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Beck in concert at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC Wednesday night July 23, 2014.

Beck in concert | 07.23.14

Photos from his show at Raleigh's Red Hat Amphitheater

An Apple employee holds up the new iPad Air on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in San Francisco. Apple unveiled a new, thinner, lighter tablet called the "iPad Air" along with a slew of new Macs Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. The iPad Air weighs just 1 pound, compared with 1.4 pounds for the previous version. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Haydn Fleury, center, works out with other prospects during a skating drill in the Carolina Hurricanes development camp held at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. on July 23, 2014. He was the teams top draft pick this year.

Canes’ top draft pick hopes to make NHL quickly

Being a first-round draft pick, even a top 10 draft pick, carries no guarantees when it comes to playing in the NHL, especially for defensemen. Haydyn Fleury, the Carolina Hurricanes’ first-round pick this year, is hoping to be an exception.

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Deva Buttram, left, of Raleigh kisses her sister, Nancy Hansen, who arrived on a flight from Phoenix on Wednesday at RDU. It is the first time they have seen each other since their mother abandoned Deva at a Montana boarding house in 1944.

Shaffer: Separated in 1944, sisters meet for first time

Deva Buttram of Raleigh knew her mother left her at a boarding house during World War II, and after much research, reunited Wednesday with the sibling she never met.

Business

FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file photo, an auto worker inspects finished SUVs coming off the assembly line at the General Motors auto plant in Arlington, Texas. General Motors reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, July 24, 2014.

GM profit 2Q falls 85 pct. on recall costs

Recall expenses chopped $1.5 billion from General Motors' bottom line in the second quarter, as it added up the costs of repairs for nearly 30 million cars and set aside funds to compensate victims of small-car crashes. 2 minutes ago

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 gives initial OK to sales-tax changes

Legislation that would alter how counties in North Carolina can raise sales taxes received initial approval from the state Senate on Wednesday following a debate that has reopened the old fault lines between urban and rural North Carolina.

Nation/World News

This photo taken on Friday, May 16, 2014 shows an MD-83 aircraft in the livery of Swiftair landing at Zaventem Airport Brussels. An Air Algerie flight carrying over 100 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital disappeared from radar early Thursday over northern Mali after heavy rains were reported, according to the plane's owner and government officials in France and Burkina Faso. Air navigation services lost track of the MD-83 about 50 minutes after takeoff from Ougadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, at 0155 GMT (9:55 p.m. EDT Wednesday), the official Algerian news agency APS said. Air Algerie Flight 5017 was being operated by Spanish airline Swiftair, the company said in a statement. The Spanish pilots' union said the plane belonged to Swiftair and it was operated by a Spanish crew.

Official: Air Algerie flight 'probably crashed'

An Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital disappeared from radar early Thursday over northern Mali, officials said. France's foreign minister said no wreckage had been found, but that the plane "probably crashed... 2 minutes ago

Living

“We tell customers that if they want the super beautiful designs, they shouldn’t wash their jeans for three to six months,” says Victor Lytvinenko, co-founder and designer at Raleigh Denim Workshop and Curatory.

Do you wash your blue jeans? Some experts suggest you shouldn’t

Wearers of raw denim have a dirty little secret: They likely aren’t washing their blue jeans. We asked some experts for the truth about how and when you should be washing your jeans.

Entertainment

Maxwell

Your weekend: Canes Summerfest, Rascal Flatts, Maxwell and more

From Rascal Flatts to John Legend, there's a little something for everyone in this week's lineup. 2 hours ago

Opinion

North Carolina's children face a troubling future

Data gathered by the Annie E. Casey Foundation show North Carolina, and especially its children, lagging in key measures of income and well-being.

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