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A record crowd braved the hot sun to cheer on the 1938 racers.

Crowds cheered Soap Box Derby racers on Glenwood

In the 1930s, the winner of Raleigh's soap box derby was front-page news. Sponsored by The News...

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Jarvis Byrd, right, congratulates Bryan Underwood after Underwood did a 225 lbs. bench press during the fourth annual "Lift for Life" event at the N.C. State football practice fields Thursday, July 24, 2014. Football players competed in different drills in a fund raiser for the N.C. State Chapter of Uplifting Athletes. The team hopes to raise $5000. To donate, visit http://give.upliftingathletes.org/raleigh/events/nc-state-lift-for-life-2014/e34284

Despite injuries, Byrd still seen as Wolfpack leader

Jarvis Byrd is an inspirational leader. The leadership comes with his experience. The 23-year-old defensive back has been inside the N.C. State locker room longer than any player or coach on the roster.

Local/State News

Autumn Oldham of the Goldston Fire Department looks at the 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Museum in Raleigh on Thursday. The free exhibit will be here Friday and Saturday, too.

Mobile museum offers a reminder of 9/11’s horrors, sacrifices

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, 34-year-old New York City firefighter Stephen Siller raced on foot through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel with 65 pounds of gear strapped to his back. He was headed for the World Trade Center, where he would lose his...

Business

The new Amazon Fire Phone's Firefly feature, which lets the user take a photo of objects, numbers, artwork or books and have the phone recognize the item, is demonstrated, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Seattle. Firefly also can recognize songs, TV shows, and movies.

Amazon loss widens in second quarter

Amazon.com on Thursday reported its biggest quarterly loss since 2012 as Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos builds more distribution warehouses, adds grocery deliveries and develops new smartphones and tablets.

Politics

Republican Senator Harry Brown addresses members of both the House and the Senate during a conference committee meeting in the Legislative Office Building in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday, July 15, 2014.

NC Senate approves county sales tax changes

The North Carolina Senate has approved a bill changing how counties impose sales taxes beyond what the state collects.

Nation/World News

Palestinian women grieve over the death of relatives outside the morgue of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, on July 24, 2014, after a UN school in the northern Beit Hanun district of the Gaza Strip was hit by an Israeli shell. Fifteen Palestinians were killed when the Israeli shell slammed into the UN-run school where hundreds of civilians had taken refuge, sending the death toll in Gaza soaring to 777 despite world efforts to broker a ceasefire.

5 killed in West Bank, amid new Gaza truce efforts

The U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state made a new attempt Friday to nail down a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, as Israel's 18-day military operation in the Gaza Strip fueled new unrest in the West Bank, where five Palestinians were... 9 minutes ago

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A record crowd braved the hot sun to cheer on the 1938 racers.

Crowds cheered Soap Box Derby racers on Glenwood

In the 1930s, the winner of Raleigh's soap box derby was front-page news. Sponsored by The News & Observer and Sir Walter Chevrolet, the derby ran right down Glenwood Avenue.

Entertainment

Lisa Fischer has sung with legends including the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin.

Lisa Fischer is a star among backup singers

Lisa Fischer, who has sung with legends including the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin, gets some center-stage shine of her own with “20 Feet From Stardom.” Fischer performs before a screening of the film in Raleigh on Saturday.

Opinion

Faith leaders show the right response to migrant children

While some have displayed anger and ugliness toward children at the border, faith leaders have shown our nation's better side by welcoming and assisting them.

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