* Conservative Civitas Institute finds 50 percent support, 36 percent oppose the $789 billion stimulus package in poll of 600 voters conducted Feb. 16-19.
* Gov. Beverly Perdue says $466 million in stimulus package spending on roads and bridges will create about 14,000 jobs in North Carolina.
* U.S. Sen. Richard Burr chosen to give the response to President Obama's weekly radio address; will be posted on YouTube.
* Charlotte Observer columnist Jack Betts says voters liked Jim Hunt's "can-do approach" to education, etc., while they liked Jesse Helms' penny-pinching.
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