[Gabrial]

See second page of this article for popping sounds reference.

This article also is one of the best in terms of laying out the highy compressed timeline.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/10/AR2011011006857_2.html

[Girlene]

Thanks for the info, guys. Wonder what the loud popping noises were. I noticed in the WaPo article that one of her coemployees was expecting her in the office even though the neighbors said she was taking an early flight. Lobbyist Ashley Turton found dead at home

.........The incident apparently occurred as Turton was leaving home earlier than usual for work, anticipating a busy day in her downtown office. Her employer, Progress Energy, and another North Carolina utilities giant, Duke Energy, announced Monday that Duke is buying Progress for $13 billion in stock.

"We were getting ready to deal with a lot of merger communications issues," said fellow Progress lobbyist Michael Sewell, with whom Turton shared a three-person office at 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. "I was in the office very early, too." .....