North Carolina

Small towns/areas with interesting names:. Basketball Hall of Fame Members:. The three largest Protestant denominations in North Carolina are: Baptist (47% of the total state population), Methodist (13%), Presbyterian (4%). Reserves. The religious affiliations of the citizens of North Carolina are:. Starters. Females made up approximately 51% of the population. Eastern on ABC.

6.7% of North Carolina's population were reported as under 5, 24.4% under 18, and 12.0% were 65 or older. Game 5 is scheduled for Sunday, June 19th at The Palace of Auburn Hills at 9 P.M. The 5 largest ancestry groups in North Carolina are African American (21.6%), American (13.9%), English (9.5%), German (9.5%), Irish (7.4%). The Spurs have won the first two games, and Detroit the second to, all by margins of 15 to 31 points. The racial makeup of the state is:. Games 3 and 4 and 5 will be played at The Palace of Auburn Hills, and games 6 and (if necessary) 7 will be in San Antonio. Census Bureau, as of 2003, North Carolina's population was estimated at 8,407,248 people. The Pistons are currently facing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, the first two games of which were played at the SBC Center in San Antonio.

According to the U.S. Lakers did so at the Sacramento Kings in 2002. Some of the film/telelvision credits filmed there include: Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Cape Fear, Maximum Overdrive, and The Crow. In the process, the Pistons became the first team to win a game 7 on the road since the L.A. Movie Studios are located in Shelby, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, and the most popular, EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington. In the conference finals, the Pistons again fell behind, three games to two, but then won the final two games to defeat the Miami Heat and become Eastern Conference Champions. North Carolina is also the largest film making state outside of California. Seeded second in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 and then rallied from a 2-1 deficit to finish off the Indiana Pacers 4-2.

Charlotte, the largest city in the state, is also the nation's largest banking presence outside of New York City. Presently, the Pistons are considered a strong contender to win a second consecutive title in 2005. Its industrial outputs are tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, and tourism. See also: The Malice at The Palace. North Carolina's agricultural outputs are poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, and soybeans. A month later, five Pacers and seven fans were charged after being involved in the "basketbrawl.". Its 2003 Per Capita Personal Income was $28,071, 38^th in the nation. Other Pacers such as Jermaine O'Neal fought with fans who had walked onto the court.

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the state's 2003 total gross state product was $314 billion. This caused Artest to rush into the stands and attack some fans. These regions are roughly divided by their elevation, with the Coastal Plain extending to areas below 400 feet above sea level; the Piedmont encompassing those areas between 400 and 1,500 feet; and the Mountain region referring to areas from 1,500 feet to the highest Appalachian peaks at more than 6,000 feet. On November 19, 2004, the Detroit Pistons were involved in a massive brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills during a losing home game against the Indiana Pacers. After fouling Pistons' Ben Wallace, Pacer Ron Artest was hit by a cup while lying down on the scorer's table. Major geographic features include the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west, the Piedmont region of the central portion of the state, the Coastal Plain, and Cape Fear, Cape Hatteras, and the Outer Banks off the eastern coast. Coached by Hall of Fame inductee Larry Brown, the Pistons returned to prominence, winning the 2004 NBA championship. The area embraced within its boundaries is fifty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-six square miles (135,000 kmē). Under Dumars's leadership, the Pistons have since surrounded Wallace with rising stars Chauncey Billups, Richard "Rip" Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince.

Its mean breadth from north to south is about one hundred miles (160 km); its extreme breadth is one hundred and eighty-eight miles (303 km). The extreme length of the State from east to west is five hundred miles (800 km). One of them, Ben Wallace, would prove to be a cornerstone for the franchise's revamped roster. Its western boundary is the crest of the Smoky Mountains, which, with the Blue Ridge, forms a part of the great Appalachian system, extending almost from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico; its eastern is the Atlantic Ocean. In the summer of 2000, Hill indicated his intentions to leave to Orlando, and Dumars – appointed the franchise's president of basketball operations that year – dealt Hill to the Magic in return for a pair of largely unheralded players. The State of North Carolina is included between the parallels 34° and 36°30' north latitude, and between the meridians 75°30' and 84°30' west longitude. Though Grant Hill emerged as a gifted player, the team was unable to win a playoff series, losing to the Orlando Magic in 1996, the Atlanta Hawks in 1997 and 1999, and the Miami Heat in 2000. See also List of North Carolina counties; List of cities in North Carolina; List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina. The franchise went through a lengthy transitional period as its key players either retired or left.

