Sunday 20th May, 2012

• Effort on NC juvenile court age still lacks unity

  WRAL

  Raleigh, N.C. - General Assembly members learned last year they could undertake a dramatic overhaul to North Carolina's criminal justice system without being labeled soft on crime by political ...

• Chamber London trip canceled, Charlotte politicos stay home

  Charlotte Observer

  Charlotte Chamber officials called off a trip to London on Saturday, after the flight was canceled due to a mechanical problem. “We regret the inconvenience this has caused all participants on ...

• Durham boy dies after battling cancer

  WRAL

  Durham, N.C. - A 4-year-old Durham boy whom the community had rallied around in recent months has lost his battle with cancer.Preston Winslow died Saturday afternoon, according ...

• Hickory opens playground in honor of Zahra Baker

  WRAL

  Hickory, N.C. - Hickory has opened a playground to honor Zahra Baker, the 10-year-old disabled girl from Australia who was killed by her stepmother in North Carolina. The Hickory Daily Record ...

• Tropical storm Alberto forms off Carolinas' coast

  San Diego Union-Tribune

  This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday ...

• Salmonella cases from meat substitute top 80

  Associated Press

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Health officials say the number of people sickened by salmonella from a soy product often used as a meat substitute has topped ...

• Teen dies trying to flee police in Concord

  Associated Press

  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Investigators say a 17-year-old boy sped away from police trying to stop him and was killed in a crash that killed four others in ...

• North Carolina: a study in presidential election polling paradoxes | Harry J Enten

  The Guardian

  Fans greeting Barack Obama as he arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina; in 2008, he carried what had traditionally been a Republican state. Photograph: Getty ...

• Man visits elephant he helped get for NC Zoo

  WRAL

  Asheboro, N.C. - Decades after he helped bring an elephant to the North Carolina Zoo, a Charlotte man had a brief reunion with the pachyderm that was no bigger than a pony when they first became ...

• NC asked to support black Revolutionary War vets' monument

  WRAL

  Raleigh, N.C. - A Virginia man who wants the U.S. government to build a monument to blacks who fought in the Revolutionary War is asking North Carolina counties and towns to approve a resolution in ...

• Passenger jet makes emergency landing at RDU after engine begins to leak oil

  News & Observer

  RALEIGH -- An American Airlines twin-engine jet with 138 people aboard made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Sunday morning shortly after taking off from RDU en route to ...

• Crash of car, four-wheeler kills Franklin County boy, 8

  News & Observer

  LOUISBURG -- An 8-year-old boy died Saturday evening after a car hit a four-wheeler on which he was one of three people when it ran a stop sign at Reynolds Road and N.C. 561, the State Highway ...

• Robber hits SunTrust branch inside Chapel Hill grocery store

  News & Observer

  CHAPEL HILL -- From staff reports A man handed a bank teller a holdup note Saturday at a SunTrust branch inside the Harris Teeter at the Chapel Hill North shopping center and fled with cash, Chapel ...

• Wolfpack falls to Seminoles in rubber match of series; Heels win

  News & Observer

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- N.C. State fell 6-2 to top-ranked Florida State Saturday at Dick Howser Stadium. Florida State took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first . With one out, N.C. State starter ...

• APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight

  Charlotte Observer

  HELENA, Mont. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down ...

• Libby Puckett: A life dedicated to prevention of strokes

  News & Observer

  Elizabeth (Libby) Puckett, 71, Durham resident and Tar Heel of the Week. Puckett has had a seventeen year involvement in educating North Carolinians about the prevention of heart disease and ...

• Sisters win Durham ‘Smoffice’ contest

  News & Observer

  Sarah Nordgren, co-founder of The Makery NC online business keeps tabs with online customers Thursday, May 10, 2012 during her stint in The Makery NC's micro office, about a thirty (30) square ...

• Former felons urged to register and vote

  Charlotte Observer

  Rapper 2 Chainz, a Charlotte attorney and members of a civic engagement organization came together Saturday to encourage ex-felons and others to exercise their right to vote in upcoming elections. ...

• OU, Tulsa men qualify for NCAA golf tournament

  Associated Press

  OU earned its berth Saturday by finishing fifth in a regional tournament at Norman. It's the second consecutive championship appearance for the Sooners and 33rd ...

• Fracking in North Carolina could carry extra risks

  News & Observer

  Monica Ganguly, left, ventured to the other side of the street to speak with pro-shale proponents, such as Dan McGee. Protestors from both sides of the fracking issue showed their support with signs ...

• UNC-Charlotte studentsÂ’ interactive maps look deeper at Amendment One support

  News & Observer

  Guilford County seemed ripe to reject the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. ItÂ’s a heavily Democratic, urban county chock full of colleges and universities with the young voters ...

• William FridayÂ’s condition upgraded

  News & Observer

  UNC President Emeritus William FridayÂ’s condition was upgraded from critical to serious on Saturday, a UNC Hospitals spokeswoman said.Friday, 91, had been hospitalized for several days in critical ...

• Prisoners challenge extended confinement for sex crimes

  News & Observer

  The high walls surrounding the Federal Correctional Complex at Butner leave no doubt that it’s a prison.But for dozens of men held behind those walls, there is a growing question of whether ...

• Wake may reopen former Raleigh schools

  News & Observer

  RALEIGH -- In the 1960s, nearly every neighborhood in central Raleigh had its own elementary school.But the combination of integration, white flight and population shifts to the suburbs shut down ...

• Triangle sees surge in organized angel investing

  News & Observer

  Sumit Gangwal, left, and Pete Geisen with Xanofi distill the process solvent for recycling at the company's laboratory. Xanofi, a Raleigh nano-fiber company started 1.5 years ago, has received ...

