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Aaron Benjamin’s restaurant, Gocciolina in Durham, is the Restaurant of the Year for 2015.

We find the best Triangle restaurants for 2015

Greg Cox names the best restaurants in the Triangle for 2015, including the Restaurant of the Year...

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, picture, a harvester works through a field of genetically modified corn on the dairy farm owned by Al Lafranchi, near Santa Rosa, Calif. Scientists are far less worried about genetically modified food, pesticide use, and nuclear power than is the general public, according to matching polls of both the general public and the country's largest general science organization.

Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists think

The American public and U.S. scientists are light-years apart on science issues. And 98 percent ...

Sports

N.C. State's Trevor Lacey (1) walks off the floor after Clemson's 68-57 victory over N.C. State at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

NC State hoping to get back on track at Georgia Tech

Three straight ACC losses have set NC State back, but coach Mark Gottfried said there's still reason to be hopeful. 3 hours ago

UNC basketball shows signs of progress in ACC 1 hour ago
Virginia and its Pack-Line defense ready for Duke 1 hour ago
Former ECU coach Logan excited about return to NFL 1 hour ago
NFL's Goodell seeks to look past 'tough year,' to future 1 hour ago

Ashley Garcia usually watches the Super Bowl with family and friends in her living room. But this year she is headed to Arizona for Super Bowl XLIX after she won an all-expenses-paid trip through McDonald’s.

At Stough Elementary in Raleigh, students learn in Mandarin 3 hours ago
Shaffer: Torrid love letters unearth a mystery in downtown Raleigh
Items on Wake schools' 'wish list' could carry big cost 27 minutes ago
McCrory will tout tax credits for historic businesses, homes 13 minutes ago

Business

Traffic moves along Hillsboro Street in Pittsboro, N.C. on January 23, 2014. The small Chatham County town with the historic courthouse as it's centerpiece will see big changes with advent the Chatham Park development that encompasses more than 7,000 acres east of town.

Study: Chatham Park could bring in $154 billion

NC State professor finds Chatham Park has the potential to spark billions in spending, as well as 115,000 new jobs statewide. 1 hour ago

Politics

Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan, right, listens as Press Miller, an attorney representing a group opposing the Voter ID law, makes his case as a hearing is held to determine whether the Voter ID law requires a change to the N.C. Constitution in a Wake County courtroom on Jan. 30, 2015.

Judge to take several weeks to rule on NC voter ID challenge

A Wake County judge plans to take two to three weeks to decide whether a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law should be dismissed or proceed to trial this summer.

Nation/World News

President Barack Obama looks toward Elana Simon, 19, a student at Harvard University who met with the president at last year’s White House Science Fair, as she introduces him to speak East Room in the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, about the move away from one-size-fits-all-medicine, toward an approach that tailors treatment to your genes. On stage at right is a 17 base pair DNA model.

Lawmakers and White House champion medical advances

The Senate is starting to take a look at how to get new drugs, medical devices and treatments for cancer and other diseases to the public faster and with less expense. 40 minutes ago