Headlines for Monday, May 14

Attorney General Roy Cooper is escalating his fight against sex offenders on the Internet. Cooper sent a letter to popular social networking site Myspace-dot-com today asking the company to give him the names of any registered sex offenders who use the site.

Duke University says it has settled a lawsuit by a former lacrosse player. Former player Kyle Dowd and his parents sued the school saying a professor gave him a bad grade because he was on the team.

Weekend crashes killed at least eleven people in North Carolina and injured ten others. The causes of the accidents ranged from speeding to improper merging.

At Cape Fear Community College Friday night one Wilmington mom got an early and very special Mother's Day gift. She received her degree along with her son.

Graduation day is a day filled with excitement, pride and even a little apprehension. Nearly 1,500 UNCW undergrads marched proudly into Trask Coliseum Saturday afternoon.

Representatives for New Hanover County and the City of Wilmington are still working to get rid of the building moratorium put in place Thursday.

Dozens of Carolina Beach residents will soon have to change their addresses. The Carolina Beach Town Council recently approved the change to correct home addresses that don't comply with New Hanover County's address manual.

Expect to hear more today from Governor Mike Easley about the demands of the Iraq war on the National Guard.

A Marine from Jacksonville, North Carolina, has died following a crash during the first night of the Harley-Davidson spring motorcycle rally here.

A bill that attempts to streamline the application process to build cell phone towers in North Carolina is getting a poor reception by local governments.

A New Hanover County family is breathing easier after some "want-to-be" robbers failed an attempt to rob them. The suspects are behind bars with felony charges.