A Cockeysville man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to duping a Georgia computer services company into spending $32 million on nonexistent computer servers and software before leasing them back to him.

An ailing 81-year-old North Carolina man who escaped from a Maryland prison 43 years ago was taken into custody Friday to face extradition, a move his attorneys decried as a waste of time because he is ill and aging.

Going potty without a partner can lead to punishment for students at a Burgaw elementary school, but parents want the policy flushed.

Police identified the jogger who was struck and killed by a bus as an exchange student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Army's 82nd Airborne Division's 1st brigade will return from duty in Iraq in July, an unexpected reduction in the unit's tour from 15 to 12 months.

An 81-year-old North Carolina man in poor health who escaped from a Maryland prison 43 years ago appears headed back to jail.

Gov. Mike Easley has sent a letter to the Small Business Administration requesting a disaster declaration for Onslow County in the wake of last weekend's severe weather.

A North Carolina jury has returned a life prison sentence for a man convicted of killing a New York teenager in Fayetteville in 2005.

State lawmakers are debating the best way to handle North Carolina's growing prison population as they hash out the budget.

Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., has checked out of a Charlotte hospital after spending one night there with what a spokesman described as "flu-like symptoms."

Unemployment in North Carolina has reached its highest level since August 2005.

Officials at Fort Bragg say a brigade of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division will return to Fort Bragg from duty in Iraq three months earlier than scheduled.

A few hours before sunrise on Saturday an elder with the Eastern Shoshone tribe will begin a wheel ceremony to bring rain and break Georgia's drought.

Ruth Davis didn't look like a drug-runner on Interstate 95 in North Carolina.

A U.S. Marine Corps Harrier attack jet crashed Thursday while on a training mission in southern Arizona, but both pilots ejected safely, officials said.

For the first time in 22 years, state officials are adding an extra day to the N.C. State Fair.

The first class of civilian police officers meant to replace military guards at Camp Lejeune is graduating.

- Legislators hear about prison bed shortfall projection

A panel reviewing state government e-mail storage policies recommended Thursday that messages be stored for at least five years and state employees be better trained about how to comply with the public records law.

Candidates for two legislative seats have asked for primary runoffs next month.

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall believes her 1996 victory over NASCAR legend Richard Petty provided a path for other female political hopefuls looking to advance to Victory Lane at the top tier of state government.

Skila Harris, the first woman and only Democrat remaining on the Tennessee Valley Authority's board of directors, is ending a nine-year term in which she promoted openness, conservation and environmental efforts at the nation's largest public utility.

Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe has accepted the job as head of the Charlotte, N.C., police department.

The Libertarian Party of North Carolina believes it has enough signatures to get on the ballot in November.