* Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., having snagged $40 million to stay in North Carolina, is seeking another concession worth $3.1 million a year. (N&O)
* State Employees Association of N.C. makes second records request of Treasurer Richard Moore for information on state retirement fund. (WRAL)
* N.C. Association of Educators endorses former North Carolina senator John Edwards, the third time it has backed one of his federal campaigns. (AP)
* Attention conspiracy theorists: Gov. Mike Easley, first lady belong to the Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine, a fraternal organization for, um, wine drinkers. (AC-T)



