NC Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Friday that nearly $46 million will be awarded to 36 communities in 30 North Carolina counties for wastewater and stormwater projects from the first-round distribution of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act monies by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

By now, the laser-like focus of the virtual world on the hoax video by two misguided Domino’s pizza employees and the effectiveness of Domino’s corporate response has dimmed.  But for a few days last week this story was the train-wreck we couldn’t stop watching. 

This blurb on the Domino’s pizza mess caught my attention because of the second comment: 

BioTech0296 wrote: if the owner/franchisee hired these morons, then he is responsible for their actions..NO EXCUSES!!!!

This week two thoughtless employees of a North Carolina Domino’s Pizza franchise posted YouTube videos of them goofing around with the food and then appearing to serve it to customers.  Although this was supposed to be a joke, the videos took off online and were seen by up to a million grossed-out people.  What would [...]

Have you seen the prank videos from a couple of bored Domino’s employees in Conover?  Before they were removed from YouTube at the request of the employee who shot it (whether or not she was pressured to do so by corporate), they garnered a million views. 

From the Triangle Business Journal: Lt. Gov Walter Dalton is moving closer to creating a small business loan fund: