You remember that fire on the Navy submarine that caused $400 million in damage in May? Last month, we told you that a preliminary investigation had found the fire was started by a vacuum cleaner.

Well, it gets weirder.

Today, we learn that a civilian employee has admitted to setting the fire because he wanted to get out of work early.

The Associated Press reports:

Actress Ashley Judd visited the city Sunday to drum up support for President Obama. But she was also there to speak about issues such as health care and education and how they relate to women.

"And when we can empower and educate women, let them plan and space the births of their children, access the health care that they need, particularly preventatively, their children are healthier."

Judd helped host Charlotte's stop on the Women Vote 2012 Summit Tour, a national series sponsored by the Obama campaign.

Democratic Convention organizers want to use city buses to transport delegates in September. They'd hoped to round up enough private charter buses to do the job, but that hasn't panned out.

More than 6,000 delegates will be staying in hotels all over the Charlotte region and they need some way to get back and forth to the convention Uptown. In March, the DNCC hired three companies to deliver over 250 charter buses for delegate transportation. But now it seems those buses don't have enough room for the wheelchair-bound delegates expected at the convention.

The long-vacant Eastland Mall could soon belong to Charlotte taxpayers. The city council will vote tonight on buying the 80-acre development for $13 million.

Doing something about Eastland Mall has been Councilman John Autry's top priority since he was elected to represent east Charlotte last year, "because it sits right in the middle of the district."

"It's such an obvious symbol of demise, a touchstone of defeatedness," says Autry.

A processional will be held in downtown Mooresville tomorrow afternoon to remember a well-known football coach who died last week. Joe Popp's career spanned the high school, college, and professional levels.

Even long after Joe Popp retired, you could find him at the Mooresville high football field on Fridays just before game time, talking shop.

Over the weekend things have been very tense in Anaheim, Calif. For two days, people have protested the shooting death of an unarmed man by a police officer.

As the AP reports, last night protesters set fire to a dumpster after earlier having stormed the police headquarters lobby "as the police chief prepared to hold a news conference to discuss the case."

The AP adds:

Hundreds of Muslim athletes are participating in the London Olympics, which officially begin Friday. But along with travel and other logistics, they're also adjusting to Ramadan, the holy month that requires them to fast.

Many athletes say they'll forego the ban on consuming food and drink, as Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on Morning Edition. The daylong fast is a threat to a strong performance — and their hopes of bringing pride to their nation, they say.