On April 21, 2008 the Golovinsky Court in Moscow sentenced a man from South Carolina to three years
and two months in prison for smuggling 20 rifle cartridges into Russia.
New York Times site a few days ago published Immigration Stories. One of them is about a Belarus citizen who used to live in North Carolina. He was deported from the US and is barred from returning despite his marriage to a US citizen.
Forbes magazine came up with a list of the best U.S. cities for bargain hunters, where markets allow buyers get the most for their money. Two North Carolina cities are in the top ten cities.