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  • NC dental board wants public help with new rules after suspected sedation deaths

    The deaths of two dental patients have spurred the state Board of Dental Examiners to ask members of the public and professionals in the field to speak out on possible changes to its rules and protocols for sedation and dentistry in general.

  • Sandy Hook shooter's dad: 'You can't get any more evil'

    In his most extensive comments about the 2012 Connecticut school massacre, the father of gunman Adam Lanza describes his struggle to comprehend what his son did — an act that "couldn't get any more evil" — and how he now wishes that his son had never... 1 hour ago

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Jack Madden riding Hurricane Fly on the gallops at Cheltenham racecourse on March 09, 2014 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

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Durham Food Truck Rodeo photos

Photos from the Food Truck Rodeo at Durham Central Park.

Sports

N.C. State's Mark Gottfried talks to his team during the second half.

Bubble watch: NC State needs to make a run in Greensboro

The Wolfpack’s 9-9 ACC finish doesn’t factor in its case for the NCAA tournament. 1 hour ago

Local/State News

This tiny home is less than 200 square feet. Sixty people spent the weekend at a Raleigh Holiday Inn learning the nuts and bolts of tiny homes, which have been inching up in popularity in recent years.

Raleigh seminar shows a big appetite for tiny homes

About 60 people spent the weekend at a Raleigh Holiday Inn learning the nuts and bolts of tiny homes, which have been inching up in popularity in recent years.

Business

A man looks at a stock price chart on a street in Tokyo, Monday, March 10, 2014. Asian stock markets sank Monday, battered by weak Chinese trade and a reduced estimate for Japan's economic growth. Shares in Malaysia Airlines tumbled on news of the weekend disappearance of one its jets enroute to Beijing. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.1 percent to 15,111.92.

Markets kept in check by Asian developments

Disappointing Chinese and Japanese economic figures weighed on markets Monday. 38 minutes ago

Politics

Court won't hear dispute over 'boobies' bracelets

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that tried to ban students from wearing "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness, ending a case that began more than three years ago with the... 2 minutes ago

Nation/World News

People prepare to release a sky lantern during a candlelight vigil for passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 10, 2014. The search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which has involved 34 aircraft and 40 ships from several countries covering a 50-nautical mile radius from the point the plane vanished from radar screens between Malaysia and Vietnam continues after its disappearance since Saturday.

Stolen passports probed in Malaysian plane mystery

Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation into what they were doing on the flight. 8 minutes ago

Living

This tiny home is less than 200 square feet. Sixty people spent the weekend at a Raleigh Holiday Inn learning the nuts and bolts of tiny homes, which have been inching up in popularity in recent years.

Raleigh seminar shows a big appetite for tiny homes

About 60 people spent the weekend at a Raleigh Holiday Inn learning the nuts and bolts of tiny homes, which have been inching up in popularity in recent years.

Entertainment

From left, Josh Radnor as Ted, Billy Zabka as himself and Neil Patrick Harris as Barney in “How I Met Your Mother.”

What to Watch on Monday: ‘Bachelor’ ends, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ gets darker

Only a few episodes left of “How I Met Your Mother” and it’s looking more and more like the finale is headed toward the darkest timeline. 3 hours ago

Opinion

Conservatives raise false alarms over the health care law

Rep. Renee Ellmers distorts changes in Medicaid Advantage payments and others claim the ACA will create big costs at the University of North Carolina system.

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