In case this letter makes you laugh in the midst of your anger over the Duke-Progress Energy merger situation. Anybody got a better name?

In light of recent events, I suggest a contest to select a new name for America’s largest electric utility. I’ll start things off: Duplicity Power.
Jim Sampson
Youngsville
 

We had some letters about health care that got overrun by the news and then an influx of more than we could print. Here are a dozen.

We've gotten far more letters today on the Wake County schools situation than we can possibly print (read the latest story here). Look for others on tomorrow's Editorial and Other Opinion pages. In the meantime, here are 18.

More health-care letters than you can shake a tongue depressor at. Find
more on Saturday's Other Opinion page and Sunday in Sunday Forum.

College baseball teams use their best starting pitchers for weekend games against conference opponents, and nonconference matchups in the middle of the week often are high-scoring affairs dominated by the hitters.

But on Tuesday, North Carolina sophomore right-hander Patrick Johnson delivered a midweek masterpiece.