Legislation removing penalty for adultery goes down to defeat
<p><img width="350" height="219" src="/media/5611695/673_3476258_350x219.jpg" alt="wedding rings" class="ImageFloatRight"/>Adultery is still illegal in North Carolina after a bill died in committee last week that would have repealed a law that allows a spouse to sue their partner's paramour for "alienation of affection."</p>