Lawyers for John Edwards on Friday issued statements that said the hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenditures incurred last year by the campaign committee of the former presidential candidate were above board.

Robert Orr, a Raleigh attorney who represented UNC football players Quinton Coples and Devon Ramsay during the school's recent NCAA-related problems, said Friday that the firing of Butch Davis and hiring of Larry Fedora as head football coach would not fundamentally change the chances of similar issues cropping up at the school.

Surrounded by a raucous student protest, the UNC Board of Governors on Friday approved tuition and fee increases averaging 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across the university system for next year.

Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline says she wants to delay an inquiry set to begin Monday that will determine whether she should be permanently removed from her elected office.

Prosecutors trying Jason Young on accusations that he murdered his pregnant wife spent much of this week highlighting how long Young waited to provide an account of his whereabouts at the time of the death.

Richard Morgan looks at old photos of himself from when he weighed 265 pounds and sometimes cries.