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Tax advisor John Gilroy, right, answers Delon Stubbs' tax questions about the Afordable Care Act Monday, January 8, 2015 at H&R Block's Capital Boulevard location in Raleigh. H&R Block opened the doors to its 10,000 retail locations nationwide for 12 hours Thursday so customers could speak to an H&R Block ACA Tax Specialists to understand how the changes resulting from the Affordable Care Act may impact them this year.

State taxes done? Want to talk about it? Let us know

The News & Observer is reporting on how the overhaul of the state income tax system that went...

A crowd eats dinner at 18 Seaboard near downtown Raleigh on Feb. 27. Restaurant owner Jason Smith had foam installed on the ceiling to help alleviate his customers’ top complaint – a noisy dining room.

Raleigh’s 18 Seaboard invests in quieter future

Jason Smith, owner of 18 Seaboard in Raleigh, sought out Mid-Atlantic Specialties to address the...

Sports

Wake Forest coach Danny Manning directs his team during the first half against North Carolina on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Robert Willett/News & Observer/TNS)

DeCock: Manning’s first season a step forward for Wake Forest

Danny Manning has never been to Cameron Indoor Stadium, not as a player, coach or even a fan. As surprising as that is, it's maybe the least surprising aspect of his first season at Wake Forest. 31 minutes ago

Local/State News

Ellie Jones, 3, tries to pull her sister, Lily Jones, 5 on a sled as they take advantage of another snow day in Durham as a surprise snowstorm closed schools throughout the Triangle Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.

Wake County students to make up days on Good Friday, Saturdays

Wake County school board members backed the staff's recommendation to hold classes on Good Friday, a Saturday in April and a Saturday in May. Administrators recommended those options over extending the end of the school year, adding 15 to 20 minutes... 13 minutes ago

Business

People walk past the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York's Times Square on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The Nasdaq fell below 5,000 a day after passing that milestone for the first time since the dot-com era 15 years ago.

US stocks fall broadly a day after Nasdaq passes 5,000 mark

U.S. stocks fell from record highs on Tuesday and the Nasdaq dropped below 5,000 a day after passing that milestone for the first time since the dot-com era 15 years ago. 2 hours ago

Politics

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory delivers his 2015 State of the State address.

NC House committee OKs McCrory’s jobs incentives plan

Gov. Pat McCrory’s N.C. Competes plan for jobs incentives passed its first hurdle Tuesday in the state House finance committee, despite opposition from several top Republicans and Democrats who opposed the bill.

Nation/World News

U.S. oil producers are lobbying to have the ban on crude oil exports dropped. But some sectors of the U.S. economy, notably airlines and oil refiners, want the ban to stay in place.

U.S. oil giants want Congress to lift export ban on crude

As the number of U.S. drilling rigs plummets by a third and thousands in the industry face layoffs, oil companies are focusing on an effort to convince Congress to lift the longstanding ban on crude oil exports. 41 minutes ago

Living

These Roasted Kabocha and Vegetable Dumplings are folded into pleated crescents.

Asian dumplings make a quick, easy weeknight meal

Food writer Andrea Weigl was intimidated by the thought of making Asian dumplings. She was surprised to find that dumplings and pot stickers are easy to pull together on a weeknight, and the recipe makes so many that she can stash future meals in ...

Entertainment

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo shows, Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders, during rehearsals at John Henry's Studio in north London. Hynde will tell the story of her life, with all its ups and downs. Penguin Random House announced Tuesday, March 3, 2015, that Hynde was working on an “an incredibly frank” memoir that will come out Sept. 8, 2015.

Chrissie Hynde memoir coming in September

Chrissie Hynde will tell the story of her life, with all its ups and downs. 2 hours ago

Opinion

US panel offers sound changes in policing

His nickname was “Africa,” some in the Los Angeles skid row section said. One person took a cell phone video of the man’s confrontation with multiple officers, who were, according to early reports, there to get him to move his... 1 minute ago

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