The News & Observer

Wake County commissioners will resume their effort to pick a vice chairman this morning. Full Story »

A UNC-CH study is certain to spark debate over the notion of an inherent, racially-based predisposition to disease. Full Story »

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the state bankers association hope a new Web site will put more bank robbers behind bars. Full Story »

Ruffin Poole, a top aide to then-Gov. Mike Easley, resigned Tuesday from the board of a state foundation that dispenses millions of dollars in grants for economic assistance. Full Story »

It's not even officially winter here at FOB Hassanabad, yet temperatures routinely fall below freezing at night. Full Story »

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has joined a group of first-term Democratic senators in pushing amendments to the health care bill. Full Story »

Pop singer Clay Aiken announced Tuesday that he plans to change his voter registration but still speak out against the new Wake County school board's plans to eliminate the current diversity policy. Full Story »

Sen. Kay Hagan re-emphasized to Attorney General Eric Holder in a phone call this week that she wants federal investigations of possible public corruption in North Carolina completed. Full Story »

Louisburg College has stabilized its finances enough to win accreditation until 2016. Full Story »

State leaders said Tuesday that they have ordered reviews of an environmental program that critics say allows double dipping. Full Story »

For more than 40 years, Leon Leyson didn't speak to anyone of his persecution as a Jew under the Nazis in Poland. Full Story »

Last week's annual shareholders meeting of Law Enforcement Associates was quite the Tippett family affair. Full Story »

For more than half a century, Hudson Belk has offered a taste of big-city shopping in this small town. But after 60 years, the mainstay of the downtown shopping district will close next month. Full Story »

The maker of the iconic BlackBerry mobile phone has its eye on the Triangle. Full Story »

Police disclosed today the name of a woman whose passenger car last week ran off a North Raleigh Road, crashed in the woods and burst into flames. Full Story »

An East Wake High School student who was critically injured in a car accident Monday in Knightdale has died of his injuries, a WakeMed spokeswoman said this afternoon. Full Story »

Inclusive Health, the state's insurance pool that covers low-income people who have pre-existing medical conditions, is holding an enrollment session Thursday in Rocky Mount. Full Story »

DOT answers questions about plan to put a second safety fence on a pair of I-440 bridges where two died. Full Story »

Charges are expected to be filed against a school bus driver in a three-vehicle crash that left a firefighter injured. Full Story »

An employee at the federal prison in Butner and three inmates were sentenced in federal court Monday for conspiring to bribe a public official. Full Story »

After 75 minutes and 14 split votes Monday, Tony Gurley and the GOP regained the top spot. Commissioners will vote on a vice chairman Wednesday. Full Story »

A community activist has been arrested for selling moonshine out of her daycare center. Full Story »

Johnston County leaders voted Monday to give Talecris Biotherapeutics up to $16 million in tax breaks to expand its Clayton plant. Full Story »

Amber Louise Walston of Smithfield has earned the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, the Gold Award. Full Story »

The architect of Wake County's student assignment plans is retiring amid efforts by the new school board majority to end busing for diversity in favor of neighborhood schools. Full Story »