BMW Plant boon to Gaston
Gaston near Spartanburg poised to gain from BMW auto plant plans in South Carolina. Local officials and economic leaders say Gaston County already hosts auto suppliers such as Stabilus Wix Keystone Carbon and JPS Steren, with spillover development expected after the official BMW site announcement.
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Gastonia
Gaston
BMW Auto
Spartanburg
S.C
Mark Heath
Carolinas Partnership
Charlotte
Heath
Gaston County
Donny Hicks
Gaston County Economic Development Commission
Stabilus
Keystone Carbon
Wix
Jps-Sieren
BMW
Hicks
JPS and
Steren
Cramerton
Saturn
Joe Carpenter
South Carolina
Supreme Court rules cross burning not a hate crime by state law
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a St. Paul Minnesota ordinance that punished cross burnings and similar biases as free speech. Justices held the law violated the First Amendment by content based selective banning of expressions, casting doubt on other hate crime statutes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
St. Paul, Minn
Antonin Scalia
St. Paul
Scalia
William Rehnquist
Anthony Kennedy
David Souter
Clarence Thomas
AMA hearing on posting medical fees in waiting rooms
Doctors urge the American Medical Association to require posting fees in waiting rooms to boost price competition, while critics warn it could erode professionalism and turn medicine into a cash-register business. Some physicians support the measure, arguing charges should be transparent, though hospitals in Gaston lack such postings and warn pricing varies by illness and treatment.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
AMA
John M. Sherwin
Manchester
N.H
New England
House of Delegates
Gaston
Steeplechaser Hickman Falls Short At Olympic Trials
Eric Hickman, UNC Ashbrook graduate, failed to reach the 7th place cutoff in his steeplechase heat at the U S Olympic trials in New Orleans, finishing 9th with 8 41 41. Once a top ACC runner, he describes the event as brutal and notes the barriers and water pit that shape the race.
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Gastonia
Eric Hichman
University of North Carolina
Hichman
Ashbrook
U.S
New Orleans
Mark Coogan
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N.C
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Atlantic Ocean
Kathy Garvin
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Gazetti
Scripps Howard News Service
Lincolnton
Fox
Abby
Metro
Associated Press
Jimmy Connors
Mexico
Luis Herrera
Herrera
Connors
Barbara Barnett
N.C. Hospital Association
Alan Taylor
Carolinas Medical Center
Dream
Atlanta
Hickman
Boston
Olympic
UNC
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