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Clint Bowyer, left, talks with Kasey Kahne, inside car, before practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

MWR cars, others bring awareness to storm victims

Owner Michael Waltrip and others in the NASCAR garage hope to bring attention to the needs of those affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes at the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend. Michael Waltrip Racing's three Sprint Cup cars will carry decals of Feed The Children, an Oklahoma City-based group that is providing ...

Southern Cal increases lead in NCAA women's golf

Annie Park shot a 2-under 70 in windy conditions Thursday to take the individual lead and help Southern California increase its lead to 17 strokes with one round left in the NCAA Women's Golf Championships. Park, a freshman from Levittown, N.Y., who won the Pac-12 Championship and tied for first ...

Tar Heels beat Hurricanes 10-0 in ACC tournament

Kent Emanuel threw eight scoreless innings, while Cody Stubbs and Brian Holberton each drove in three runs to help North Carolina beat Miami 10-0 on Thursday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Emanuel (10-3) allowed four hits for the top-seeded Tar Heels (49-8) in a game called ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Cash 3 Evening' game

The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Florida Lottery's "Cash 3 Evening" game were: 1-8-5 (one, eight, five)

Winning numbers drawn in 'Georgia FIVE Evening' game

The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Georgia Lottery's "Georgia FIVE Evening" game were: 4-9-2-9-7 (four, nine, two, nine, seven)

NC officials: Inmate disappeared from work release

Authorities are searching for an inmate at Lincoln Correctional Center who disappeared from a work release program. The N.C. Department of Corrections said 38-year-old Ronald Billings was last seen around 2:45 p.m. Thursday at a work location in Lincolnton. Officials said Billings was serving a seven-year prison sentence for breaking ...

NC man convicted in death of 5-year-old girl

A Cumberland County jury found a man guilty Thursday of kidnapping and murdering a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl almost four years ago. The eight-man, four-woman jury returned a not guilty verdict on a child rape charge against Mario McNeill. The decision was handed down around 3 p.m. Thursday, ending deliberations that ...

It's now House's turn to create NC state budget

Senate Republicans handed off their vision of North Carolina's state budget to their counterparts Thursday in the House, who are likely to take issue with several proposals and listen to what GOP Gov. Pat McCrory wants in a final plan. The Senate gave its final approval to a government spending ...

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La. as Hurricane Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana, its weakening winds driving storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. The outlook on Thursday, May 23, 2013 calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what’s considered an average Atlantic season. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is ...

Sen. Hagan amends farm bill to address crop fraud

A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance fraud. The Senate approved Hagan's amendment Thursday by a vote of 94-0. The money will boost the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency, which ...

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