25 May. 20124:55 PM ET

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson has regained some strength after undergoing colon surgery at a North Carolina hospital.Agent Mitch Greenhill of Folklore Productions said in an email Friday that Watson is resting and responsive following the surgery Thursday at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. A hospital spokeswoman said he remained in critical condition Friday afternoon.

25 May. 201212:23 PM ET

HIGH SHOALS, N.C. (AP) — The body of a missing Lincoln County man has been found in the South Fork River near High Shoals.Lincoln County Sheriff David Carpenter said the body found Thursday afternoon has been identified as 37-year-old Keith Roland Boyte of Lincolnton.

25 May. 201211:28 AM ET

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson is in critical but improving condition at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery.Folklore Productions represents Watson and says he had the surgery Thursday night at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. A hospital spokeswoman said he remained in critical condition Friday morning.

25 May. 20121:39 PM ET

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Pat McCrory's campaign and the political committees behind a television commercial McCrory says is false filed competing legal actions that raise the ante in North Carolina's gubernatorial race.The Democratic Governors Association and the group North Carolina Citizens for Progress filed a complaint in Wake County court asking a judge to rule the commercial about McCrory's connections to a Charlotte-based business as true and constitutionally protected.