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Posted: 5/17/2013 10:55:17 PM EST
Kyle Busch, left front, and Timothy Peters, right, lead the field of cars along the front stretch on a restart during the NASCAR Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 auto race in Concord, N.C., Friday, May 17, 2013. Busch won the race.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 7:02:53 PM EST
FILE - In this June 4, 1999, file photo, NASCAR driver Dick Trickle speaks to fans after qualifying on the pole position the NASCAR Busch series auto race at Dover Downs in Dover, Del. Authorities in North Carolina said Thursday, May 16, 2013, that Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Brian Branch-Price, File) NO SALES
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Posted: 5/16/2013 7:02:53 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006, file photo, former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle attends a driver's meeting for the Bodine Bobsled Challenge at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Authorities in North Carolina said Thursday, May 16, 2013, that Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71. (AP Photo/Mark Goldman, File)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 6:53:32 PM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick speaks during a news conference at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Irish are headed to the ACC with a sweetheart deal no other school could get, either. But it comes with a catch, Notre Dame must play at least five football games against ACC opponents each year, even if it isn't a full football member of the league. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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Posted: 5/11/2013 12:14:13 PM EST
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 4, 2012. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
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Posted: 5/8/2013 6:25:46 PM EST
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) (R) walks off stage with fellow female members of the U.S. Senate after addressing the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
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Posted: 5/8/2013 6:20:25 PM EST
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) (R) walks off stage with fellow female members of the U.S. Senate after addressing the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:43:23 AM EST
This photo provided by the University of Connecticut shows a cicada in Pipestem State Park in West Virginia on May 27, 2003. Any day now, cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground after 17 years and overrun the East Coast with the awesome power of numbers. Big numbers. Billions. Maybe even a trillion. For a few buggy weeks, residents from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered by 600 to 1. Maybe more. And the invaders will be loud. A chorus of buzzing male cicadas can rival a jet engine. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut, Chirs Simon)
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Posted: 5/6/2013 2:18:27 PM EST
This photo provided by the University of Connecticut, shows a cicada in Pipestem State Park in West Virginia on May 27, 2003. Any day now, cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground after 17 years and overrun the East Coast with the awesome power of numbers. Big numbers. Billions. Maybe even a trillion. For a few buggy weeks, residents from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered by 600 to 1. Maybe more. And the invaders will be loud. A chorus of buzzing male cicadas can rival a jet engine.(AP Photo/University of Connecticut, Chirs Simon)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 2:46:52 PM EST
Derek Ernst of the U.S. watches his second shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship PGA golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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Posted: 5/5/2013 11:08:25 AM EST
Roundy Elementary School District family liaison Biak Thang speaks during an interview in Columbus Junction, Iowa on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Thang fled Myanmar to Malaysia in 2005 to avoid religious persecution and military rule that prevented gathering after 9 p.m. After being accepted to resettle in the United States, he left for North Carolina in 2008, where he worked at a furniture factory. He was reunited there with his wife, who had been jailed for six months after illegally entering Thailand. "When I got here, I felt relief. Everything is new for me. It’s a new beginning of life," he says. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 6:41:02 PM EST
Phil Mickelson of the U.S. watches his second shot on the 12th hole during the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship PGA golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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Posted: 5/4/2013 6:41:02 PM EST
Phil Mickelson of the U.S. watches his third shot on the 18th hole during the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship PGA golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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Posted: 5/4/2013 6:41:02 PM EST
Phil Mickelson of the U.S. plays his tee shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship PGA golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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Posted: 5/3/2013 8:24:19 AM EST
Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy speaks during the Charlotte Chamber's Economic Outlook Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina December 17, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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Posted: 5/2/2013 8:11:14 PM EST
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland watches his tee shot on the sixth hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship PGA golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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Posted: 5/2/2013 5:26:56 PM EST
Jeff Nice carries a small piece of honeycomb as honey bees swarm on his farm in Kinston, North Carolina in this December 14, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Chris Keane/Files
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Posted: 5/1/2013 7:58:25 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. President Obama intends to nominate Rep. Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 4:23:52 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, poet Maya Angelou is shown in Washington. Butler University in Indianapolis announced Tuesday, April 23, 2013, that the 85-year-old Angelou had canceled an appearance scheduled for Thursday. A note dated Tuesday and sent by her physician said Angelou had undergone a brief hospitalization, was recovering at home in North Carolina and had been directed not to travel for three to four weeks. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 2:05:13 PM EST
Charlotte Bobcats head coach Mike Dunlap watches his team take on the Toronto Raptors during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Charlotte, North Carolina March 20, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Keane
