Kay Hagan's campaign says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has not handled illegal immigration.

In an e-mail to Dome, a staffer for the Democratic Senate nominee responded to a recent comment from Dole's campaign that Hagan has not worked on immigration issues until recently.

Spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan said that it was Dole who has not acted.

"The simple fact is that this is an economic and national security crisis completely of Washington's own creation," she wrote. "When (Dole) had the chance to craft comprehensive immigration legislation to get this problem under control, she walked away without looking back. This crisis has only gotten worse on Dole's watch, leaving states like NC to step up and fend for themselves."

Flanagan also quoted Dole's "hometown paper" against her, noting that the Salisbury Post wrote in an editorial Sunday that the 287(g) program "uses local money to solve a federal problem — one that Congress (including Dole) has failed to fix."

Dome found one bill on immigration cosponsored by Hagan during her time in the state Senate. The 2003 bill, which never made it out of committee, would have directed the Legislative Research Commission to study "all issues related to immigration."

Bill Graham's wife likes Princess Diana — a lot.

According to an April 18, 1999, article in the Salisbury Post, Shari Graham is a longtime admirer of the princess. When Christie's held an auction of 80 of her dresses in 1997, the Grahams each picked their favorites out of a catalog:

Bill's favorite is a long dinner dress of cream and salmon pink silk with long sleeves. The bodice is of cream silk and is cut to reveal an under-bodice. The skirt is salmon pink and is slit in the back. The cuffs to the sleeves are set with large gilt cuff links with simulated Baroque pearls.

Diana wore the dress on a state visit to Japan in 1986 and at a production of "Swan Lake."

The Grahams hope the dresses will become family heirlooms, planning to leave one to their daughter and one to their son. In 1999, they allowed them to be displayed at a fundraiser at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"I get to appreciate them all the time, but to share them with other people is even better," Shari Graham told the Post.