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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying garnered national news coverage. The Fayetteville Observer newspaper in North Carolina...
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old...   (Associated Press)
Ebony Bennett, right, from Jersey City, New Jersey, holds her son Jayden Carroll, 1, at the Greyhound Bus Station in Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, while waiting to board a bus to North Carolina to visit her father for Thanksgiving.
Ebony Bennett, right, from Jersey City, New Jersey, holds her son Jayden Carroll, 1, at the Greyhound Bus Station in Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, while waiting to board a bus to North Carolina...   (Associated Press)
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM EST shows widespread clouds blanketing the Southeast as low pressure moves along the Gulf Coast and lifts across Mississippi. Warm, moisture advection produces fairly widespread rainfall from Georgia through western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. High pressure...
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM EST shows widespread clouds blanketing the Southeast as low pressure moves along the Gulf Coast and lifts across Mississippi. Warm,...   (Associated Press)
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM EST shows widespread clouds blanketing the Southeast as low pressure moves along the Gulf Coast and lifts across Mississippi. Warm, moisture advection produces fairly widespread rainfall from Georgia through western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. High pressure...
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM EST shows widespread clouds blanketing the Southeast as low pressure moves along the Gulf Coast and lifts across Mississippi. Warm,...   (Associated Press)
Flatiron won the prestigious NOVA Award for a new pile driving launching gantry method that reduces the environmental impacts of bridge construction. Flatiron successfully used the method at the Washington Bypass project in North Carolina to construct a 3-mile-long precast concrete bridge over protected wetlands and the Tar River. (Photo:...
Flatiron won the prestigious NOVA Award for a new pile driving launching gantry method that reduces the environmental impacts of bridge construction. Flatiron successfully used the method at the Washington...   (Associated Press)
Television personality and celebrity designer Tracy Hutson and Ed Ward, construction manager with Lexington Habitat for Humanity, visit a North Carolina family with a cookie house (Nov 18, 2009). In celebration of families making memories in their own homes, Pepperidge Farm supports Habitat for Humanity, and to help spread holiday...
Television personality and celebrity designer Tracy Hutson and Ed Ward, construction manager with Lexington Habitat for Humanity, visit a North Carolina family with a cookie house (Nov 18, 2009). In celebration...   (Associated Press)
In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: Television personality and celebrity designer Tracy Hutson and Ed Ward, construction manager with Lexington Habitat for Humanity, visit a North Carolina family with a cookie house (Nov 18, 2009). In celebration of families making memories in their own homes, Pepperidge Farm supports...
In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: Television personality and celebrity designer Tracy Hutson and Ed Ward, construction manager with Lexington Habitat for Humanity, visit a North Carolina family...   (Associated Press)
Bradley Lockhart, father of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, speaks during a news conference as his sister Carey Lockhart-Davis, right, begins to cry, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, outside his home in Fayetteville, N.C. Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing by her mother Nov. 10, body was found off a rural North...
Bradley Lockhart, father of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, speaks during a news conference as his sister Carey Lockhart-Davis, right, begins to cry, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, outside his home in Fayetteville,...   (Associated Press)
Bradley Lockhart, center, father of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, and his sister Carey Lockhart-Davis, right, speak during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in front of his home in Fayetteville, N.C. Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing by her mother Nov. 10, body was found off a rural North...
Bradley Lockhart, center, father of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, and his sister Carey Lockhart-Davis, right, speak during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in front of his home in Fayetteville,...   (Associated Press)
Carey Lockhart-Davis begins to cry as she speaks about her 5-year-old niece, Shaniya Davis, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, during a news conference in front of her brother Bradley Lockhart's  home in Fayetteville, N.C. Shaniya Davis, who went missing Nov. 10, was found off a rural North Carolina road Monday....
Carey Lockhart-Davis begins to cry as she speaks about her 5-year-old niece, Shaniya Davis, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, during a news conference in front of her brother Bradley Lockhart's home in Fayetteville,...   (Associated Press)
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Pierre Mignard's 1681 oil on canvas entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria is removed from the wall in transit to it's new location at the North Carolina Museum of Art's new facility in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in...
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Pierre Mignard's 1681 oil on canvas entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria is removed from the wall in transit to it's new location at the North Carolina Museum of Art's...   (Associated Press)
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Pierre Mignard's 1681 oil on canvas entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria is gently placed on wheels in transit to it's new location at the North Carolina Museum of Art's new facility in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in...
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Pierre Mignard's 1681 oil on canvas entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria is gently placed on wheels in transit to it's new location at the North Carolina Museum of Art's...   (Associated Press)
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Hans Mielich's 1543 oil on panel entitled Portrait of a Man hangs alone on a wall at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh is on the move. And it's taking about 750...
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Hans Mielich's 1543 oil on panel entitled Portrait of a Man hangs alone on a wall at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in...   (Associated Press)
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Matthias Stomer's 1635-1640 era oil on canvas entitled The Adoration of the Shepherds is removed from the wall at the North Carolina Museum of Art in transit to it's new location in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh is...
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, Matthias Stomer's 1635-1640 era oil on canvas entitled The Adoration of the Shepherds is removed from the wall at the North Carolina Museum of Art in transit to it's new location...   (Associated Press)
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, blank spaces appear on the walls at the North Carolina Museum of Art as art is removed to be placed in the new facility in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh is on the move. And it's taking about...
