Julie Rose

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.

Bank Of America Improves Foreclosure Image

Julie Rose — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:27:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Bank of America will release quarterly earnings tomorrow and once again, foreclosures will be part of the equation.

Before DNC, Contrasting Views Of Host City

Julie Rose — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:24:00 +0000

The Democratic National Convention begins this week in Charlotte, N.C. WFAE's Julie Rose looks at what this city's boosters want visitors and TV viewers to know about Charlotte and what they're trying to paper over.

Gov. Haley Gets Prime-Time Convention Speaking Slot

Julie Rose — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:58:00 +0000

Among the speakers with a prime-time slot at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week is South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The speech could propel her into national politics.

The talk about Haley always mentions her gender, her age — 40 — and her race — Indian-American. She wears the labels proudly, and for $19.95 you can read all about them in her memoir Can't Is Not an Option.

For Unions, Democratic Convention Means Business

Julie Rose — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:04:00 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., face a bit of a conundrum as they try to honor their party's deep ties to organized labor in a state with the lowest percentage of unionized workers in the nation. Local businesses worry they'll be passed over for unionized competitors, which are few and far between in the right-to-work state.

But for the few union shops in Charlotte, times are good — if also a bit awkward.