<![CDATA[HickoryRecord.com: News]]> http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/list/news/ en <![CDATA[Area among top stressed counties]]> <![CDATA[More stress-test comparison]]> <![CDATA[Company responds to closure fears]]> <![CDATA[High school tries a new way of teaching]]> <![CDATA[Fire destroys mobile home]]> <![CDATA[Positive behavior + fun activities = less problems]]> <![CDATA[Arrest made in Alexander County standoff]]> <![CDATA[Lenoir man killed in head-on wreck]]> <![CDATA[Family, friends hold vigil on campus of ASU for hit-and-run victim]]> <![CDATA[The accident]]> <![CDATA[Jobless rate tops 10 percent for first time since '83]]> The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.]]> <![CDATA[Cat rescued from 60-foot perch in tree]]> <![CDATA['I want to be sure justice is done for my daughter']]> <![CDATA[Claremont loses city manager]]> <![CDATA[LRU kidnapping: Woman forced to drive to Cherryville]]> <![CDATA[Area furniture company hopes to add 50 jobs]]> <![CDATA[Postal service sets date for public forum]]> <![CDATA[Woman says she was kidnapped from Lenoir-Rhyne University]]> <![CDATA[Sales tax suspended on some appliances]]> <![CDATA[Councilman unseats veteran in Conover mayoral race]]>