Emergency crews in North Carolina plan to assess damage Friday morning after a reported tornado killed one person and injured three others in the central part of the state.
Some people call Wilmington, North Carolina, "Hollywood East" because of all the movies and TV shows filmed here. In the last three decades, more than 400 feature films, documentaries and television series have been shot and edited around town, drawing notable actors from Andy Griffith to Richard Gere.
Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof this year -- with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey.
After a southern victory and a strong showing (in defeat) in Indiana, the frontrunner may have the nomination sewn up
SAN ANTONIO -- Early in the regular season, long before there were any brackets or No. 1 seeds, Kansas teammates Russell Robinson and Darnell Jackson were watching North Carolina destroy yet another overmatched opponent on television when Robinson declared to Jackson: "I want to play North Carolina."
This might seem like the year of the evil stepsisters in the NCAA tournament. All four No. 1 seeds got a spot in the Final Four.
Sportswriters tend to be a pretty jaded bunch, but the guy standing a few feet from me in the Ford Field media room prior to Sunday's Kansas-Davidson game may have taken the cake.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Five things we learned while trying to figure out why Tyler Smith disappeared in the second half against Louisville:
You might think that Mount St. Mary's doesn't belong on the same basketball court with North Carolina in Friday night's NCAA match-up. But the small school from rural Maryland is a lot closer to the Tar Heels in talent than they are in earning power off the court.
Underrated: DePaul. At 20-11, it would be easy to dismiss 10th-seeded DePaul, but this is a team that lost to just Texas and Tennessee in nonconference games. Granted, the Blue Demons didn't face the toughest of schedules early on, but they did have to maneuver their way through the rugged Big East. That 8-8 conference mark is a little misleading: Most of those were close calls -- losses to Notre Dame (fifth seed), Rutgers (second seed) and Connecticut (top seed) during the regular season were by a total of just 17 points. They've also notched wins against five-seeds West Virginia and Notre Dame.
Emergency crews in North Carolina plan to assess damage Friday morning after a reported tornado killed one person and injured three others in the central part of the state.
Some people call Wilmington, North Carolina, "Hollywood East" because of all the movies and TV shows filmed here. In the last three decades, more than 400 feature films, documentaries and television series have been shot and edited around town, drawing notable actors from Andy Griffith to Richard Gere.
Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof this year -- with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey.
After a southern victory and a strong showing (in defeat) in Indiana, the frontrunner may have the nomination sewn up
SAN ANTONIO -- Early in the regular season, long before there were any brackets or No. 1 seeds, Kansas teammates Russell Robinson and Darnell Jackson were watching North Carolina destroy yet another overmatched opponent on television when Robinson declared to Jackson: "I want to play North Carolina."
This might seem like the year of the evil stepsisters in the NCAA tournament. All four No. 1 seeds got a spot in the Final Four.
Sportswriters tend to be a pretty jaded bunch, but the guy standing a few feet from me in the Ford Field media room prior to Sunday's Kansas-Davidson game may have taken the cake.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Five things we learned while trying to figure out why Tyler Smith disappeared in the second half against Louisville:
You might think that Mount St. Mary's doesn't belong on the same basketball court with North Carolina in Friday night's NCAA match-up. But the small school from rural Maryland is a lot closer to the Tar Heels in talent than they are in earning power off the court.
Underrated: DePaul. At 20-11, it would be easy to dismiss 10th-seeded DePaul, but this is a team that lost to just Texas and Tennessee in nonconference games. Granted, the Blue Demons didn't face the toughest of schedules early on, but they did have to maneuver their way through the rugged Big East. That 8-8 conference mark is a little misleading: Most of those were close calls -- losses to Notre Dame (fifth seed), Rutgers (second seed) and Connecticut (top seed) during the regular season were by a total of just 17 points. They've also notched wins against five-seeds West Virginia and Notre Dame.
Though state playoff races are underway across the nation, rosters for the McDonald's All- American game have been announced.