• Two law graduates overcome great obstacles to get degrees, inspire others

  News & Observer

  Monique Johnson works on a painting for a client in the Center City Park on Thursday afternoon May 17, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C. Johnson will graduate this weekend from Elon University with a law ...

• Overdraft fees still surprise consumers, survey finds

  News & Observer

  PHILADELPHIA -- – Nearly two years after the Federal Reserve began requiring banks to get customers’ permission before subjecting them to controversial overdraft practices, many ...

• 50,000 browse and learn at RaleighÂ’s Artsplosure

  News & Observer

  Seven-year-old Zainabou Badjie of Raleigh, N.C., learns to play chess in Moore Square with some direction from George Noel of Raleigh during the annual Artsplosure festival on Saturday, May 19, ...

• ‘Micro-volunteering’ lets employees donate their time to nonprofits in short intervals

  News & Observer

  Jacqui Barton, from left, Susan Jeska and Kristofer O'Brien race to put their team bike together, April 24, 2012. Two hundred United Health Group employees put their game faces on and played ...

• Georgia man faces multiple charges after 100-mph chase on I-95, U.S. 70

  News & Observer

  SELMA -- State troopers filed numerous charges against a Georgia man Saturday morning after a chase that reached speeds of 100 mph on Interstate 95 and U.S. 70 in Johnston County and ended with the ...

• For those short on cash, gift annuities good way to help charities

  News & Observer

  Q. I’m fairly passionate about a social issue and donate quite a lot of money to one of the supporting organizations. They have mentioned a charitable gift annuity has a way to help them and ...

• Wake Forest man charged with murder in motherÂ’s fatal shooting

  News & Observer

  WAKE FOREST -- Town police Friday night filed a murder charge against Ricky Arlan Timberlake, saying he was the one who shot his mother, Jo, in the head at their home on Mother’s Day.Police ...

• Entrepreneurs face challenges in hiring and choosing how to lead

  News & Observer

  I like and respect entrepreneurs! They are special people.You have to respect people who quit a job and pool every dollar they can find (or borrow) to create a better mousetrap! They risk their ...

• Johnson nearly perfect as UNC baseball beats Virginia Tech

  WRAL

  POST Sophomore Hobbs Johnson carried a perfect game into the eighth inning Saturday afternoon to help No. 6 North Carolina claim its fifth ACC sweep of the year as the Tar Heels downed Virginia ...

• Fundraiser helps family of Durham tire store shooting victim

  WRAL

  Durham, N.C. - Nearly two months after a fatal shooting at a Durham tire store, friends and co-workers gathered at the scene Saturday to raise money for the family of one of the slain victims. Naomi ...

• 40-year old Raleigh woman qualifies for U.S. Olympic swimming trials

  Business Journal

  Erika Braun 's resume. Braun qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials on Saturday in the 50 freestyle swimming after she clocked 26.32 seconds. She had to beat 26.39 to qualify. This is not the ...

• William Friday’s condition upgraded

  News & Observer

  UNC President Emeritus William Friday’s condition was upgraded from critical to serious on Saturday, a UNC Hospitals spokeswoman said.Friday, 91, had been hospitalized for several days in ...

• NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right

  WRAL

  MIAMI - The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law." The National ...

• I'll Have Another takes Preakness

  Charlotte Observer

  I'll Have Another ridden by Mario Gutierrez, left, beats Bodemeister ridden by Mike E. Smith at the finish line to win the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May ...

• Former UNC system president upgraded to serious condition

  WRAL

  Chapel Hill, N.C. - University of North Carolina President Emeritus William Friday has been upgraded to serious condition at UNC Hospitals, two days after receiving a permanent pacemaker.Hospital ...

• Deputies: SC woman's 2-year-old son sleeping nude on trash in car

  Charlotte Observer

  SPARTANBURG, S.C. Authorities in Spartanburg County have charged a woman with child neglect after she showed up at a stranger's home with her 2-year-old son sleeping nude in the car's ...

• S.C. cocker spaniel rescued from 30-foot fall into well

  Charlotte Observer

  ANDERSON, S.C. Anderson County sheriff's deputies and local rescue personnel have reunited a 4-year-old cocker spaniel with her family after she fell down a 30-foot well. The Anderson ...

• Jeremy Mayfield's wife files for bankruptcy

  Charlotte Observer

  The wife of former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which will allow the couple to stay in their home.The Hickory Daily Record reports that Shana Mayfield filed for ...

• Uptown streets to close for race festival

  Charlotte Observer

  Several uptown Charlotte streets will close for the Food Lion Speed Street Festival, which runs Thursday through Saturday. The Charlotte Department of Transportation recommends that drivers avoid ...

• NC hospital warns 10 patients of infection risk

  Associated Press

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- An Asheville hospital is urging 10 patients to be tested for potentially serious viral infections following word that a scope was not properly sterilized in the endoscopy ...

• Truck, deli meat recovered; driver charged

  Charlotte Observer

  A Statesville man was arrested in Concord, charged with stealing a truck loaded with deli meat. Arnold Clifton Nelson of Bost Street was in custody in Cabarrus County on a charge of larceny by ...

• CMPD seeks tips about felons with guns

  Charlotte Observer

  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have launched a tip line for people to give officers information about armed felons in the area. Callers who give information through the firearm tip line will be ...

• Jurors in John Edwards trial expected to resume deliberations on Monday

  Charlotte Observer

  John Edwards and his mother Bobbie enter the federal courthouse in Greensboro on Friday, May 18, 2012. The jury starts deliberations in his campaign finance corruption trial ...

• Forecasters eye low pressure off Carolinas' coast

  Miami Herald

  MIAMI -- The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a low pressure system off the South Carolina coast to see if it will develop into a tropical depression or storm.An advisory issued ...

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