North Carolina

LGBT trailblazers run for office in North Carolina

Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Matt Comer at QNotes has a great piece on openly gay candidates running for office in my state, as well as a look back at some of the trailblazers in the past. This year North Carolina has three out gay candidates who will be on the ballot -- Mark Kleinschmidt , who's running to serve as the mayor of Chapel Hill, Lee Sartain is making a bid for a seat on the Raleigh City Council, and Owen Sutkowski...

Fireworks explosion at North Carolina island kills one, injures four

Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has killed one worker and critically injured four others.

Krawiec: Tenure and Law School Institutional Advancement

TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Kimberly D. Krawiec (North Carolina) has published a series of posts that every law faculty in America should consider: My Tenure’s For Sale. How About Yours? Incentives And Institutions: Why Stop With The Banks? When It Comes To Law Faculty, We’re All Post-Modernists "We All Contribute In Our Own Ways"...

Search on for presumed Neuse River drowning victim

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Crews are searching for the body of a teenager officials said likely drowned Sunday morning in the Neuse River near Oriental.

NCSU student drowns at Jordan Lake

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Divers and rescue workers this morning found the body of a rising senior at N.C. State University who drowned while swimming in Jordan Lake with friends, according to officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Josh Hamilton voted to AL all-star team

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Despite missing more than half of the Texas Rangers' games this season because of injuries, Hamilton received 2,412,359 fan votes for the All-Star Game to rank third among American League outfielders and grab a starting spot for the July 14 game in St. Louis.

• Texas Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton's final rehab game is delayed by rain - ESPN
• Hamilton not quite ready to return to Hamilton - The Eagle Sports

Federer beats Roddick for record 15th Grand Slam

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam title Sunday, outlasting Andy Roddick for his sixth Wimbledon championship in a marathon match that went to 16-14 in the fifth set.

House fire kills one in Lillington

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

One person died and another escaped the flames of an early morning house fire Sunday at 12th and Killiegrey streets in Lillington, police officials said.

Fourth victim of fireworks blast dies

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A fourth pyrotechnic worker has died from the Independence Day explosion on Ocracoke Island, officials said early this evening. They have declined to release the names of the dead and injured from the blast.

Barrel Monster's son

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Mike Harris was weary of road construction on Mebane Street. He tired of watching his business dwindle as traffic headed elsewhere. And he was saddened for neighbors who have lost trees or parts of their yards as the work progresses.

Man accused of dragging police officer

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Authorities say a Lenior, N.C., man faces 10 counts of assault with intent to kill after dragging a Myrtle Beach police officer during a traffic stop and ramming four other cars to try and get him to let go.

Memorial parade held for fireworks victims

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A memorial parade was held on Ocracoke Island late this afternoon to honor three pyrotechnics workers who were killed when their truckload of fireworks exploded near the South Ferry terminal, even as federal and state investigators started sifting through the debris to discover the cause of the Independence Day blast.

Lumbee Indians want river renamed

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

The Lumbee Indian tribe wants to change the name of the river that winds through its ancestral lands in North Carolina.

Ethics law updates in the works

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

The stream of revelations surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and his family highlights the need for more changes in ethics and lobbying laws, according to a broad coalition now at work at the General Assembly.

Cities fear loss of privilege tax

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Local governments are watching anxiously as state lawmakers consider eliminating one of their revenue streams.

The Lowdown On The Oklahoma Sooners

jockson | 03/30/2009

The Oklahoma Sooners see themselves listed as 7-point underdogs going into their Elite Eight tilt with the North Carolina Tar Heels later today–the Total is listed at 164. In the last 20 games when underdogs of 8-points or less, Oklahoma is only 5-15 ATS but it has gone Under 14 out of 20 times. For more information on march madness schedules and events, see on Online Sports Betting .

Scotland in North Carolina

ronson1948 | 03/21/2009

Did you know that there are more people living in North Carolina USA who boost Scottish descent than there are Scots living in Scotland? That is hardly surprising as huge numbers of Scots left Scotland at the time of the Highland Clearances and sinc...

Dog owner sifts through pup's poop after he eats wad of cash

hogstr | 03/19/2009

A North Carolina dog owner wasn’t sure where she misplaced $400 until she took her dog for a walk and discovered bits of the bills in his feces.