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Any time you have bitter rivals squaring off while they are ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the nation, you're going to get a must-see game. But make no mistake: This season's first Duke-Carolina showdown is a much, much different contest if Tar Heels point guard Ty Lawson is unable to play.
The basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina is the fiercest blood feud in college athletics. To legions of otherwise reasonable adults, it is a conflict that surpasses sports; it is locals against outsiders, elitists against populists, even good against evil. It is thousands of grown men and women with jobs and families screaming themselves hoarse at 18-year-old basketball geniuses, trading conspiracy theories in online chat rooms, and weeping like babies when their teams - when they - lose.
We haven't had a straight/no chaser 'Bag for a while, so let's dig in:
A city marshal in Shreveport, Louisiana, cast doubt Sunday on reported sightings there of a man charged with murder in the death of a pregnant Marine.
She lay on the living room floor of her family's Los Angeles house in 1981, watching the royal wedding of Charles and Diana on television. Marion Jones was five years old, a little girl creating her own vision from the pictures on the screen. "They have a red carpet to walk on, because they're special people," she chirped to her mother and her brother. "When will they roll out a red carpet for me?"
We have a pretty big story potentially brewing in college hoops. North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas are all undefeated. Here are the number of games remaining on their schedules against teams ranked in the Top 25:
To understand how North Carolina coach Roy Williams views his 2007-08 Tar Heels, you have to go back to the last 10 minutes of last season. Leading Georgetown by 10 points with six minutes remaining in the NCAA East regional final, the Tar Heels endured a woeful stretch during which they made just 1 of 23 from the field. That included missing their first 12 attempts in overtime, allowing the Hoyas to escape with a 96-84 win.
Since Mark Richt took over as Georgia's coach, the Bulldogs have cleaned up on the recruiting trail.
Dear FSB: My parents own and operate a restaurant and general store in a tourist town in the Southeast. I recently graduated from college and have begun to take over more management responsibilities. I am interested in opening multiple locations and possibly creating a franchise. What size does the restaurant need to be - or other goals do we need to achieve - before we can hope to attract the interest of venture capital firms or angel investors to finance more locations?
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The chancellors of North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T apologized to each other Wednesday, four days after their football teams brawled after a game.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The president of the university system that oversees both North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central says he is leaving the discipline up to the schools after their latest football meeting ended with a brawl that police broke up with pepper spray.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- For any of the football coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning the league title surely would mean a great deal. Financially, it means the most to Maryland's Ralph Friedgen.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle nosed its way back toward the Atlantic Ocean after hitting North Carolina's Outer Banks Sunday afternoon with 50-mph winds, forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle continued to pick up strength Sunday as it neared landfall along North Carolina's Outer Banks.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Brad Keselowski has no lingering effects from his frightening accident at California Speedway and was cleared to race this weekend in Richmond.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- There's always been a strong bond between Roy Williams and Dean Smith.
A North Carolina waitress on Saturday lauded the Democratic-initiated increase in the minimum wage, saying in the party's weekly radio address that the extra money will have a ripple effect on millions of lives.
The high school talent in this year's MLB First-Year Player Draft was thought to be the best in recent memory, and yesterday's run on prep prospects proved that to be true.
The NBA has released its list of early-entry candidates for the draft, and that means it's time to crunch some numbers.
North Carolina's attorney general Wednesday blasted what he called a "tragic rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations" after all charges were dropped in the sexual assault case against three former Duke University lacrosse players.
North Carolina (34-3) vs. Tennessee (32-3) Sunday, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Quicken Loans Arena (20,000)
If defense truly does win championships, everybody at the Final Four has a good shot as all four teams -- Rutgers, LSU, Tennessee and North Carolina -- are holding opponents to less than 60 points a game.
SI.com checked in with an assistant coach from a former North Carolina opponent to get an anonymous scouting report on the East Region's top seed.
