Raleigh News and Observer

Treasury prices mostly fell Friday ahead of the long holiday weekend as traders booked profits in an abbreviated session.

Staff members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Wilmington are headed to the Gulf Coast as part of a nationwide mobilization for Hurricane Gustav.

Gov. Mike Easley declared two North Carolina counties state disaster areas Friday after the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay damaged more than 200 homes and businesses.

Wall Street tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed.

N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson was released from the hospital after the team left Columbia on Thursday night and was on his way back to Raleigh on Friday, according to his older brother Harrison.

Hofstra students and others hoping to watch former Sen. John Edwards take the stage with his wife Elizabeth will get only half the show next month.

Traffic was diverted off southbound Interstate 85 near the North Carolina-Virginia border while crews remove wreckage of a tractor-trailer that lost control in a construction zone.

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has decided to retain Antonio Pettigrew as an assistant coach in men's and women's track and field despite his May testimony in federal court that he had used performance-enhancing drugs and human growth hormone.

Wake District Court Judge Kristin Ruth has won a three-year federal grant of about $130,000 to train other judges in her problem-solving approach to dealing with child-support cases.

Durham police investigators are trying to identify two women accused of using counterfeit credit cards to withdraw $70,000 from banks in Durham, Raleigh, Wilmington and New Bern in the past six months.

Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, both Republicans, issued statements supporting Sen. John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.

Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments.

Wake Forest-Rolesville has named former football and basketball standout Reggie Lucas as its head boys varsity basketball coach.

Effects are still being felt from the heavy rains that inundated the Triangle in midweek. Tonight’s football in Hillsborough between East Chapel Hill and host Orange has been postponed before the first drop of rain Friday.

It's easy for Wolfpack fans to wallow in the aftermath of Thursday night's loss. And yes, it was hardly an inspiring performance by the Pack.

A North Carolina man accused of threatening to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been indicted.

When he was asked Monday whether he'd try to work a back-up quarterback into Saturday's game against McNeese State, North Carolina coach Butch Davis said he didn't know. "We're just trying to get a first down,'' he said.

Police have charged three men and two women after receiving reports that several men were robbed when responding to online advertisements for sex or massage.

Gregory Webb and Michael Leverette went with what they knew — robbing people. Both have been caught before and have served time. Now they are charged with committing two armed robberies on July 19.

North Carolina Democrats have mixed feelings as they return home today from their national convention.