The image of Eve Carson is now being used on billboards in southern India by a company that offers study opportunities and job placements in Western countries.

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is preparing to introduce a new electronic system for renewing and issuing licenses with new features that include a laser-engraved 3-D photo of the driver.

The California Democratic Party plans to mobilize to help defeat a proposed constitutional amendment in North Carolina that would make clear traditional marriage is the only domestic legal union recognized by the state.

Police are searching for suspects who vandalized the famous Duke Gardens in Durham, breaking dozens of pots and damaging a sculpture.

North Carolina's largest civil rights organization is cautioning county governments not to try and enact local versions of a voter identification bill vetoed last year by Gov. Beverly Perdue.

Last year, President Barack Obama signed into law the settlement that covers 75,000 black farmers nationwide and about 4,000 in North Carolina. Most eligible claims amount to about $50,000 per family.

Twenty-nine-year-old Paul Canally was charged Monday with a sex offense involving a person between the ages of 13 and 15.

Prosecutors have asked a federal judge in North Carolina to bar those in the upcoming trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards from mentioning his poor health because of concern it could create sympathy among jurors.

A big business based in Beaufort County is getting sold for $192 million.

A new study says more students are graduating, and the state has also reduced the number of so-called "dropout factories."

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton was first out of the box to run for the Democratic nomination for governor after incumbent Beverly Perdue decided not to seek re-election. Now he's traveling the state trying to remind people why he should be their choice to win the nomination.

A 12-year-old Garyburg boy has drowned after falling into a holding pond for treated waste water at a water treatment facility in Seaboard.

The Obama administration is reaching out to North Carolina's Hispanic residents, a potentially important voting group in a battleground state for this year's presidential election.

Opponents of a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage in North Carolina say they're optimistic about their chances in the May 8 referendum.

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is changing lawyers a month before his criminal trial, adding attorneys who represented his mistress in a lawsuit over the couple's alleged sex tape.

Two conservative-leaning organizations have started what they call a voter education effort to highlight what they say are good things in the Republican-written budget for North Carolina state government.

Two buildings at Cape Hatteras Light Station that were damaged last year by Hurricane Irene are going to be closed temporarily for repairs.

St. Patrick's Day is Saturday, and that means it is time for the 21st annual Emerald Isle festival!

The Legislature's fiscal watchdog agency says there's still room to pare down the dozens of aircraft in North Carolina's fleet, including a high-end helicopter often used to ferry company executives looking to build in the state.

Gov. Beverly Perdue says she believes a drilling method for natural gas opposed by some citizens and environmental groups can be performed safely in North Carolina.

SMU has fired men's basketball coach Matt Doherty after six seasons.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will recognize a Christian student organization that had filed a lawsuit over a previous decision to deny them the status of an official campus group.

As many as 4,000 people, most living in North Carolina adult care homes, could lose Medicaid-paid services for personal assistance as patient qualifications are aligned with requirements for patients living at home.

A spokesman for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says her one-day trip to Pennsylvania to examine a natural gas exploration method wasn't publicized because she was only gathering information and held no public events.

Asheville police say two women who stopped a 26-year-old man from attacking his 16-year-old girlfriend acted bravely, but they aren't encouraging others to get involved in fights.