Details of the legend of the Unknown Scout, whose simple kindness inspired the launch of the Boy Scouts of America, are a bit foggy, like the weather in London, where the story took place in 1909.

Greg Taylor will begin his final attempt to clear his name today. Taylor, 47, will face a trio of judges and ask that they heed his claim of innocence and set him free. Taylor, a Cary man, was convicted in 1993 of murdering Jacquetta Thomas.

Conservative businessmen Bob Luddy and Art Pope were the largest contributors in fall's Wake County school board elections, which ushered in a majority pledged to eliminate the district's diversity policy.