Convenience
Stores Hoping for Lottery-Player Traffic:As
North Carolina lottery advertisements are
aired into living rooms this week, retailers
are hoping customers will be marching into
their stores to buy tickets.
Anti-abortion
Group Uses Roses to Spread its Message:Students
walking through Polk Place Tuesday saw the
green lawn covered with thousands of roses,
the result of a project organized by
Carolina Students for Life.
Charity
Champions Use of Bikes:A
non-profit group called 1304 Bikes takes donated
and discarded bicycles, fixes them up and
works with the volunteer organization Big
Brothers Big Sisters to give them to children.