Sterling News

Passengers de-plane a trans-atlantic flight originating in France on the tarmac at Bangor International Airport, in Bangor, Maine, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly accurate, the government said Tuesday.

A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, raising security concerns, officials said.

Two men suspected of killing two University of Southern California graduate students from China are expected to be arraigned on murder charges.

Expansion-minded bank owner Park Sterling Corp. said Monday it is buying out an older North Carolina rival in a deal that would roughly double its size.

Tuttle will be based out of Greenville, South Carolina, and will take the position of senior vice president and wealth management officer, the company said.

While many small banks were struggling, and in some cases closing, over the past year, Park Sterling Bank had just the opposite experience.