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16 May Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Event: Alvin Ailey American Dance TheatreVenue: Knight TheatreStart: 5/16/2012 7:30:00 PMCategory: THEATRE DANCE…

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17 May Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Event: Alvin Ailey American Dance TheatreVenue: Knight TheatreStart: 5/17/2012 7:30:00 PMCategory: THEATRE DANCE…

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18 May Billy Currington Event: Billy CurringtonVenue: Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre (formerly Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre)Start: 5/18/201…

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Officials: Students exposed to mercury at elementary school

Four children were exposed to mercury Wednesday at a Lenoir elementary school, officials said.

Students at Whitnel Elementary School on Hibriten Drive were evacuated from the school after the mercury exposure.

Officials said a child brought a vial of mercury to the school and it spilled on the floor of a fifth-grade classroom shortly before 11 a.m., officials said. The amount that spilled was roughly the size of a dime, according to officials.   

Four children were exposed. They were decontaminated and then taken to an area hospital for observation.

Fifteen other students were in the classroom when the spill happened.  Officials said those students will be held in the school until Environmental Protection Agency officials arrive at the school.

The parents of those students are allowed to be with them while they wait, they just can't leave school property until they are cleared, officials said.

The rest of the students at the school are being taken to Whitnel Central Baptist, about a mile away, where they can be picked up by their parents.

Firefighters in protective clothing are going into the school to clean up the spill.

It's unclear how the child got the mercury.

_{Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:48 -0400}

Former Charlotte man on terrorists' document listing possible U.S. attacks

A terrorist group just released documents that detail how a former Charlotte resident hoped to attack the United States.

Former al-Qaida leader Samir Khan was killed by a drone attack last year in Yemen.

Khan helped edit an online magazine to recruit terrorists.

Al-Qaida released a 16-page document written by Khan.

It is directed particularly at Muslims on the west coast and encourages them to attack on U.S. soil.

_{Wed, 16 May 2012 07:58:16 -0400}

Police: Woman set fire to home that killed 2 dogs

Police believe a woman who lives at a south Charlotte apartment complex intentionally set a fire that damaged them.

Elizabeth Kummar is still in the hospital after Monday’s fire at the Carmel Creek condos.

Officers have arrest warrants out for her.

She faces arson and animal cruelty charges, police said.

Two of Kummar’s dogs died in the fire.

Four families also had to leave their apartments.

_{Wed, 16 May 2012 06:32:57 -0400}

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