Top Local News

• Storm's slow progress soaks N.C. coast
• Hundreds attend memorial service for slain Cary mom
• With N.C. Legislature done, '09 challenges begin
• Triangle gets taste of Olympic competition
• Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industry
• NC paratroopers to jump on return from training

National News

• Tropical Storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolinas
• Dream of gas tax holiday falters over job losses
• Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children
• As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts
• Investigation of Houston crane collapse begins
• Woman in Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated

Strange News

• Conjoined barn swallows cause stir in Arkansas
• Blessed are the boxers, altered for wounded troops
• Putrid whale carcass parts stink up Oahu street
• Woman attacked by kangaroo saved by pet dog
• NY man loses prosthetic leg while skydiving
• Jim Smiths gather to honor Jim Smiths