Julie Rose

Transportation Nominee A Loyal Foot Soldier For Obama

Julie Rose — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has been nominated to head the U.S. Department of Transportation in President Obama's final term. What the soon-to-be 42-year old mayor lacks in transportation credentials, he makes up for in loyalty to the President and a shared vision of the need for better transit systems.

Insurance Industry Lab Creates Indoor Hailstorm

Julie Rose — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:38:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Bad weather can mean big losses for homeowners and insurance companies. So recently, the insurance industry built a laboratory in rural Richburg, South Carolina in hopes of developing more weather-resistant buildings.

Cold War Bunker Network Repurposed For 21st Century Threats

Julie Rose — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:09:00 +0000

There's an underground bunker at a radio station in Charlotte, N.C., where time has stopped. Built decades ago to provide safety and vital communications in the event of a nuclear attack, it's now a perfectly preserved relic of Cold War fear that's gained new relevance.

The secret bunker is part of the office lore that old-timers at WBT Radio whisper to the newbies. That's how radio host Mike Collins learned of it back in the 1980s.

"I remember being amazed that it would really exist," Collins says, laughing.

One Airport's Trash Is 2 Million Worms' Treasure

Julie Rose — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Food waste is not just a problem for restaurants — airports also have to deal with piles of this kind of garbage.

At one of the nation's busiest airports, Charlotte Douglas International in North Carolina, each passenger generates half a pound of garbage on average per visit. But instead of just sending all that trash to the landfill, Charlotte has taken a different approach.

Mug Shot Time? Wipe That Smile Off Your Face

Julie Rose — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:24:00 +0000

In one North Carolina county, mugging too much for a mug shot can get you locked in a cell indefinitely.

First off, though, why would you smile for a mug shot? Thumb through those publications like The Slammer magazine filled with nothing but mug shots and you can find entire sections of people grinning it up.

In Scottie Wingfield's case, she meant to get arrested at an Occupy Charlotte protest — a planned civil disobedience. Cracking a huge grin in her mug shot was a way of extending that protest.