Main article: Geography of North Carolina. The team moved into the lavish Palace of Auburn Hills in 1988 and remains there today. Source: [North Carolina Court System official site (http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Default.asp)]. With their physical style of play, and intensity with opponents, the Pistons gained the nickname "Bad Boys." Coach Chuck Daly took the team to the NBA Finals three consecutive years (1988-90) and won NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. In civil cases, the magistrate is authorized to try small claims involving up to $4,000 including landlord eviction cases. The three, along with later aquisitions Joe Dumars, Rick Mahorn, and Dennis Rodman, formed the core of a team that would rise to the top of the league. Magistrates accept guilty pleas for minor misdemeanors, accept guilty pleas for traffic violations and accept waivers of trial for worthless-check cases among other things. In early 1982, it acquired center Bill Laimbeer and guard Vinnie Johnson.

The District Court also hears juvenile cases involving children under the age of 16 who are delinquent and children under the age of 18 who are undisciplined, dependent, neglected or abused. The franchise's fortunes finally began to turn in 1981, when it drafted point guard Isiah Thomas out of Indiana University. The trial of a criminal case in District Court is always without a jury. (The Silverdome was the home of the NFL's Detroit Lions at the time.). Civil cases such as divorce, custody, child support and cases involving less than $10,000 are heard in District Court, along with criminal cases involving misdemeanors and infractions. Displeased with the team's location in downtown Detroit, Davidson moved it to the suburb of Pontiac in 1978, where it played in the mammoth Silverdome, a structure built for professional football. In the civil cases, juries are often waived. In 1974, Zollner sold the team to Bill Davidson, who remains the team's owner.

A jury of 12 hears the criminal cases. The franchise was a consistent disappointment, struggling on both the court and the box office. All felony criminal cases, civil cases involving more than $10,000 and misdemeanor and infraction appeals from District Court are tried in Superior Court. The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena. The Trial division includes the Superior Court and the District Court. In 1957, Zollner moved the team to Detroit, a much larger city that did not have an NBA franchise; the Detroit Gems had folded after one season of existence. Together, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals constitute the Appellate division of the court system. Led by star forward George Yardley, the Fort Wayne Pistons were a popular franchise and appeared in the NBA Finals in 1954 and 1955, losing both times.

the North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only intermediate appellate court in the state; it consists of fifteen judges who rule in rotating panels of three. It is the oldest existing franchise in the NBA. The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state's highest appellate court; it numbers seven justices. The franchise was founded in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Fred Zollner, owner of a General Motors subsidiary that manufactored pistons. The prior term's power sharing Co-Speaker arrangement is no longer in effect, as the House Democrats won a decided victory and majority of the seats in the 2004 election.
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For the 2003-2004 session, the current President Pro Tempore is Democrat Marc Basnight; The House Speaker is Democrat James B. Gregory Johnson. The North Carolina General Assembly consists of two houses, a 50-member Senate and a 120-member House of Representatives. Earl Lloyd (inducted as a contributor, not as a player or coach). See List of North Carolina Governors. Chuck Daly. The state's current governor is Democrat Mike Easley. Larry Brown.

The governor, lieutenant governor, and eight elected department heads form the North Carolina Council of State; Ten other department heads appointed by the Governor form the North Carolina Cabinet. 40 Bill Laimbeer. senators are Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, both Republicans. 21 Dave Bing. Its two U.S. 16 Bob Lanier. The capital of North Carolina is Raleigh and its governor is Mike Easley, a Democrat. 15 Vinnie Johnson.

North Carolina has had three constitutions:. 11 Isiah Thomas. Recently, technology has become a driving force in the state, especially with the creation of the Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham in the 1950's. 4 Joe Dumars. Tobacco, one of North Carolina's earliest sources of revenue, remains vital to the local economy. 2 Chuck Daly (never played in the NBA; represents the two NBA championship teams he coached). The state's industrial output--mainly textiles, chemicals, electrical equipment, paper and paper products--ranked eighth in the nation in the early 1990s. Jerry Stackhouse.

