North Carolina’s unemployment rate held steady for a third consecutive month as the state reversed a disturbing decline in the number of jobs. The N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Friday that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.4 percent in June — and well above the national unemployment rate of 8.2 percent. The state […]
A masked gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded dozens more at a screening of new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo., police said Friday morning. A police representative said in a press conference picked up by various news networks that around 50 were at local hospitals with injuries. Reuters, citing local […]
President Obama has reacted to the terrible shooting tragedy at a Colorado screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” The president said Friday that he was “shocked and saddened” by the deadly shooting and urged the nation to “come together as one American family” in the aftermath of the tragedy. In a statement the president said […]
When President Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize, a blanket of shock fell upon the American population. Some questioned what he did to actually get the prestigious recognition. Criticism is on the rise about the whole bit, particularly these days since America has unofficially declared war on a few nations oceans apart. Jon Lovitz, an […]
RALEIGH — Police Wednesday seized a large cache of drugs and thousands of dollars in cash from a stately residence west of downtown. Franklin H. Smith, 31, of 2401 Churchill Road, is charged with one felony count each of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver prescription […]
LUMBERTON, N.C. — A prosecutor says he will seek a death sentence if a suspect is convicted in the shooting death of a Lumberton police officer. District Attorney Johnson Britt said Wednesday he will seek the death sentence against 27-year-old Marques Brown. Brown is charged with shooting and killing Officer Jeremiah Goodson on Tuesday. Police […]
(Via LA Times) – Looks like Morgan Freeman has a new million-dollar baby. The Oscar-winning actor contributed $1 million last month to Priorities USA Action, the “super PAC” backing President Obama, helping lift the group to its best fundraising month yet. In all, Priorities USA Action pulled in $6 million in June. Its biggest donation […]
(Via Fox News) – George Zimmerman, in an interview Wednesday with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, called the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin a “tragic situation” and “the most difficult thing I’ll ever go through in my life.” But Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watch leader, also spoke in detail about what happened that fateful […]
Jeremy Lin is leaving New York and taking Linsanity to Houston. The New York Knicks announced Tuesday night that they will not match the Houston Rockets’ three-year, $25 million offer for Lin, a restricted free-agent. New York officially had until 11:59 EDT to decide whether to re-sign Lin, who became an international phenomenon in the […]
Pentecostal televangelist Juanita Bynum was plugging her new stage play during a radio interview last week when she admitted to having had sexual relations with women. “I’ve been there and I’ve done it all. I did the drugs, I’ve been with men, I’ve been with women. All of it,” she said July 13 on the […]