Fred Smith has received $14,500 from other politician's campaign funds since 2007.

According to his mid-year and year-end campaign finance reports, the Republican gubernatorial candidate received donations from 13 campaigns.

The top contributors were state Rep. Mitch Gillespie, who gave $4,000; Rep. Leo Daughtry, who gave $3,000; and former Senate candidate Todd Siebels, who gave $2,000.

He also received $1,000 each from Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson and Sen. Jim Forrester, $750 each from Sens. Richard Stevens of Cary and Jerry Tillman of Randolph County, and $500 each from Reps. James H. Langdon, Carolyn Justus of Henderson County and Mark Hilton of Catawba County.

He also received donations from Rep. Phillip Frye of Mitchell County, former Rep. Russell Capps of Wake County and Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman.

* The federal government's final environmental impact statement recommends not building the "Road to Nowhere." U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler pleased. (AC-T)

* U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes asks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to make approving spending on Fort Bragg and other military bases "your first priority." (Fay-O)

* U.S. Rep. Mel Watt questions linking car insurance premiums to credit rating: "If I got my credit score up, would that make me a better driver?" (AP)

* U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry releases a poll that shows him beating District Attorney Jay Gaither and Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman in the primary. (Hickory Daily Record)