Wooden slips.

• Position: Triad

When the story broke, some said it resembled a Johnny Cash song: One Piece at a Time. That's the one about an autoworker who smuggled out enough parts to build a composite '49, '50, '51, '52-you get the picture--Cadillac. Now it sounds like a different Cash classic: Folsom Prison Blues. The case concerns eight employees--most managers--at the now-closed Bassett Furniture Industries Inc. plant in Dobson. They were charged in late 2005 with stealing about 1,250 pieces of finished furniture--some $2 million worth--over seven years (Tar Heel Tattler, January 2006). Plant...