A dancing exhibition was part of a Spinal Cord Injury Expo on Friday at UNC Hospitals. Organizers said the event was intended to make patients more aware of community resources.

"We wanted to provide a way for people to really understand that there are so many resources in the community that they can get in contact with to help them as they integrate back into their real lives," said Raheleh Tschoepe, an occupational therapist at UNC Healthcare.

On Monday, a federal panel suggested that mammograms should be delayed in most women until after age 50. The recommendation has met opposition among most physicians and the American Cancer Society, who say screenings have helped save lives.

By contrast, the ACS supports a new recommendation issued Friday by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists against annual screening for cervical cancer. The organization suggests women should not start getting a Pap test until age 21 and then only every other year. After age 30, women who have not had irregular test results should have pap smears every three years.

"There are still going to be patients that come every year or even more frequently to get their pap smear," said Dr. Michael Armstrong, an Ob/Gyn at UNC Healthcare. "It's just that for the majority of the population that have been getting that screening yearly, they may not require that yearly screen."

But knowing where you fit in the guidelines can be confusing.

"Remember HRT, hormone replacement therapy? Now the breast exams, now the Pap smears, it's all very confusing to women," said Noelia Lebron of Raleigh. "I wish they would make up their minds and tell us exactly what we should be doing."

Armstrong said women who have had abnormal pap smears or have other risk factors like irregular menstrual cycles should still get regular Pap tests. But he's hopeful the new guidelines will target screening to those who need it most.

"Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers where people who are developing the cancer, they either have not been screened or they probably have not been screened in five years," he said. "So hopefully by setting these new guidelines, we'll actually increase screening."

But doctors caution that women should not take this news as a pass on their annual physical exams. Armstrong said a pelvic exam is still important, especially for younger women, to screen for infection or other medical conditions.

"So many people are out of work and don't have insurance, it's very helpful," Carl Reardon, who was getting his teeth cleaned, said.

Mission of Mercy travels all over the state throughout the year offering the program to those who can't afford dental care. Though, Stephanie Raric with the group said they don't ask for qualifications or proof of need.

"We try to do this once a year and it's our fourth year here," Raric said.

Michael Grady said he is having a number of teeth pulled after years of putting it off.

"I'm currently out of work because of a brain injury. I got in a car accident and I have no money, no insurance so there is no way I could have done this without this event," Grady said.

Dena Lipscomb encourages people to take advantage of the program because she said problems with your teeth can lead to other health concerns.

"The infection caused an abscess under my arm...all because of an infection in my teeth," Lipscomb said.

The supplies for the clinic are donated and the workers are all volunteers.

They are expecting more than 300 people at the church today and tomorrow. Everyone must be registered by 3 p.m. on Saturday and doors will open at 6 a.m.

Army officials selected Athens Drive Senior Robert Crisp to play in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Only 90 student athletes from across the country are selected to play in the game in San Antonio, Texas.

Crisp says the honor is extra special because he hasn't been playing football very long.

"I was actually a basketball player before any of this ever started," he said. "I've been working pretty hard for the past two years."

It's the 10th Anniversary of the bowl.

You can see the game live on NBC-17 on January 9th.

Kick off is at 1pm.

After Darren and Lori West were laid off from their construction jobs, they immediately began looking for other sources of income.

"We were sitting around looking for work and discovered this hot dog cart making business on the Food Network channel," Lori said.

Lori is from 40 miles outside Chicago and she wanted to bring the Midwest taste to the South.

Now on the corner of Fayetteville and Hargett streets, starting at $2.50 you can get a fully-loaded, Chicago style hot dog complete with mustard, onions, relish, a pickle, tomatoes, and a pepper.

They even take credit cards

"We tried to include everybody because we feel not a lot of people are walking around with cash these days," Darren said.

The dogs are hit with transplants from the windy city and first-time Chicago dog eaters alike.

"To get right here it's 112 miles from my house and i come down here three or four times a week," Customer Ricky Conner said after trying a hot dog. "I'm gonna stop down here and get me one of these bad boys every time i come."

The West's have only been operating the hot dog stand for about a week, but they said business is going so well that they are already looking at buying another cart.

The four patients tested positive for what officials said is a mutation of H1N1 that is resistant to Tamiflu, one of two medications used to help fight the virus. The patients were diagnosed with the flu during October and November and all were hospitalized in the same unit at Duke University Medical Center.

"We are unable to say if their deaths were caused by influenza," said Dr. Megan Davies, NC State Epidemiologist. "They're influenza associated but they had medical issues that were compromising their health."

Officials said there appears to be no difference in severity between this new mutation and the typical H1N1 virus that has been circulating.

