The Triangle's best restaurants
Greg Cox gives his picks for the area's best restaurants. Get the list here.
Tornado kills 1, injures 3 in Triad
Authorities began combing through the wreckage today caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina.
New UNC chancellor outlines grand plans
In his acceptance speech before the UNC Board of Governors, Holden Thorp pledges to keep the university rooted to the people of North Carolina and education affordable to all of its citizens.
2 on motorcycle killed in collision
A motorcycle slammed into a truck turning into a driveway Thursday evening in Johnston County, killing both riders on the motorcycle, state Highway Patrol officials said.
Loved ones remember student who grew up in Chapel Hill
For two hours Thursday night, friends and family gathered to tell stories about Irina "Ira" Yarmolenko, a UNCC student who grew up in Chapel Hill and a victim of a homicide.
Police charge 2 in credit card case
Durham police have charged two young people in the case involving the use of credit cards stolen from a woman who was visiting a terminally ill child at Duke Hospital last month.
UNC doctor gets highest faculty award
A UNC-Chapel Hill HIV/AIDS doctor has received the school's highest faculty award.
Police think suspect robbed 3 Subways
A man who robbed two Subway restaurants earlier this year may have struck again Wednesday night, according to Raleigh police detectives.
Durham manager choice up in air
After more than four hours of closed-door meetings Thursday, members of the City Council still aren't ready to offer the city manager's job to one of three finalists.
Easley supports college for illegal immigrants
In a statement that defied the legal advice of the state's attorney general, Gov. Mike Easley tells community colleges that they can set their own admission standards, which currently welcome students regardless of their immigration status.
I do, I do, I do: Serial groom has a third wife
Two days after a Clayton man was charged with being married to two women at once, a third woman came forward to say that she, too, is married to him.
Nonprofit offers high-flying thrill
For the next two weeks, History Flight, a traveling nonprofit concern, will let anyone climb the wing of a World War II-era plane, buckle him- or herself into the cockpit and turn a barrel roll over the Franklin County woods.
Easley seeks money for children, workers and sex crime victims
Gov. Mike Easley's proposed state budget for 2009 includes proposals for $31 million for programs to benefit uninsured children, farm and poultry plant workers and sexual assault victims.
State workers may get public records training
Members of a panel formed by Gov. Mike Easley appear headed toward approval of a plan that would require training on the public records law for most state employees and improvements to government e-mail servers that would archive messages for a number of years.
Artist for Obama stops in Raleigh
Using the eye-catching techniques he learned peddling products for corporations, artist Ray Noland has created posters and paintings to convey what he sees as the energy and possibility of an Obama presidency.
Death penalty vexes DA
Sheehan:Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jim Woodall is caught in the death penalty's wicked cross-currents.
Storms on Sunday may chase grads
Forecasters are predicting a wet and stormy Mother's Day and warn that severe weather is possible as well.
Mark your calendar
The annual N.C. Peace Officers Memorial Day Ceremony will be 11 a.m. today at Englewood Baptist Church, 1350 S. Winstead Ave. in Rocky Mount.
Planten's mother seeks damages
The murder suspect, who killed himself while in prison, was not treated with respect, Sarah Chandler's claim says.
Durham takes steps toward quicker development reviews
Proposals to streamline Durham's development-review process will be rolled out over the next nine months. The first installment emerged Thursday, drawing praise from several City Council members.
New Tech teacher gets SunTrust honor
Triangle Briefs: Matthew M. Sears, a math teacher at Hillside New Tech High School this week was named the 2008 SunTrust Gold Star Teacher of the Year for Durham Public Schools.
UNC-CH seeking airport panel power
Triangle Briefs: UNC Chapel Hill officials are asking the General Assembly to grant the UNC system the power to create airport authorities, a step toward a new airport in Orange County.
Chapel Hill asked to revise picketing rules
Local civil rights groups have asked the Chapel Hill Town Council to update the town's picketing rules and form a civilian review board to monitor police conduct.
Kidzu museum gets $100,000 grant
Triangle Briefs: Kidzu Children's Museum has been awarded a $100,000 "Educational Innovation" grant by the Grable Foundation of Pittsburgh to support education and outreach programs, exhibit development and other operating expenses.
Owners of towed, stolen cars often face huge storage bills
State law is murky about who pays and who is to blame.
Stolen truck found; liquor load missing
Triangle Briefs: Police have found a transfer truck that was stolen last week. Still missing: its trailer with a cargo of booze.
Driver is charged in traffic death
Triangle Briefs: A driver involved in a collision that killed a pedestrian south of downtown this week has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, police announced Thursday.
Bordley to request school board runoff
Triangle Briefs: School board candidate Leigh Bordley, a runner-up Tuesday in the election for the board's at-large seat with 34.5 percent of the votes, will seek a runoff.
Housing help clears hurdle
The House on Thursday passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis.
Broughton bandleader will stay another year
Folks had been fretting for months about whether Jeffery "J.R." Richardson, who led the Broughton High School marching band to the prestigious Tournament of Roses parade in January, would retire at the end of the school year as expected.
Attorney: Officials shunning e-mail
Charlotte City Attorney Mac McCarley said Thursday that public information requests for e-mail had become so burdensome that top officials had quit sending sensitive messages for fear they might become public.
1 killed, 3 hurt in tornado near Greensboro
One person was killed and three others injured in what authorities say was a tornado that moved through central North Carolina, said Patty McQuillan, spokeswoman for the state Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.
Brad Miller (and his wife) are behind Obama
Under the Dome:U.S. Rep. Brad Miller is the latest North Carolina superdelegate to endorse Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president.
State sets up biofuels center
A new agricultural industry may emerge in North Carolina from the abandoned office of an old one. A former federal tobacco research station in Oxford reopens today as the new headquarters of the Biofuels Center of North Carolina.
Facebook and states agree to safety plan
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.
2 killed as plane crashes in Greene County field
Two people were killed Thursday when a home-built airplane crashed in Greene County, authorities said.
Refugees get no news from home
A dozen refugees from Myanmar attend Raleigh's Christ Covenant Church, and many are desperate to learn more about the devastating cyclone that struck the country nearly a week ago.




