Dannye Romine Powell

Admit it. When you read Sunday's story about Rae Carruth's son Chancellor Lee Adams turning 10 on Monday, you wondered if the former Panther's wide receiver, in his prison cell, was also reading the story and, if so, what he was feeling.

What's in a name? Juliet asked Romeo.

Dannye Romine Powell: I can't tell you if UNC basketball coach Roy Williams ever carries his wife's purse. But in all other categories, he fits my definition of an 'evolved male.'

Amazing how sluggishly news once traveled.

It's an old story - a hero and an anti-hero.

We've all done it. Pretended to ourselves we were suffering an allergy attack when sneezing and coughing gripped us.

Oprah's touting a fall movie called "Precious," which has scooped up awards at Sundance and Cannes and is being billed as "disturbing," "overwhelming" and "unsparing."

In Hugo's aftermath, one smell stands out - raw wood, being sawed or ground, pulsing through the air.

Dannye Romine Powell: In Hugo's aftermath, one smell stands out – raw wood, being sawed or ground, pulsing through the air.

How we tend to slough our armor when someone says my fault.