Obama's Day One: econ, war advisers
President Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office for the first time as chief executive on Wednesday and summoned economic advisers and top military officials to meetings aimed at delivering the change he promised as a candidate. Aides circulated a draft executive order to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
Yow enters hospital for treatment
N.C. State womens basketball coach Kay Yow, who on Jan. 6 took a leave of absence for the remainder of the season to address health issues related to stage-four breast cancer, entered the hospital last week and remains there, N.C. State spokesman Mark Kimmel said today.
Slippery roads but few wrecks
Icy secondary roads and subdivision streets continued to pose a potential hazard for drivers, though the morning commute appeared to go smoothly a day after a winter storm dumped a half-foot of snow across the Triangle.
Triangle had most inaugural viewers
The inauguration of President Barack Obama on Tuesday drew a bigger television audience in Raleigh-Durham than in any other major TV market in the nation, according to the Nielsen Co.
Celebrity Inaugural photos
Snow photos!