A fire engulfed portions of a central North Carolina nursing home Monday night, killing one resident and injuring 19 others, a county official said.
Last March the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee drew the ire of Tennessee coach Pat Summitt by rewarding her 28-4 Lady Vols with a No. 2 seed and a trip to the stacked Cleveland Regional, where they eventually fell to top-seeded North Carolina. ("A slap in your face," Summitt told her players of their seeding.)
Sometimes, you just have to cherish the little victories.
DURHAM, N.C. -- For all the tension, drama and shifting momentum in Wednesday night's North Carolina-Duke game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the game saw but a single lead change. It occurred with 5:15 to play, when North Carolina senior forward Reyshawn Terry's layup gave the Tar Heels a 62-60 lead.
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Ernesto, downgraded to a tropical depression, flooded roads and closed schools as it moved across North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. It was linked to at least six deaths.
Hovering just below hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall near Long Beach, North Carolina, late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Since this North Carolina town arranges itself on a ridge 4,000 feet above sea level, the "high" in Highlands is entirely justified.
It's now common practice for states to lure businesses into their jurisdiction using tax incentives. But a possible Supreme Court ruling could make this a thing of the past, raising some concerns that economic development could slow as corporations reconsider development projects due to higher costs.
A proposed business deal that would turn control of six U.S. ports over to an United Arab Emirates-based company has raised security concerns among some lawmakers. CNN's Jack Cafferty asked viewers of the "Situation Room" what they thought. Here is a selection of their responses, sent in by e-mail:
We own our home outright and are virtually debt-free. My son thinks we should take out a reverse mortgage on our house and enjoy the fruits of our labor even more. Does that make sense to you?
As residents of North Carolina cleaned up Friday, people in New England and Canada prepared as Tropical Storm Ophelia headed north and picked up speed.
After dumping more than a foot of rain in some places, Ophelia weakened off the North Carolina coast Thursday evening, again losing its hurricane status.
Hurricane Ophelia pounded the North Carolina coast Wednesday with high wind, heavy rain and punishing surf as the storm lumbered toward a Thursday morning landfall.
North Carolina's governor urged residents of low-lying areas and coastal islands to head for safety Tuesday as Hurricane Ophelia methodically churned toward the state's southeastern corner with heavy rains and strong winds.
In an effort to defeat Republican incumbents in congressional elections next year, the Democrats have come up with a simple strategy in their quest for candidates: men in uniform.
North Carolina's Outer Banks is a 100-mile string of barrier islands extending from the Virginia border southward to the resort town of Okracoke.
IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE THAT THE retiree health-care crunch doesn't really apply to you. That your pocketbook is somehow impervious to the demographic reality of millions of prescription-pill-popping,...
Snow fell around parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and the middle Appalachians on Tuesday, closing schools and causing traffic accidents in North Carolina.
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Energized by recent polls suggesting a tightening race against President Bush for North Carolina this fall, Sen. John Kerry brought his economic message to the state Friday.
The temperature crept above 90 degrees as mosquitoes and fire ants swarmed.
The first named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Sunday, prompting tropical storm warnings to be issued from South Santee River, South Carolina, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said.
The parents of a missing pregnant woman's husband told reporters Wednesday they had just learned that their son lied about being accepted to a medical school in North Carolina.
The six words President Bush used to dismiss John Edwards probably didn't make it into new TV ads Bush-Cheney will launch Friday in North Carolina. (Asked yesterday for the difference between Edwards and his own running mate, Bush tersely replied, "Dick Cheney can be president. Next?")
Women may still have trouble breaking through the corporate glass ceiling, but they rule in small business, according to a recent survey by the Center for Women's Business Research. Between 1997 an...
Spanky, a clown with the renowned Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, has been arrested on charges stemming from a child pornography investigation, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - You know taxes are a fact of life, or, as Oliver Wendell Holmes put it, "the price we pay for civilization."
A Navy F/A-18C fighter jet crashed Friday while taking off from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, an airport spokeswoman said.
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