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2 more schools face sanctions over AYP testing
DURHAM -- Two more schools than originally disclosed are facing sanctions for failure to meet No Child Left Behind requirements, raising the total to 16, Durham Public Schools officials said. All 16 are elementary schools.

The Herald-Sun/Elyssa Sharp

Matthew Ingerson of South Mills, near Elizabeth City, looks at information on Lotus vehicles inside the dealership on U.S. 15-501 on Wednesday.

Car dealerships feeling the pinch
DURHAM -- "In times like these, there have been times like these," is the message Robert Glaser, president of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association, hopes to get across to the 700 dealerships in the state that are feeling pinched this summer.

• The Amshack should be history by spring of 2009

• 2 former Durham police officers not charged on sex allegations

• Man breaks court promise; is back in jail

• A home for Emily ...

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Justice Center topic of meeting
Yard sale will benefit TROSA
Library meeting is on renovation
Roundtable set on nonviolence

CAMPUS BRIEFS

NCCU artists' show ends Friday
Play at NCCU open to public
Nature inspires Duke engineers

CRIME LOG

Elevator parts stolen at Duke
Police say man had two IDs

ORANGE COUNTY

Carolina North building's plan 'not special enough'
CHAPEL HILL -- The Innovation Center is heading back to the drawing board. Asked by UNC Chapel Hill administrators to give design approval to the 85,000-square-foot business incubator -- the first expected construction at the new Carolina North campus and occupant of a marquee location at the entrance to that campus -- the UNC Board of Trustees on Wednesday instead declared the renderings "not special enough."

• Alleged shotgun robber charged in Chapel Hill, Raleigh

• Glen Lennox Apartments focus of conservation bid

• Free fun for youths with mental health needs

• UNC Medicine granted $2 million

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

UNC fundraising sets new record
UNC receives fundraising award
Topic: Closing achievement gap
Deep Dish's playlist given
Grace Church to host giveaway

GRANVILLE COUNTY

New Creedmoor manager eyes 5-year plan
CREEDMOOR -- Tom Mercer wants to be the man with the plan as Creedmoor's new city manager. In fact, Mercer said he intends to draw up a five-year blueprint for progress in the southern Granville County municipality that is in the path of Raleigh-Durham area sprawl.

• Veteran taking off his badge

STATE

NC's toll road project gets bump from state money
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Soaring construction costs have boosted the anticipated cost of North Carolina's first toll roads, officials said, making it imperative for lawmakers this year to commit millions in taxpayer money over the next 40 years to cover the projects.

• NC police warned about woman with 5 dead spouses

• Novant Health announces hospital for Wake County

• GOP group supporting McCrory raises almost $390K

BUSINESS

Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
WASHINGTON -- About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.

• GlaxoSmithKline 2Q profit slips on competition

• Oil gains ground but natural gas continues slide

• Chrysler plans to cut 1,000 salaried jobs

NATION/WORLD

• 3 shot at Phoenix community college; 2 critical	8:20 PM ET
• Report: Hate crimes hit 5-year high in LA County	7:55 PM ET
PHOENIX--Fire department spokesman says 3 wounded in shooting at Phoenix community college.	7:52 PM ET
• SAfrican lawyer nominated as UN human rights chief	7:44 PM ET
• Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror	7:38 PM ET
• Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction	7:34 PM ET
• 1 dead in N.H. storms that leveled several homes	7:30 PM ET

House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
WASHINGTON -- Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks
PITTSBURGH -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.

Poll: Economy top issue; energy worries grow most
WASHINGTON -- What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them. The economy is the nation's top concern by far, but anxiety about energy has grown more since spring than any other issue while the focus on Iraq continues to fade, according to a poll released Wednesday.

AP/David J. Phillip

Portions of an apartment complex roof is blown off by high winds as Hurricane Dolly makes landfall Wednesday in South Padre Island, Texas.

South Texas begins cleanup after Hurricane Dolly
HARLINGEN, Texas -- Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop they had feared.

Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror
BERLIN -- Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.

McCain visits German restaurant _ in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday -- at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this week to touring the nation's heartland.

• Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan

• Suicide bomber kills 8 US-allied Sunnis in Iraq

• Authorities seek indicted polygamist sect members

• Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam

• Earthquake hits Japan, more than 100 injured

• Castro cryptic on Russian bomber report

• Sudan's president vows to work for Darfur peace

• Pakistan warns of new nuclear arms race with India

SPORTS

Football All-Stars put on a show after long rain delay
GREENSBORO -- After a nasty thunderstorm delayed the start of the NCCA East-West All-Star game by an hour-and-a-half, the East topped the West 27-3 on Wednesday night at Jamieson Stadium on the campus of Grimsley High School.

• James likely to miss exhibition against Canada

• AP Source: Goodell monitoring Favre situation

• Childress leaves Hawks to sign with Greek club

• James likely out for US exhibition against Canada

• Sastre braces for time trial

• Hester MIA on first day of Bears camp

• Braves lose Chipper to injury; beat Marlins 9-4

• Source: Swimmer Jessica Hardy tests positive

• Roger Federer drops 1st match since Wimbledon loss

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