Cover

• Perdue flight provider seeks GOP senate nod
• ‘Nugget’ lunch episode spurs debate on nutrition

North Carolina

• Teacher brought to tears during questioning, Page 2
• Analysts see no path for Democrats to retake legislature, Page 3
• State, fed green jobs counts differ vastly, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Bradley faces heavy opposition in efforts to legalize raw milk, Page 5
• Department of Labor giving national job data security review, Page 6

Education

• Proposed law would centralize supplemental teacher retirement, Page 7
• Terry Stoops commentary: Money for schools and votes for fools, Page 7
• State board approves charter schools despite vocal opposition, Page 8
• Thousands wait to enroll children in charter schools, Page 9

Higher Education

• Funding system leaves CCs with extra $10.8 million, Page 17
• Jay Schalin commentary: Obstacles to reform in college sports, Page 17
• ‘Science City’ plan pits Hopkins against donors, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: In new financial environment, here are some schools to watch, Page 19

Local Government

• Report shows cost of city, county governments, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Railroad companies not saying they’re on board with Wake plan, Page 11
• Chad Adams commentary: Wilmington stadium proposal strikes out, Page 11
• Spencer officials object to Salisbury broadband subsidies, Page 12

Learning Curve

• Book review: ‘Occupy’ protesters could learn much from this book, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: Gold mining made rural North Carolina a manufacturing leader, Page 21
• Book review: Freeze details Iceland’s collapse, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Though not a ‘tell-all,’ Arm’s Length a delightful autobiography, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: With friends like these … , Page 24
• Becki Gray commentary: The fracturing of opposition, Page 24
• Editorial: Smart privatization, Page 25
• Editorial: Protecting rights, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Political cooperation isn’t dead, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Common-sense proposals, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Andy Taylor commentary: GOP, don’t emulate ethics of predecessors, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Eisenhower a hero of the ages, Page 27

Parting Shot

• Hoke schools to track student nutrition on iPods (a CJ parody), Page 28