spending $11 million on a new baseball stadium for the…

John Murphy, who guided the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools through the end of crosstown busing in the early 1990s and launched efforts to hold principals…

Syrian rebels say Prime Minister Riad Hijab fled to neighboring Jordan just two months after he was appointed to the post. The rebels say three other ministers also defected.

New Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi came to power amid an economic crisis and political turmoil. Now, he hopes to reassure Egyptians he's putting the country on the right track. One way is by answering questions on a call-in radio show.

http://66.225.205.104/LM20120406.mp3This will be the first time in eighteen years the ninth congressional district will have a new representative. Sue…

Fundraising reports filed Thursday night by the presidential campaigns look a lot like recent public opinion polls. They show President Obama with a slight advantage in monthly fundraising last month — while Republican Mitt Romney has the edge by some other measures.

President Obama has been campaigning among college students. In Nevada and Ohio Tuesday, he told them his policies are better than his opponents for keeping higher education affordable.

Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya was killed in a car crash last month. Witnesses say it was an accident. But the government is using the case for propaganda purposes, Paya's family suspects a government conspiracy, and a Spanish activist has been jailed.

Nanjing Road is Shanghai's most famous and dynamic shopping and walking street. On summer evenings, bands play for crowds and revelers dance to techno music. It's a bit of a rebirth for the city, and the road, which had lost much of its 1920s and '30s vitality under Mao Zedong's rule.

The International Atomic Energy Agency believes Iran has something significant to hide at Parchin. The suspicion is that Iran used the site to test explosions involving uranium metal, which is used in developing a nuclear weapon. Talks with Iran on its controversial nuclear program are set to intensify in the coming days.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20100906.mp3 Labor Day weekend: the last big travel holiday of summer. Triple AAA estimates the vast majority of people - 91…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20091030.mp3 Fear turns out to be a very good thing for certain businesses. When the Weather Service warns of a hurricane off the…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20090729.mp3America has a growing obsession with farmer's markets, organic food and eating local. And there's a not-so-new…