North Carolina

A new billboard making fun of Harold Camping's wrong prediction of the May 21 rapture went up Sunday in Greensboro, N.C., calling the situation "awkward."

Camping, president of Family Radio, said the rapture and Judgment Day would take place on May 21, 2011 at 6 p.m.

But humanity survived. more >>

Marti Sementelli’s Facebook bio says a lot about who she is in a limited number of words.

“Never give up no matter what anybody says or thinks.

“I am the only girl on the Birmingham Baseball Team. I have been playing baseball since i was 3 years old. I have been on the Women’s USA Team for the World Cup in Japan. I recently pitched my first no hitter in the Roy Hobbs tournament in Tuscon, Arizona.” more >>

Billy Graham has returned to his home in Montreat, N.C., after being treated for pneumonia at a hospital.

The 92-year-old evangelist was admitted to Mission Hospital in nearby Asheville last Wednesday after having difficulty breathing.

His physician, Dr. Lucian Rice, said he was delighted with the pace of Graham’s recovery. more >>

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Though the first GOP debate garnered a less than impressive showing of contenders, one unlikely candidate came out on top.

Herman Cain, a businessman and political newcomer, was the star of the Fox News network's television debate Thursday night. An online poll featured on the network's website showed, as of Friday night, that 54 percent of voters (1,103 voters) believed Cain won the South Carolina debate. more >>

Local religious skeptics, determined to undermine the May 5 celebration of the National Day of Prayer, have established a day of their own – the National Day of Reason.

The non-theists of the North Carolina Triangle Freethought Society have constructed a full day’s schedule of speeches, musical performances and social events meant to rival the many local and national prayer events being held in conjunction with NDOP.

“The goal of this effort is to celebrate reason … and to raise public awareness about the persistent threat to religious liberty posed by government intrusion into the private sphere of worship,” NDOR organizers state on their website. more >>

Multiple tornadoes wreaked havoc on North Carolina over the weekend, leaving at least 22 people dead.

With winds estimated at 160 mphs, the confirmed eight tornadoes tore through central North Carolina leaving behind a trail of collapsed buildings, fallen trees, and damaged homes with chunks missing. The “family” of tornadoes is the most devastating North Carolina has seen in over 20 years.

State Director of Emergency Management Doug Hoell described the storm as “the most severe, widespread tornadoes we have seen since the mid-1980s,” according to Raleigh News & Observer. more >>