ONE MORE QUESTION: U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has introduced a bill that would requires U.S. Census takers to try to find out how many illegal immigrants are in the U.S. We're guessing some answers to that question might just not be truthful.

BILLIONS AND BILLIONS: The state lottery director wants to add another national super jackpot game to complement Powerball. The move would be the first step toward creating a near-nationwide big jackpot game that would appeal to those who think the Powerball odds are too fair.

BIG SPENDER: State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., a Columbus County Democrat, spent the second most of any competitive candidate — more than $830,000 — to win his Senate seat last year. That was BEFORE he shot someone. No telling what the figure might be next time.

IN OTHER NEWS: Margaret Harper, who ran twice for lieutenant governor and was a pioneer among female political figures in North Carolina, died at 92. The Triangle region buys 40 percent of all lottery tickets sold in the state. The Attorney General won't appeal Superintendent June Atkinson's right to run the state school system.

Margaret Harper, who ran twice for lieutenant governor and was a pioneer among female political figures in North Carolina, died Sunday at Duke Hospital. She was 92.

Harper unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, first losing in the 1968 primary to Pat Taylor and in 1972 to Jim Hunt, who would become governor.

Harper, of Southport, was a businesswoman who ran an insurance agency and headed a statewide coalition of women's organizations. During World War II, she stepped in to edit the State Port Pilot newspaper while her husband James served in the military.

During the 1968 campaign, she told a Meredith College audience: "I want to look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog."

After her defeat, she became vice chair of the state Democratic Party. At the time, she predicted it would be "right many years before a woman is elected on the state level."

In a 1981 interview, she said would run again if she were younger. And, she said, she'd win. "I was born 20 years too soon, I think."