North Carolina's Zeller likely out for year with broken wrist (USA Today)
North Carolina says forward Tyler Zeller will likely miss the rest of the season with a broken wrist. North Carolina officials say the 7-foot freshman, who started in place of injured star Tyler Hansbrough, had surgery Wednesday to repair his left wrist. The university's doctors say normal recovery time for the injury is 12-16 weeks.

North Carolina undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer (New York Daily News)
Five sheriff's deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man at his father's funeral, a North Carolina sheriff said Wednesday.

No. 1 North Carolina rolls to home victory over Kentucky (USA Today)
Deon Thompson scored a career-high 20 points to help top-ranked North Carolina beat Kentucky 77-58 on Tuesday night despite playing yet again without national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough.

North Carolina loses freshman Zeller for rest of the season with broken wrist (Philly.com)
Top-ranked North Carolina's unmatched depth just got a little thinner. The school said freshman 7-footer Tyler Zeller will likely miss the rest of the season with a broken left wrist he suffered late in Tuesday night's win against Kentucky. Zeller had surgery yesterday to repair fractures in two places, a recovery that normally would take 12 to 16 weeks.

North Carolina man convicted of shooting Palatka police officer (Palatka Daily News)
Paul Savage took the stand in his own defense Wednesday. But the 39-year-old laborer from North Carolina failed to convince a jury of his innocence, which later convicted him of attempted voluntary manslaughter of a Palatka policeman.