60 Six months after a dam burst near a power plant in Tennessee, spilling more than 5 million cubic yards of ashy sludge, which contains arsenic, lead and mercury, much of the disaster's nastiness still lingers. www.newsobserver.com/1595574 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. www.newsobserver.com/1595554 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. www.newsobserver.com/1596067 As health-care reform efforts in Washington put primary care at the center of treatment, the need for generalists will likely worsen an already chronic shortage of primary care doctors across North Carolina and the nation. www.newsobserver.com/1595525 An Independence Day celebration that brings thousands of tourists to Ocracoke Island turned deadly Saturday morning when a truckload of fireworks exploded near the South Ferry terminal, killing three pyrotechnics workers and injuring two co-workers. www.newsobserver.com/1595577 Almost everybody dreams of winning the lottery. And after Jeff Wilson, 27, of Kings Mountain won the $88.1 million Powerball drawing last month, we started wondering what a person would do with all that money. www.newsobserver.com/1593540 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. www.newsobserver.com/1595905 The Fayetteville Area visitors bureau and a local volunteer group is teaming up with Hasbro to provide GI Joe action figures to children of fallen soldiers. www.newsobserver.com/1595528 A new grant will allow low-income residents of Wilson, Nash and Edgecombe counties to get better dental care. www.newsobserver.com/1595527 Twenty years ago, Will Hooker began efforts to make N.C. State University's red brick campus more green. www.newsobserver.com/1595523 Typically, a children's parade means a handful of kids on bikes and skateboards going around the corner to the cul-de-sac and back. www.newsobserver.com/1595532 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. www.newsobserver.com/1595526 Local governments are watching anxiously as state lawmakers consider eliminating one of their revenue streams. www.newsobserver.com/1595402 The Lumbee Indian tribe wants to change the name of the river that winds through its ancestral lands in North Carolina. www.newsobserver.com/1595509 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. www.newsobserver.com/1595507