In Case You Missed It - Chasing Lightning

Last month National Geographic ran a story about Tim Samaras a lightning chaser following thunderstorms out in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Writer George Johnson and photographer Carsten Peter, joined Samaras on the hunt for a perfect photo of a perfect storm. “Tim Samaras has a storm in his headlights and the world’s fastest high-resolution camera in the trailer behind. Can it catch lightning in the act?" Amazing photo by Carsten Peter showing a strike...

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Hunting With Percy Craven

It is more than a mile off the blacktop and down a winding gravel road to Percy's cabin at the lake. The road is bumpy yet soft thanks to the Carolina Pines that litter their needles like rust colored carpet atop the stones. The frost has come early this year, it is not yet October and with the frost comes the smell of burning fires and fresh coffee on a wood stove. Photo by Cedar PostsPercy's cabin is more shack than...

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Monday's Odd and Ends

Belk South Park Fire Hazard - This is the fire exit at Belk SouthPark, which is cluttered with boxes and stock. You got to love the sign "Do Not Block Fire Door" The trouble is this exit is one of two on the second floor that in the event of a fire customers would use to escape death. So CP was pretty surprised when one of the floor managers offered, "It doesn't look that bad".   The Belk manager is correct it doesn't look that...

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Friday Wrap Up - Cam Newton Edition

The "P" Word - Pathetic comes to mind. You knew it wouldn't be pretty, the pre game stats said NY all the way but the reality of it was uglier than you could have imagined. Newton was 16-of-30 on the night for 242 yards. Zip zero zilch in the touchdown pass column and 3 interceptions. Sacked twice and rushed for 6 yards. His numbers don't live up to the Cam hype.Charlotte's big bet has been Cam Newton and casual fans expected he would...

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NFL Films Producer Steve Sabol

Steve Sabol -- one of the founding members of "NFL Films" -- passed away this morning after battling brain cancer. He was 69.CP's Take: As a kid I was sucked into the game of football not by the roar of the crowd but by the replay, a tight shot on the football and its super-slow motion spiral arching towards the receiver, a trade mark of Steve Sabol and his father Ed.  That sight, and the extended suspense it created, depicted everything football was, right to the 1/10th of a second and that moment of the completion...

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In Case You Missed It - Teacher Greed In Chicago

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Monday Odds and Ends

Another East Charlotte Shooting Death - Charlotte police are actively searching for a red SUV after a Charlotte teen is found dead. According to Charlotte Mecklenburg Police, they received an assault with a deadly weapon call on Northgate Trail Drive around 6:37 p.m. on Sunday. Medic says when they arrived on scene they found 17-year-old Kydaryuni Curry suffering from a gunshot wound. A short time later he was pronounced deceased. Detectives are...

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Why Muslim Wack Jobs Get Our Attention

Islamic terrorism has been part of the American story, since the first (1801-1805) and the second (1815) U.S. wars against Libya, Tunisia and Algeria-based Muslim pirates. Anti-U.S. Islamic terrorism has been fueled by Islam’s imperialistic vision, inflamed by core American values — irrespective of American national security policy — systematically and deliberately targeting innocent Americans in the U.S. and abroad.Premeditated Islamic terrorism,...

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CMPD Officer Kills Suspect In South Charlotte

Domestic violence suspect shot and killed by CMPD veteran officer Ole Swenson. Details are hit and miss, but CP understands Officer Swenson responded to a 911 called and a suspect came towards him with a pair of garden shears. Officer Swenson attempted to use his taser but the suspect continued to attack.  The officer drew his service weapon and fire at the suspect.CP understands that the suspect has a history of violence including a manslaughter charge in the death of his father in law.CMPD has confirmed that the suspect fatally shot by CMPD...

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Odd Family Photos Assad and Gaddafi

Bashar al-Assad, Seif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Hafez al-Assad I might come as a surprise the Syrian connection to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, but the Assad and Gaddafi families go back nearly half a century. The young Bashar Hafez al-Assad in the chair, Seif al Gaddafi, Muammar al Gaffafi and then president of Syria Bashar's Hafez al-Assad looking on from the end of the couch. As Syria’s bloody uprising continues into its second year,...

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United States Ambassador Christopher Stevens is Murdered as State Department snuggles up to Muslim Extremists

United States Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens is dragged away by a Muslim Mob just before he is murdered. Cedar Posts Update: Obama Adminstration says mob was carrying Stevens to the hospital.The US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States on September 11, 2012Yesterday on the anniversary of September 11 a coordinated attack...

