• The News & Observer reports on state Democrats raising money ? and eyebrows.
  • Rasmussen: only one-fourth say the U.S. is heading in the right direction.
  • The Wilmington Star-News asks who had the oil spill response idea first, Mike McIntyre or Ilario Pantano, in the 7th Congressional District race?
  • Charlotte is one of four finalists for the Democratic National Convention in 2012.