* N&O editorial writer Allen Torrey wonders whether it's really that much of a hardship to not buy liquor on Sundays, praises Chick-fil-A.

* Liberal commentator Chris Fitzsimon (sarcastically) suggests selling lottery tickets at unemployment offices and social services departments.

* Conservative Civitas think tank once again finds that many North Carolinians don't know which party controls the legislature. (It's Democrats, btw.)

* N.C. chapter of the NAACP confirms to the Wilmington Journal that it's looking into Sen. Kay Hagan's firing of two staffers.