Over the past century, North Carolina has grown to become a leader in agriculture and industry. John Salley. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, but the final surrender in North Carolina came at Waynesville in Western North Carolina in May, when remnants of Thomas' Cherokee Legion laid down their arms. Dennis Rodman. Johnston surrendered one of the largest Confederate armies near Durham in late April 1865, weeks after Gen. Rick Mahorn. Gen. Grant Hill.

Sherman's advance into the Carolinas in the spring of 1865. Adrian Dantley. Joseph Johnston to slow Union Gen. Chuck Daly (Inducted as Coach). The largest battle that occurred in North Carolina was at Bentonville, a futile attempt by Confederate Gen. Isiah Thomas. Although few major engagements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in virtually all the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. Earl Lloyd (inducted as a contributor, not as a player or coach).

Approximately 40,000 of those troops never returned home, dead of battlefield wounds, disease and privation. Bob Lanier. Governor Ellis, leader of the state at the war's beginning in 1861, famously declared in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops to suppress the "rebellion" that "you can get no troops from North Carolina." However, under his leadership and that of his successor, Governor Zebulon Baird Vance of Asheville, elected in 1862, the Tar Heel State did provide 125,000 troops to the Confederacy, more than any other Confederate state. Dave Bing. Somewhat divided on whether to support the North or the South in the Civil War, North Carolina was the last state to secede from the Union in 1861. C - #31 Darko Miličić (Serbia). There were also about 30,000 free blacks residing in the state. F-C - #24 Antonio McDyess (Alabama).

In 1860 North Carolina was a slave state with a population of slightly less than 1 million, approximately one-third of whom were enslaved. G - #5 Horace Jenkins (William Paterson) - restricted free agent. In mid-century the state's rural and commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden plank road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from Fayetteville in the east to Bethania (northwest of Winston-Salem). G - #10 Lindsey Hunter (Jackson State). In 1840, it completed the state capitol building in Raleigh, still standing today. F - #8 Darvin Ham (Texas Tech) - free agent. Between the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, North Carolina worked to establish its state and local governments. F - #12 Ronald Dupree (LSU).

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in the Union. G-F - #20 Carlos Delfino (Argentina). It reverted to a royal colony seventeen years later. In April 1776, the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown. C - #41 Elden Campbell (Clemson) - free agent. In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. G - #30 Carlos Arroyo (Florida Int'l). By the late seventeenth century, several permanent settlements had taken hold in the Carolina territory, which encompassed present-day South Carolina and Tennessee as well. PG - #1 Chauncey Billups (Colorado).

The demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island, remains one of the great mysteries of American history. SG - #32 Richard "Rip" Hamilton (UConn). Dare County is named for her. C - #3 Ben Wallace (Virginia Union). Virginia Dare, the first English child to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. PF - #36 Rasheed Wallace (North Carolina). Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom the state capital is named, chartered two colonies on the North Carolina coast in the late 1580s, both ending in failure. SF - #22 Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky).

Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the Cherokee, North Carolina was the first American territory the English attempted to colonize. The USS North Carolina was named in honor of this state. It is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. North Carolina is a southern state in the United States. North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.

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Rockfish, North Carolina (in Hoke County). Frying Pan Landing, North Carolina (in Tyrrell County). Rich Square, North Carolina (in Northampton County). Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (in Dare County).

Soul City, North Carolina (in Warren County). Lizard Lick, North Carolina (in Wake County, near Raleigh). Climax, North Carolina (in Guilford County, near Greensboro). Non-Religious 5%.

Other Religions 1%. Other Christian 2%. Roman Catholic 6%. Protestant 83%.

1.3% mixed race. 1.2% American Indian. 1.4% Asian. 4.7% Hispanic.

21.6% Black. 70.2% White Non-Hispanic. 1971: This is a minor consolidation of the 1868 constitution and subsequent amendments. It was a major reorganization and modification of the original into fourteen articles.

1868: This was framed in accordance with the Reconstruction Acts after North Carolina was readmitted into the Union. The Declaration of Rights was ratified the preceding day. 1776: This one was ratified December 18, 1776, as the first constitution of the independent state.