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Instructor Antonio Hidalgo, associate artistic director of Tours for Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, leads a free master’s flamenco class for the public at Duke on Saturday. The class attracted about 15 people to learn the basics of flamenco.

Dance group performs, teaches art of flamenco in Durham

As part of Duke's "Passion for Flamenco" series, the Spanish dance company Flamenco...

Powell: Meet North Carolina's new Senator No

Former N&O editorial cartoonist Dwane Powell returns to lampoon lawmakers and other folks in...

Sports

Duke’s Ka'lia Johnson (14) reacts as the Blue Devils come from 11 points down in the second half against the Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

No. 16 Duke women earn wild 81-80 win over No. 15 UNC

Freshman Azura Stevens had 21 points and 12 rebounds and No. 16 Duke beat No. 15 North Carolina 81-80 on Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. 2 hours ago

Local/State News

Cassandra Peterson has spent more than three decades as Elvira, the horror movie hostess who is equal parts ghoulish and glamorous. She appears at Raleigh Wizard World Comic Con March on 13-15.

Shaffer: Sexy at 63, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, to appear at Raleigh Comic Con

Cassandra Peterson, who originated the horror hostess role more than 30 years ago, appears at Wizard World event March 13-15

Business

Coon Rock Farm farm manager Lisbeth Rasmussen walks last week between racks of hydroponic trays containing bib lettuce in the farm’s new CropBox.

NC entrepreneurs look to reinvent farming with the CropBox

Williamson Greenhouses of Clinton is hoping to change the economics of farming with the CropBox, a shipping container equipped with a hydroponic growing and software monitoring system.

Politics

Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch appears on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 28, 2015. On Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved her nomination 12-8.

Dome: Voting law talk sank Loretta Lynch's AG support in NC

The opposition by Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, both North Carolina Republicans, of NC native Loretta Lynch's nomination for US attorney general centers on Lynch's apparent unwillingness to reverse course in a federal challenge to North Carolina...

Nation/World News

A woman in training to become a police officer with a PKM machine gun at a shooting range in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2, 2014. Hiring and training policewomen in Afghanistan have been key priorities of Western governments and funders, but those efforts have run up against the sexual taboos that haunt every interaction between men and women in the country, and female officers have become frequent targets of harassment or worse.

For Afghan policewomen, history of repression adds to danger

Hiring and training policewomen have been key priorities of Western governments and funders, but those hopes ran up against the sexual taboos that haunt every interaction between men and women in Afghanistan. 24 minutes ago

Living

Only one way to tame wintertime cravings for “thud food,” says Debbie Moose, and it’s spelled M-E-A-T.

Sunday Dinner: Satisfying the cold-weather beast

Only one way to tame wintertime cravings for "thud food," says Debbie Moose, and it's spelled M-E-A-T.

Entertainment

Dean Winters (left) as Det. Russ Agnew and Josh Duhamel as Special Agent Milton Chamberlain in the new CBS show “Battle Creek.”

What to Watch on Sunday: 'Battle Creek' tops new Sunday debuts

Three new shows debut on broadcast networks tonight, with "Battle Creek" (CBS) besting "The Last Man on Earth" (Fox) and "Secrets and Lies" (ABC). Also, Vivian Howard of "A Chef's Life" guest stars on the finale of "The Great British Baking Show."

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Powell: Meet North Carolina's new Senator No

Former N&O editorial cartoonist Dwane Powell returns to lampoon lawmakers and other folks in the great North State.

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