CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A driver had to be taken to the hospital overnight, after he crashed his car in north Charlotte. Police said the man was speeding on North Hoskins Road near Pampona Drive at about 2 a.m. He lost control while driving in a curve and hit a fence.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg's only shelter for women and children is overflowing with families and having to turn many away.

Eyewitnesses say men entered two restaurants at the same time and robbed them, shooting one of the restaurants' owners.

GASTONIA, N.C. -- A saddened family walked away from the Gaston County Courthouse arm in arm Monday morning. The woman charged with killing Ronnie Eudy, their loved one, never entered court.

YORK, S.C. -- A week after a York city employee was found shot to death, police are revealing something they hope is a key to solving the case.

STANLY COUNTY, N.C. -- Stanly County detectives said a 9-year-old boy and his family were caught in the middle of a shootout between suspected gang members early Sunday when the boy was shot to death.

Animal Control in York County found dozens of abandoned cats in a foreclosed home.

NEW YORK -- Bank of America Corp.'s third-quarter profit fell 68 percent and the bank says it's selling stock and halving its dividend to boost capital.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mecklenburg County United Family Services is opening a free mortgage counseling and foreclosure clinic. Housing lenders will be there to give advice. It will start Tuesday at 6 p.m. and last until 8 p.m.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Oprah Winfrey will deliver the 2009 commencement address at Duke University in Durham. Duke President Richard Brodhead said Monday that Winfrey will speak Sunday, May 10. He described the talk show host and philanthropist as "one of the most compelling figures of this time."

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The family of Mecklenburg County Commissioner Valerie Woodard said the 56-year-old died of TTP. Woodard passed away Friday. TTP is a rare blood disease that causes a low platelet count and microscopic blood clots.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Sunday his Republican rival, John McCain, is "out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time."

FLETCHER, N.C. -- More problems with the hurricane-inspired gasoline shortage plaguing the Carolinas. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Monday that dry gas tanks at stations are causing some contamination problems when fuel is available.