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The basic building blocks for any home toolbox just keep getting better. Not sure what your DIY-...

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North Carolina State's Anthony Barber (2) drives with ball into Long Beach State's Dan Jennings (35) during the first half at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

No drama for NC State in 76-66 win over Long Beach State

T.J. Warren and Cat Barber lead the NC State Wolfpack to a 76-66 home win over the Long Beach State 49ers at PNC Arena in Raleigh. 3 hours ago

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Arameta Warren, left, Marion Laske, center, and Nancy Thorne, right, prepare sugar cakes during The Raleigh Moravian Church's annual Candle Tea event Saturday December 7, 2013 in Raleigh, N.C.

Moravians welcome hundreds at annual candle tea

For four hours on Saturday, people came to sip Moravian coffee, taste Moravian sugar cake, shop the holiday bazaar and listen to high school choirs sing Christmas carols in Raleigh. 39 minutes ago

Business

NC fracking commission considers putting chemical data in ‘electronic lock box’

The NC Mining and Energy Commission to vote on “electronic lock box” concept to safeguard fracking chemicals in “the cloud.” The Commission has been debating chemical disclosure for over a year and will vote next month ...

Politics

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers

Rep. Ellmers calls Affordable Care Act a ‘war on women’

The Affordable Care Act is an example of a “war on women,” U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina said Saturday in the Republicans’ weekly address. 3 hours ago

Nation/World News

The Hi-Five interchange where LBJ Freeway and Hwy 75 connect is shown with vehicles trying to navigate the icy road conditions, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Dallas. Icy sections of Interstate 35 north of Dallas were closed for hours at a time over the last day as tractor-trailers had trouble climbing hills, wrecks occurred and vehicles stalled, authorities said.

Snow, ice, deep-freeze hit large swath of US

A late fall cold snap that has gripped much of the country is being blamed for a handful of deaths and has forced people to deal with frigid temperatures, power outages by the thousands and treacherous roads. 19 minutes ago

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Gifts for the toolbox

The basic building blocks for any home toolbox just keep getting better. Not sure what your DIY-er would like? They’ll find something here. Correspondent Allen Norwood

Entertainment

Fantasia performs during The Official Fantasia Album Release Party Hosted By Fantasia & Friends held at Label Night Club in the NC Music Factory on Monday April 29, 2013.

Fantasia leads North Carolina’s Grammy hopefuls with three nominations

North Carolina acts have seven Grammy Award nominations, three of them for High Point native Fantasia.

Opinion

Nelson Mandela lived a glorious, accomplished life

It’s hard to believe the South Africa of old, with its racial separatism and inequality, survived in that state as long as it did. But Nelson Mandela changed it.

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