Friday quick hits


* Mecklenburg County works out system for helping the homeless vote after county commissioner challenged hundreds of voter registrations. (Char-O)

* Two Republicans on global warming panel clash: State Rep. Charles Thomas says time for action, Sen. Robert Pittenger says "We don't have the facts yet." (AC-T)

* Senate leader Marc Basnight says "untruths" have built distrust between state officials and Navy leaders who want to build a landing field here. (AP)

* Friends of the Earth Action, a national environmental group, will begin airing radio ads in support of John Edwards in New Hampshire. (AP)

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