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An Apple employee holds up the new iPad Air on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in San Francisco. Apple unveiled a new, thinner, lighter tablet called the "iPad Air" along with a slew of new Macs Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. The iPad Air weighs just 1 pound, compared with 1.4 pounds for the previous version. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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BIGGLESWADE, ENGLAND - JULY 21: Aviation enthusiast Patrick Wilson 8, from Wetherby looks at an Avro 504 k at 'The Shuttlesworth Collection' at Old Warden on July 21, 2014 in Biggleswade, England. Of the 55,000 planes that were manufactured by the Royal Army Corps (RAC) during WWI, only around 20 remain in airworthy condition. Six of these belong to The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire, making it the most complete collection of original airworthy WWI aircraft in the world. Amongst the collection is the SE5a. The SE5a is a single seater fighter aircraft. It is an original biplane designed by the Royal Aircraft Factory, with its engine built by Wolseley Motors Ltd, and it was issued to 84 Squadron in November 1918. The National Archive in Kew has recently verified that the plane saw action in France with 84 Squadron the day before Armistice, November 10, 1918.

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New Middle Creek girls' volleyball coach Adrienne Core, who won the Miss North Carolina competition in 2010, said she has always wanted to be a coach. Her prior success didn't seem relevant, but her not-so-secret pageant past quickly surfaced anyway.

Local/State News

Food vendor Cristal Harrison of Wake County, NC set up her sign to 'Blessed to serve you!!' outside of her food truck Tuesday midday, July 22, 2014 just before the blessing of the trucks and prayer of thanks by local homeless men and Durham Rescue Mission staffers in front of the Rescue Mission's Men's Center for Hope building on the East Main Street, Durham campus. The local homeless men and Rescue Mission staffers were served free of charge a lunch, drink and dessert/sweets from four triangle area food truck businesses. The four food truck businesses: Stuft, Not Just Icing, Chick-N-Que (all from Wake county) and Gussy's (Durham) participated in a church project by the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara (Durham) that is hoped to be at least a yearly event at the Durham Rescue Mission.

Triangle food-truck family gives back to community

Durham's food truck community offered help to the city where they're part of a family. Spotty rain showers did not deter the customers, who stood in steady lines in the East Main Street campus parking lot for the food before returning to class at ... 2 hours ago

Business

Smoke and fire from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, as Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of locations along the coastal area and diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two-week war. Disagreement over whether to lift the Gaza blockade is a key stumbling block to ending more than two weeks of fighting between the Islamic militant Hamas and Israel. Some in Gaza say they would rather endure more fighting than return to life under the blockade.

Airlines ban flights to Israel after rocket strike

A Hamas rocket exploded Tuesday near Israel's main airport, prompting a ban on flights from the U.S. and many from Europe and Canada as aviation authorities responded to the shock of seeing a civilian jetliner shot down over Ukraine. 7 minutes ago

Politics

A view of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Washington. Obama's health care law is enmeshed in another big legal battle after two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on a key financing issue within hours of each other Tuesday.

Dueling rulings: Courts split on health law clash

President Barack Obama's health care law is snarled in another big legal battle, with two federal appeals courts issuing contradictory rulings on a key financing issue within hours of each other Tuesday. 7 minutes ago

Nation/World News

President Barack Obama visits the Dutch Embassy in Washington to sign a book of condolence, joined by Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Mollema, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Most of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down near the border between Ukraine and Russia were Dutch citizens.

US: Russia 'created the conditions' for shoot-down

Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. 11 minutes ago

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Living

Corn on the cob can be topped with many different things. Some examples, from left: garlic and Old Bay seasoning; Tuscan blend of rosemary and sun-dried tomato; Jamaican sweet corn rolled in coconut, and Oaxacan-style with queso fresco.

25 ways to top corn on the cob

Butter, salt and pepper have long been the most common way to dress up corn on the cob. But if you think of all the ways we eat corn, you realize how well it pairs with both savory and sweet. Try one of these 25 toppings to dress up corn on the cob... 48 minutes ago