The number of foreclosure filings in North Carolina this year was 46,363 at the end of September, the N.C. state Administrative Office of the Courts reported today, and are on pace to exceed 2008 filings.

There were 873 September filings reported in Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake counties. Foreclosure filings increased in Wake and Durham over the previous month.

Durham County had 176 filings in August and 187 in September, while Wake County's filings totaled 527 in September compared to 468 in August.

Foreclosure filings between June and September in the four-county region were up 35 percent from the previous four-month period.

Foreclosure filings in North Carolina totaled 53,961 in 2008.

Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio and assistant Jeff Battle met with point guard Jeff Teague and his family in Indianapolis on Sunday night to discuss the plusses and minuses of leaving his name in the NBA draft.

Gaudio said he had "an inkling" when he left about what the sophomore would do. And at around 3:15 p.m. today, the player made it official.

See video from the consecration ceremony for the new Sri Venkateswara Temple in Cary. Video by staff photojournalist Ted Richardson.

See photos from the graduation ceremonies at the 19th Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy. Staff photos by Takaaki Iwabu.

See an audio slide show from the Wake County Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service honoring the 19 Wake County police officers who have lost ... more

Freshman forward Al-Farouq Aminu, widely expected to enter the NBA Draft in June, will return for his sophomore season at Wake Forest, the school's sports information office has announced.

"My family and I feel like now is not the right time," Aminu said in a statement released by Wake.

A reader who saw our list of all-time ACC basketball coaches based on their records in close games asked us to make a list based on overtime records only. So here it is.

Now we can start.

Thursday at the ACC Tournament was nice in a chicken salad kind of way. Not too heavy. Nothing to get all excited about. Nothing memorable.

Today is about steak and potatoes. And throw in a wedge of lettuce covered with really chunky blue cheese dressing.

Staff video by Travis Long, J.P. Giglio and Caulton Tudor

Topic: Tudor and Joe pick their tourney winners. Guess which one didn't take UNC?

Tip to media voters: Sometimes the obvious choice should win.