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9/11 First Responders In Their Own Words Ten Years Later

Firefighters from Farmingville, NY walk up Fulton Street crossing Nassau in Lower Manhattan.Hard to imagine how they must have felt entering ground zero, walking through dust and smoke of the destroyed World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. John Ceriello (then, firefighter, Squad 18, West Village, which lost seven members; now, lieutenant, Squad 252, Bushwick): I can’t stand hearing the pipes now. It’s a great sound, the bagpipes, that’s...

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US Department of Justice Steps Between Chief Monroe and DNC Protesters

One of the interesting aspects of the Occupy protests during the DNC was the appearance of Department of Justice representatives. In the clip below CMPD Chief Monroe, tells the reporter with the camera the DOJ “just sent them” without any request from the city. Turning the camera on the DOJ/CRS agents at the convention the reporter/camera man gets much the same answer.   Seems the "higher ups" didn't have faith in CMPD's ability to peacefully handle the situation and sent counselors to "mediate" the protesters interaction with...

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Sunday's Pre Game Beer Ad

Figured it was time to revisit this Heineken commercial that popped up during the MLB All Star break. First no that is not Amy Winehouse, remember she's dead. The band in question: Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, an Australian group whose debut album, ‘Baby Caught the Bus,’ came out last November and includes the song ‘Love Letter,’ performed here. If you liked Amy Winehouse, then you'll get a big rush if you give a listen to Clairy and as a bonus you won't have to guess if she is high on H. The full song is here. Yes the video...

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Saturday Change Up - The Last Kiss

This may just be the most romantic / sexy photo of the summer. Graffiti artist Russell Murphy leans over to kiss his girlfriend of five months Alexis Creque as they are being taken away in handcuffs. The full story is here. Alexis Creque kissing her handcuffed beau, Russell Murphy in New York last mon...

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DNC Vote On God and Jerusalem - Epic!

Here's the deal the democrats got together and took out support for Israel and removed God from the party platform. Well, that wasn't sitting to well with those in charge of getting Barrack Obama re-elected they put it back in using a baseball bat.Slick stuff, they took a voice vote to suspend the rules that require a roll call vote, when less than 1/2 the delegates where in the Time Warner Arena and the other half wasn't paying attention. Then they ask for a 2/3rds majority to approve the change, but the voice vote ("I" or "Nay") is clearly a...

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Another One Bites The Dust

Just out of the shadows of the last night's DNC events one of Charlotte's street thugs was gunned down shortly after dusk.Deceased Zachary Jamal PittmanA year ago Zachary Jamal Pittman was arrest and charged with attempted 1st degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon (gun) and armed robbery and possession.These guys play hard and when it comes to guns they die hard. A culture of violence that no amount of police intervention can disrupt,...

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In Case You Missed It - Hannah McCarley

The DNC's youngest delegate answered the roll call this morning for West Virginia.McCarley just made it under the wire as a delegate, as the requirement is that all delegates be at least 18, and her birthday was Tuesday.At just before for 1 a.m. Thursday morning Ms. McCarley answered "The Great State of West Virgina....." in a voice that projected confidence far beyond her years.While most of the delegates had already left the Time Warner Arena with...

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DNC Cancels Obama Bank of America Event

DNCC Announces Thursday’s Convention Proceedings Will Move to Time Warner Cable Arena Due to Severe Weather Forecasts      CHARLOTTE, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced that convention programming, originally planned for Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, September 6, would be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, the site of the first two days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, due to severe weather forecasts.  The DNCC also announced...

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In Case You Missed It - Who's Really Running the White House

I'm certain your first response to the rhetorical question in the "hed" is Michelle Obama. You are half right, a woman does wear the pants at the White House but it's not Michelle, its Valerie Jarrett. Barack Obama's "work wife" is Iranian born, and now Chicagoan, Valerie Jarrett. Valerie Jarrett in Charlotte at the Playbook Breakfast Tuesday MorningFrom the New York Times piece you might have missed:Valerie Jarrett is a White House senior adviser...

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Tuesday Change Up K-9 Humor

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White House Press Office Details Michelle Obama's Events for the DNC 2012

To request press credentials to cover the First Lady at a Caucus event, you must RSVP Patrick Rodenbush at rodenbushp@dnc.org by Monday, September 3rd at 5:00 PM EDT.TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 10:35 PM EDT:First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the Democratic National Convention Location: Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC MEDIA: This event is open press for pre-credentialed media only. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 10:50 AM EDT:First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the African American Caucus Meeting Location: Charlotte Convention Center...

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