"This resistance is from a mutation but it doesn't mean H1N1 in general is mutating," said Dr. Zack Moore, Medical Epidemiologist with the Division of Public Health. "It's a mutation that has occurred in a small number of patients."

So small a number that health officials said Tamiflu is still a very effective medicine in treating H1N1. They are assessing with Duke and the CDC to determine what, if any, connections there may be between the patients. The patient still at Duke was also treated with the drug Relenza and officials said she is recovering. Officials said no resistance has been found against Relenza, the other drug used to treat H1N1.

"The vast majority of people with influenza do not even receive antiviral treatment," said Dr. Davies. "This mutation is a moot point for most of us, however, it is something we have to pay attention to when we see it."

Dr. Cameron Wolf with Duke's Infectious Disease Department said these cases have not changed treatment policies at Duke, although it is something they're at least evaluating.

Health officials said these recent cases should be a reminder for people in the high-risk categories to get vaccinated.  

Inmate Kayin Whitfield was found unresponsive and not breathing during a regular 9:30 p.m. check. The DOC reported that medical staff performed CPR and took Whitfield to the Central Prison emergency room. He was pronounced dead at 10:20 p.m.

Whitfield's body was taken to the state medical examiner's office. Preliminary findings indicate that the death was of natural causes. An investigation and review is underway.

Whitfield had been serving a five-month sentence on for driving with a license revoked, assault on an officer and damage to property.

Williams is wanted for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on attempted murder charges. Detectives said Williams is wanted in a shooting of a woman at an ATM on Maynard Road in Cary in June 2007.

Witnesses reported seeing Williams leaving with two other men in a burgundy Buick with a New York license tag. The other two suspects have been arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Charlotte office of the FBI at 704-377-9200.

The state's Employment Security Commission on Friday reported the jobless rate continued to hover around 11 percent, as it has for nearly all of this year. September's rate was 10.8 percent.

The state's unemployment rate in October 2008 was 7 percent.

North Carolina's unemployment rate has been worse than the national average for more than a year and that continued in October, when the U.S. figure was 10.2 percent.

Construction suffered the greatest losses, shedding about 6,600 North Carolina jobs in October. Education, health services and government jobs saw the greatest employment growth.

This week, we feature Sitti, a Lebanese restaurant, in the heart of downtown Raleigh that mixes tradition with the food it serves.

Click on the videos above to learn more about the history and food Sitti has to offer.

But thanks to a nationwide essay contest, one driver in Orange County recently learned he's made quite an impression on a certain fourth grader at New Hope Elementary.

"My bus driver, Mr. Sam McBroom, is the best because he's always in a good mood even when children break the rules. He's been the best bus driver that I could ever imagine, since I moved to North Carolina. This year Mr. Sam was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He didn't want to miss driving the bus so he takes his treatments every other Friday. That way he'll be sick on the weekends and not when he's supposed to be driving the bus. He's awesome."

That was the essay Chase Kimball submitted after hearing about the Thomas Built Buses' Driver of the Year essay contest in school.

Earning second place in the national contest, McBroom never imagined the impact he might have on the kids he's shuttled back and forth until now.

"You never know each day that goes by that someone is watching us. And when someone is watching, sometimes we make a difference in their lives and sometimes we don't even know it," said McBroom.

Mr. Sam tells us he's won Orange County's School Bus Driver of the Year two years in a row, but says this latest honor is something special.

"It's an honor for me to know that a young child is noticing that I'm doing something right," said McBroom.

In addition to winning runner up in the Driver of the Year contest, last month the Orange County School Board also recognized driver Sam McBroom.

The Smiths are each making about $7.50 an hour. Captain Greg Davis with the Salvation Army said this is the organizations way of getting more bell ringers out in the community after doubling the number of kettle locations in the area.

"Last year, we raised $175,000 and this year our goal is $350,000," Davis said.

And in order to do this, the organization is also going cashless in some locations.

"You can swipe your card to be able to give," Davis said.

Throughout the year, they have been serving more people, and this holiday season is no exception.

The Salvation Army has seen a 19 percent increase in the number of children that will benefit from the holiday program.

"This year we're already taken applications for 5,330 children. That's 1,000 more kids than last year," Davis said.

The Smiths said the most important part of the program is helping others.

"To make a lot of families happy, especially children," Smith said.

But it also helps them make ends meet.

The credit card donations will be available at four locations; the Wal-Mart in Cary at 2010 Kildaire Farm Road and in Raleigh at 6600 Glenwood Avenue. Also, at the Triangle Town Center and the Cameron Village Harris Teeter.

The cashless donations will begin the day after Thanksgiving.