Bradley Cooper's former fiancee says in an affidavit that he belittled and frightened her. The parents and sister of Cooper's slain wife, Nancy, filed the affidavit in the fight for custody of the Cooper children.

NAACP members and other guests crowded a North Raleigh Hilton ballroom late Saturday night to see actors Danny Glover and Giancarlo Esposito screen their latest film, "Gospel Hill," at the 65th annual NAACP State Convention.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will make his first public appearance in the state since the May primary today, trying to lift his party's prospects in Eastern North Carolina.

A recent Wake Forest-Rolesville High School graduate died early Sunday morning in a single-car crash.

The 20th annual Walk for Hope had a record turnout Sunday and raised nearly $400,000 for the research and treatment of mental illness.

A granite bench, engraved with Nancy Cooper's portrait, now sits on Symphony Lake's northeastern bank, dedicated to her memory.

If North Carolina had a file cabinet, it would be the Secretary of State's Office. The secretary is elected to maintain a host of records, ranging from the list of current lobbyists to trademarks to business incorporations and commercial loan documents.

Police filed more charges Friday against Dillard Roe Johnson, the man arrested last week on charges of selling stolen gasoline cards for $20 each.

A Raleigh man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from allegations that he used his father's and brother's identities to obtain loans without their knowledge.

Wake County sheriff deputies on Friday arrested a man thought to be in the country illegally who is wanted in Illinois on multiple charges of sexual assault, court records show.

More than 3,000 runners, walkers and tot-trotters participated in the 2008 Autism Ribbon Run in downtown Raleigh on Saturday, raising more than $80,000 for programs and services provided by the Autism Society of North Carolina.

Now the only remaining question is how it got to a Norwood textile mill.

Another North Carolina-grown tree from Ashe County will be displayed in the White House during Christmas holidays this year.

Dan Kennedy lives in Wake Forest's Pemberley subdivision and is less than a mile from the ball fields at Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School.

The city plans to break ground Oct. 20 on City Plaza, a high-tech gathering place on the south end of Fayetteville Street.

Relatives of homicide victim Nancy Cooper plan to present a stone park bench in her honor Sunday morning at Regency Park.

As the registration deadline arrived Friday to vote on Nov. 4, Wake election officials were dealing with mail buckets full of voter applications.

Laurence Alvin Lovette, a suspect in the shooting deaths earlier this year of two local university students, was indicted by a Wake County grand jury this week and accused of breaking into a Cary couple's garage.

North Carolina can inspire the nation if voters flock to the polls when early voting begins Oct. 16, the national president of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, said Friday.

Wake County Briefs: Line workers from electric cooperatives across the state will demonstrate their life-saving skills in a competition Wednesday in Raleigh.

Wake County Briefs: Between 50 and 150 gallons of gasoline spilled from a tanker truck at a gas station on South Saunders Street on Thursday morning, authorities said.

Wake County Briefs: Organizers expect more than 2,000 participants at Sunday's Alice and Thad Eure Walk for Hope, an annual charity walk that raises money for mental illness research and treatment.