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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 T.J. Warren (24) pulls in a rebound from Wake Forest's Devin Thomas (2) during second half of N.C. State's 82-67 victory over Wake Forest at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, February 11, 2014.

Warren, Parker lead all-ACC 1st teams

North Carolina State's T.J. Warren and Duke's Jabari Parker were unanimous selections Monday to the media's all-Atlantic Coast Conference team. 2 hours ago

Local/State News

The house in Elm City where Naquane Farmer, 28, died in a fire Tuesday. Paralyzed from the neck down, Farmer was unable to escape the blaze. His mother and grandmother were injured in the fire as well.

Shaffer: Rapper injured by break dancing dies in Wilson County fire

Naquane Farmer, a quadriplegic because of an accident, lived a happy life despite its limits. Farmer died in a fire Tuesday.

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.

Politics

Gov. Pat McCrory

McCrory says Duke Energy didn’t meet its responsibility in coal ash spill

Gov. Pat McCrory took questions at a Raleigh private school for an hour Monday and ended the forum with his own: ‘How do you pay for it?’ The remark came in reference to the recent Duke Energy coal ash spill into the Dan River.

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. 16 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.

Opinion

Waiting to decide who should pay for ash pond cleanups

Duke Energy says ratepayers should bear the cost of removing coal ash from storage ponds, but information from a federal investigation into the utility and state regulators may shed new light on who is responsible for the hazard and who should pay. 5 minutes ago

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