North Carolina's 'Lost Colony' survives (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Two days before opening night of "The Lost Colony" in late May, Tony Award-winning designer William Ivey Long was still working on costumes. They were all brand-new but had to look very, very old. "The Lost Colony" tells the true story of an English settlement founded in 1587 on North Carolina's Outer Banks whose colonists mysteriously disappeared.

Helms, North Carolina's Former `Senator No,' Dies (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Jesse Helms , the former five-term U.S. senator from North Carolina whose relish for thwarting initiatives he opposed as too liberal earned him the nickname ``Senator No,'' died at age 86.

Jesse Helms, North Carolina's Former `Senator No,' Dies at 86 (Bloomberg.com)
July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Jesse Helms , the former five-term U.S. senator from North Carolina whose steadfast stance against government spending and relish for thwarting initiatives he opposed earned him the nickname ``Senator No,'' died at age 86.

North Carolina (New York Times)
Home to many wrecks, "The Graveyard of the Atlantic," off the coast of North Carolina, is a divers' paradise. Charming yet surprisingly cosmopolitan for a town of about 73,000, Asheville has a Southern appeal all its own.

Bobby Frasor working his way back to the North Carolina (Boston Herald)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina point guard Bobby Frasor says he will never feel 100 percent normal again. Not with a new anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Not...