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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
First Drip First Drip (2/4/15): R.I.P. Charlie Sifford, gas prices creep up, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 9:35 AM
Charlie Sifford, a Charlotte native who paved the way for desegregation in professional golf, died yesterday. He was 92.
If Congress approves President Obama's approved budget, Charlotte's streetcar line could get an additional $75 million grant, which would help extend the line from the westside to the east.
After ISIS showed a video allegedly showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage, Jordan officials executed the female prisoner, a would-be al Qaeda suicide bomber, that the extremists were demanding be released in exchange for the pilot. "Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians," said Army spokesman Mamdouh al-Ameri. "While the military forces mourn the martyr, they emphasize his blood will not be shed in vain."
After falling under $2 a gallon, gas prices are starting to creep up again. "Unfortunately we expect gas prices to continue to rise gradually in the upcoming weeks," David E. Parsons, president and CEO of AAA Carolinas, told WRAL. "However, barring any events that could cause global oil prices to greatly increase, we believe we won't see three dollars per gallon in 2015."
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