In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, blank spaces appear on the walls at the North Carolina Museum of Art as art is removed to be placed in the new facility in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in...   (Associated Press)
Antoinette Davis, right, listens to her charges on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 near Sanford, N.C. Davis is the mother of the missing 5-year-old who was found dead off a heavily wooded road in a rural area Monday, ending a weeklong search, police said. Searchers found Shaniya Davis' body southeast...
Antoinette Davis, right, listens to her charges on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 near Sanford, N.C. Davis is the mother of the missing 5-year-old who was found dead off a heavily wooded road in a rural area Monday,...   (Associated Press)
Children hold candles during a vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009   For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the...
Children hold candles during a vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl...   (Associated Press)
Debonte Belk holds a candle  during a vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.  For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following...
Debonte Belk holds a candle during a vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old...   (Associated Press)
Crystal Weichett holds her daughter Callie during a candle light vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a...
Crystal Weichett holds her daughter Callie during a candle light vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. For a week, authorities feverishly...   (Associated Press)
People pray during a candle light vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations...
People pray during a candle light vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis whose body was found near Sanford, N.C., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old...   (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal sits on the bench in the second quarter in an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz,, in Cleveland. O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying garnered...
FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal sits on the bench in the second quarter in an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz,, in Cleveland. O'Neal...   (Associated Press)
Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis, center, drives to the basket against North Carolina-Greensboro's Amanda Leigh, left, and Monique Floyd during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State won 89-56. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis, center, drives to the basket against North Carolina-Greensboro's Amanda Leigh, left, and Monique Floyd during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday,...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina-Greensboro's Lakiah Hyson, left, and Ohio State's Brittany Johnson vie for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
North Carolina-Greensboro's Lakiah Hyson, left, and Ohio State's Brittany Johnson vie for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Columbus,...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina-Greensboro's Monique Floyd, left, looks for an open pass as Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
North Carolina-Greensboro's Monique Floyd, left, looks for an open pass as Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009,...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (44) pass the ball around Presbyterian center Mariah Pietrowski (51) during the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. North Carolina won 92-37. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
North Carolina guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (44) pass the ball around Presbyterian center Mariah Pietrowski (51) during the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C.,...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell, center, talks with Cierra Robertson-Warren (42) and Trinity Bursey (3) during a time out in the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game abainst Presbyterian in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. North Carolina won 92-37. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell, center, talks with Cierra Robertson-Warren (42) and Trinity Bursey (3) during a time out in the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game abainst...   (Associated Press)
Presbyterian head coach Ronny Fisher coaches this team during the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. North Carolina won 92-37. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
Presbyterian head coach Ronny Fisher coaches this team during the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. North Carolina...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell, center, talks with Cierra Robertson-Warren (42) and Trinity Bursey (3) during a time out in the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game abainst Presbyterian in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. North Carolina won 93-37. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell, center, talks with Cierra Robertson-Warren (42) and Trinity Bursey (3) during a time out in the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game abainst...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina center Waltiea Rolle (32) shoot over Presbyterian center Mariah Pietrowski (51) during the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Rolle scored a career-high 17 points to help No. 4 North Carolina defeat Presbyterian 92-37 on...
North Carolina center Waltiea Rolle (32) shoot over Presbyterian center Mariah Pietrowski (51) during the second half of an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov....   (Associated Press)
North Carolina guard Nicole Powell, foreground, goes for a loose ball as Presbyterian forward Shonda Burnside (22), left, looks on,  for the ball during the first half an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
North Carolina guard Nicole Powell, foreground, goes for a loose ball as Presbyterian forward Shonda Burnside (22), left, looks on, for the ball during the first half an NCAA college women's basketball...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina guard Cetera DeGraffenreid (22) shoots over Presbyterian forward Shonda Burnside (22) during the first half  an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
North Carolina guard Cetera DeGraffenreid (22) shoots over Presbyterian forward Shonda Burnside (22) during the first half an NCAA college women's basketball game in in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday,...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Deon Thompson, top, and Gardner-Webb's Joshua Henley battle for possession during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Deon Thompson, top, and Gardner-Webb's Joshua Henley battle for possession during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North...   (Associated Press)
Gardner-Webb coach Rick Scruggs yells during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.  North Carolina won 93-72. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Gardner-Webb coach Rick Scruggs yells during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72. (AP Photo/Gerry...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina coach Roy Williams directs his team against Gardner-Webb during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina coach Roy Williams directs his team against Gardner-Webb during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72....   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Ed Davis (32) scores as Gardner-Webb's Auryn MacMillan looks on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Ed Davis (32) scores as Gardner-Webb's Auryn MacMillan looks on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Tyler Zeller (44) and Gardner-Webb's Auryn MacMillan (42) reach for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Tyler Zeller (44) and Gardner-Webb's Auryn MacMillan (42) reach for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009....   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Dexter Strickland passes around Gardner-Webb's Auryn MacMillan (42) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Dexter Strickland passes around Gardner-Webb's Auryn MacMillan (42) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Deon Thompson (21) dunks against Gardner-Webb during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Deon Thompson (21) dunks against Gardner-Webb during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72. (AP Photo/Gerry...   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard pressures Gardner-Webb's Grayson Flittner during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard pressures Gardner-Webb's Grayson Flittner during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. North Carolina won 93-72....   (Associated Press)
North Carolina's Larry Drew II (11) and Will Graves pressure Gardner-Webb's Joshua Henley, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
North Carolina's Larry Drew II (11) and Will Graves pressure Gardner-Webb's Joshua Henley, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009....   (Associated Press)
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