? WRAL-TV reports on the debate about debates ? whether Beverly Perdue should agree to more public debates with Richard Moore.

? Perdue makes a critical, perhaps decisive error ? mixing up characters from “Sesame Street” and “Captain Kangaroo.”

? Pat McCrory and Fred Smith are tied in the latest statewide poll at 29 percent each.

? Smith finishes his 100-county barbecue tour with a stop in Elizabeth City.