Meet the puppy angel
Saunders: OK, this can go one of two ways.
Just call him Bill of Arabia
Saunders: Remember that time I almost got shot for trying to sneak a peek at a member of the Saudi Royal family at Duke Medical Center?
Someone got taken for a ride
Saunders: The auto salesman, believe it or not, promised he wouldn't say "No" if I asked to test-drive a car for a few months while deciding whether to buy it.
Pink slip? This bash is for you
Saunders: Puff Daddy was the first one to do it -- host one of those parties at which all the guests dressed in one color.
Relatively better Cuba policy
Saunders: Now that the Obama administration has relaxed the rules for Cuban-Americans who wish to visit relatives in Cuba, and some of us are champing at the bit for the opportunity to chomp down legally on Cuban cigars, the question becomes: Who or what is family?
Let UNC be free of censors
Saunders:The final score at UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday was 1-0.
Meeker's got good invisibility
Saunders:It's not that Reginald Davis thinks Charles Meeker has done a bad job as mayor.
Big man on campus act won't fly
Saunders:There are two times to grab your wallet and run.
A head start in politics
Saunders:So, whaddya know? The kids are all right, after all.
Johnson deserves a pardon
Saunders:William Faulkner, the South's best writer, said it best: "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past."
Beating the law has costs
Saunders:When you go to court, you'd like to think that the one representing you is a pal of the prosecutor, right?
Carthage takes a blow to its psyche
Saunders:The gunman who killed eight people in Carthage on Sunday broke the code. Three of them, if you're counting.
Wanted: responsible pet owner
Saunders:If you're one of the people who didn't open the door this week when a big ol' man dressed shabbily in a sweat suit and sneakers and carrying a golf club knocked, that's OK: I forgive you.
Often it's hard to see evil
Saunders:About 2 p.m. today, Ed Bullock will take a seat on the front row of Kingdom Hall, along with family members, for a memorial service for his granddaughter.
A break on a bad record
Dwight Mitchell and Mark Bristol know that finding a job now would be difficult even if they were innocent choirboys with college degrees.
No one can tell racing's story better than The King
Saunders:When you talk about the King in Memphis, you mean Elvis. Say "The King" anywhere in North Carolina, though, and you can only be talking about Richard Petty.
Powerless vs. powers that be
Saunders:Anybody know where I can find 10,000 lightning bugs -- or one Uncle Fester?
Perdue's call right on lottery
Saunders:Beverly Perdue is a governor of her word, that's for sure.
Doughnut forsake me, darlin'
Saunders:Come on back over here, you sweet, brown, sexy thang. You know Big Daddy can't stay mad at you. Welcome home.
Saved by the call of the couch
Whew, that could've been me.
6 years too little for killing
Saunders:How'd Deidra Lane get only six years for shooting Fred Lane, a professional football player with the Carolina Panthers, the second he stepped into their home?
Support our (real) soldiers
Saunders:If you were driving on New Bern Avenue near the Interstate 440 exit in Raleigh on Sunday afternoon, you might've seen a legless man holding up a sign with the international symbol for distress: SOS.
Some truly in the dark on crime
Saunders:Just who are these people complaining about street lights in their neighborhoods and why is the city listening to them?
Forget guns; jack up ammo
Saunders:Apparently fretting that Obama is going to curtail their Second Amendment right to bear arms or arm bears or something like that, Americans have applied for gun permits in record numbers since he was elected.
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