FAYETTEVILLE, (AP) - North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's office says Fayetteville city officials cannot stop police from acting on a hunch and asking motorists if it is OK to search their vehicle.

RALEIGH, (AP) - North Carolina officials have received an appraisal for the old Dorothea Dix hospital campus in Raleigh, a key step in plans to redevelop the site into a city park.

Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday that the 300-acrea property has been appraised at $60 million, given the current market. But the appraisal says the property would be valued at $86 million if the real estate market fully rebounds.

Former Mayor Charles Meeker met with Perdue shortly before he left office last year to discuss an agreement that would allow the city to obtain the land for a park.

The property houses about 1,300 employees and remaining patients now. The estimates are based on the assumption that there are no hazardous materials that would require a major cleanup.

RALEIGH, SGRToday.com - Harry Jones, Mecklenburg County manager, has notified county commissioners and staff that he is being treated for pancreatic cancer. The Charlotte Observer published the e-mail from Jones on Friday. In the communication, Jones noted he had told the recipients about the diagnosis in December. 

RALEIGH, SGRToday.com - At a work session this week, Forsyth County commissioners were told they could be facing a $7.6 million gap between revenues and expenses for the 2012-2013 fiscal year that begins July 1. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that if those numbers come to fruition, it would take a 2.28 cent tax increase to close the hole without cutting expenses.