An Edgewater insurance agent, Vazquez said she paid off $40,000 in card debt and $13,000 in back taxes left over from the marriage and has avoided incurring any additional debt. Her credit score, formerly a disastrous 400 on an 850-point point scale, gradually has improved to a so-so 630.

Local home sales fall 9 percent (The News & Observer)
Triangle gets fresh dose of malaise.