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Barack Obama is a master at grabbing and keeping his audience's attention, which is the number one goal of any public speaker. How does he do it? Here are five key lessons from Obama's rhetorical playbook.

As sodium becomes almost as feared and demonized as high-fructose corn syrup or even trans fats, some companies are stepping up their efforts to reduce the salt-content of various products, while others are developing sodium substitutes akin to NutraSweet and Splenda. The idea isn’t new, but the trend has taken on a renewed fervor lately, [...]

With parents and students reeling from tuition sticker shock, these schools have come up with clever ways to help pay tuition bills. Some private schools are even matching the costs of nearby public colleges.

Every weekend, there is no shortage of activities in the greater Charlotte area. Here are a few top picks for this weekend.

There is one gap in the I-485 highway that needs to be constructed for the loop around the city of Charlotte to be completed. And in a press conference Monday morning, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue said plans and funding are in place to finish construction of the highway and finally close the I-485 loop. The unfinished section of the loop sits between NC 115 (Old Statesville Road) and to the west of I-85 in northeast Charlotte. The cost to construct the new eight-lane freeway is estimated at $220 million.

Gov. Perdue said contractors will help pay the cost of completing the I-485 loop. According to the Charlotte Observer, construction on the 65-mile loop around the city began back in 1988 and was supposed to be completed by 2003.

• More about Charlotte's Outer Loop Project

Map: North Carolina Department of Transportation

I-485 Scheduled for Completion by 2015 originally appeared on About.com Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 00:16:42.

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