North Carolina's jobless rate reaches 6 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
North Carolina's unemployment rate rose slightly in June to 6 percent, the state's highest level since December 2003, the state Employment Security Commission said Friday.

Family of slain North Carolina mother plan return to Canada, taking children away from father (AM New York)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ The parents of a North Carolina mother found slain near her home tearfully asked Friday for the culprit to show "a shred of decency" by confessing, while her husband's attorney said he's an innocent man who wants to grieve in private.

Family's first concern is daughters of Edmonton woman slain in North Carolina (Telegraph-Journal)
The family of a former Edmonton resident slain in North Carolina said Friday it was weighing how to tell her two little girls about the grim fate of their mother, whose body was found Monday.

North Carolina: McCain 45%, Obama 42% (Angus Reid)
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Republican John McCain is ahead of Democrat Barack Obama in the Tar Heel State, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 45 per cent of respondents in North Carolina would vote for the Arizona senator in this year’s United States presidential election, while 42 per cent would back the Illinois senator.

TIAA-CREF to Finance UNC-Chapel Hill Institute in North Carolina Research Campus (Centre Daily Times)
TIAA-CREF, the national financial services organization and leading provider of retirement services in the academic, medical and cultural fields, today announced it will finance the construction and completion of a four-story research institute building located on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, North Carolina.