http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/ Arthur, NC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/2ff53572376f8d822583f9ee4b0e0cb2.html ECB Bancorp Inc on Wednesday reported that net income for the third quarter dropped to just more than 1 million or 35 cents per diluted share from 1335 million 46 cents a share in the third quarter of 2007 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/dd57e2f3dec27747122768569a02cd2f.html A burglar stole 16800 worth of items from a Salisbury home according to the Salisbury Police DepartmentStephen Campbell Etters reported the suspe http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/033bfd8d927bcc584952ca6206af0e1c.html A number of local students have been named semifinalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Competition From Carrboro High the semifinalists are Erin Harrington Jonathan Kylstra and Julianne Ragland From Chapel Hill High Sarah Anderson Mary Ann Anstine Julie Crimmins Robert Gollmar Mariana Hernandez Andrew Hertzberg Erin Humphries Sara Outing Ranjit Poonnen Ellen Porter Maria Van Aalst and Megan Westman were named And from East Chapel Hill High Alexandru Bacanu Tyler Bench Isabel Blue Hannah Flake Jennifer Huang Bernard Jiang Wujun Ke Arthur Kim Rebecca Lange Rachel Liao Charmaine Mutucumarana Preetha Nandi Thomas Price Millie Rosen Carter Ruff and Alan TodaAmbaras were named semifinalists http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/ba86ffe41ec057304c6bfdc6fd6c95ef.html Republican presidential candidate John McCain picked up an endorsement on Saturday from NASCAR legend Richard Petty according to press release from the McCain campaign http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/dc3d04ec7b14e7478a42c34caa99880a.html A 20yearold mother has been sentenced to life in prison for setting up what prosecutors called the coldblooded robbery and killing of a man for 120 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/0f73f5e3d5b1dff2dec7c9d3e6e33af2.html The College Board recently recognized a number of students for their performance in the National Merit Scholarships competition and other programs http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/0ad2b8a6a7a2910dfd635b724772b6b6.html Officials said so far this month they have received 30000 requests So far they have found 15 suspiciousregistrations that have been forwarded to the State Board of Elections http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-carolina/arthur/content/3cb8934d8ce1582474b21d201c4de2a8.html Terminal 2 which replaces the redroofed Terminal C is the airport's first new passenger facility in more than 20 years The first phase of the terminal opens on Oct 26