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CONCORD, N.C. -- Concord police hope a surveillance video can help them arrest the two men who assaulted another man at a rest stop early Wednesday morning. Michael Honeycutt, 48, of Seattle, was beaten and robbed at a northbound rest stop on Interstate 85, investigators said. The attack happened around 2 a.m. Investigators believe Honeycutt was a random target [?]. They said his attackers, who were waiting near the rest stop's vending machines, hit him over the head with what appeared to be a baseball bat. "It appears he was taken by surprise," said Maj. Allen Overcash of the Concord...

Lowe's Power of Pride Salute Hits the Road, Race Track for Memorial Day Tribute WILKESBORO, N.C., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse and Team Lowe's Racing are joining forces with the United Service Organizations (USO) to carry out the 2003 Power of Pride program and implement "Operation USO Care Package." The Lowe's and USO alliance will enable individuals to support America's men and women in uniform deployed overseas through personal messages and care packages specially requested by the military. "We want to give Americans an opportunity to express their personal gratitude to the men and women serving our...