* Burley Mitchell tells N.C. Lawyers Weekly that a panel hopes to recommend U.S. attorneys and District Court judges to U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan by the end of May.

* U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick wants to make sure that people don't start using their cell phones on airplanes, notes recent experience with rude passenger.

* House bill to require parents or guardians to give written permission before a child could be spanked in school passes 91-24, heads to Senate.

* State Rep. Jimmy Love was not aware of a Facebook group with more than 8,000 members supporting his bill to end the high school graduation project.