* U.S. Sen. Richard Burr makes a cameo in a new ad from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, but he's not yet in the top spot.

* Liberal blogger Adam Linker notes that the state bid it's $8,000 contract for cauliflower but not the $100 million contract for the State Health Plan.

* The Independent Weekly notes that a bill prohibiting publicly owned Internet and cable services has been filed again.

* Conservative blogger Jeff Mixon takes issue with a bill to give free tuition at community colleges to recently released convicts.