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(4/24/06) The Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board has picked Tustin, California Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman to lead CMS. During negotiations between both parties, WFAE's Simone Orendain spoke with Gorman about his vision for CMS.

(4/21/06) Gas prices soared in the days following Hurricane Katrina. But it's been almost nine months since the storm ravaged the Gulf Coast. So, what's contributing to the latest upward push in gas prices and how is it affecting Carolinians? From the Carolinas Business Bureau WFAE's Jaime Bedrin brings us this report.

(4/21/06) Gas prices soared in the days following Hurricane Katrina. But it's been almost nine months since the storm ravaged the Gulf Coast. So, what's contributing to the latest upward push in gas prices and how is it affecting Carolinians? From the Carolinas Business Bureau WFAE's Jaime Bedrin brings us this report.

(04/19/06) Searchers Wednesday found the body of a Lincolnton man who drowned in Lake Norman. The sheriff's office says 71-year-old James Huffman apparently fell into the water from a boat about a half-mile from shore yesterday. Huffman and his wife had been fishing on Lake Norman Tuesday morning. The sheriff's office says the couple had returned to the Little Creek access but Huffman went back out on the lake alone to check on some equipment on the boat.

(4/18/06) For the first time since the days following Hurricane Katrina, oil futures topped $70 a barrel in overnight trading. Analysts say the summer driving season could be the most expensive on record. To get some perspective on the situation, WFAE's Scott Graf spoke with Michael Fields, the executive director of the South Carolina Petroleum Marketers Association.

(4/17/06) A new UNC-Chapel Hill study suggests that some overweight adults are unaware that they are in fact clinically obese. WFAE's Jaime Bedrin spoke with Dr. Kimberly Truesdale, an obesity research associate at the school, to find out more.

WFAE is pleased to partner with Discovery Place on its Journey Beyond the Words lecture series in conjunction with the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. In this installment Dr. Jodie Magness discusses "The Archeology of Quamran & The Dead Sea Scrolls."

(4/13/06) The main library in Uptown Charlotte is home to a cigarette machine turned mini art-dispenser. It's just over a month since the Art-o-mat was installed and already there are some empty slots. From WFAE's Carolinas Business Bureau Simone Orendain reports on the business of vending art.

(4/13/06) The main library in Uptown Charlotte is home to a cigarette machine turned mini art-dispenser. It's just over a month since the Art-o-mat was installed and already there are some empty slots. From WFAE's Carolinas Business Bureau Simone Orendain reports on the business of vending art.

(4/11/06) WFAE is pleased to partner with Discovery Place on its Journey Beyond the Words lecture series in conjunction with the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. In this installment Dr. Lawrence Schiffman discusses "The Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism."