Murderers, rapists to be released


READY OR NOT: Recent court rulings will force state officials to release 20 murderers, rapists and robbers sentenced to life in North Carolina prisons in the 1970s at the end of the month. Ten of those scheduled to be released were sex offenders, including men who raped young girls. Seven have spent time on death row. The one woman in the group was convicted of murdering a state trooper while fleeing a bank robbery. (N&O)

BIG PAY CUT: Outgoing Bank of America Corp. chief executive Ken Lewis will receive no pay in 2009 after a review by the Obama administration's pay czar. The Charlotte-based bank received $45 billion in government loans. (Charlotte Observer)

JOBS HEADED SOUTH: A federal filing shows that Dell intends to shift its production from a closing North Carolina plant to Mexico. (High Point Enterprise)

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