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“Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home.”

Chew On This: A quicker path to homemade ice cream

Food writer Andrea Weigl finds ice cream inspiration from Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream cookbooks.

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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N.C. State's Ralston Turner (22) goes after the loose ball with Missouri's Johnathan Williams III (3) during the first half of N.C. State's game against Missouri at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Saturday, December 28, 2013.

NC State basketball recruiting: Ingram tops wish list

Just about everybody wants Kinston's Brandon Ingram. The list includes NC State. Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried, one of the first to offer the lanky Ingram a scholarship, has kept the 6-9 forward's attention - despite the growing number of suitors - ... 17 minutes ago

Local/State News

Murder defendant Laurence A. Lovette watches the prosecution attorneys while listening to jury questions during a halt in their deliberations Tuesday morning, July 29, 2014 in Durham Superior Criminal Court. Lovette, was aquitted of all charges on Wednesday in the death of Abhijit Mahato, a Duke graduate student in 2008.

Jury finds Lovette not guilty of Duke student's murder

A prosecutor in Laurence Alvin Lovette's murder trial said she finds it comforting to know Lovette will spend the rest of his life in prison, even if she failed to convict him. A jury found Lovette, 23, not guilty of armed robbery and first-degree... 3 hours ago

Business

In this July 29, 2014 photo, jeweler Murray Cadenhead works on repairing a piece of jewelry at Perry's Fine Jewelers on Independence Boulevard in Wilmington, N.C. The government issues its first of three estimates of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the April-June quarter on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

A more vigorous US economy appears to be emerging

The U.S. economy has rebounded with vigor from a grim start to 2014 and should show renewed strength into next year. 19 minutes ago

Politics

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the incoming House GOP whip, walks between tourists and reporters in Statuary Hall on the way to the House chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Republicans pushed a divided House Wednesday toward a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Democrats have branded the effort a political charade aimed at stirring up Republican voters for the fall congressional elections.

Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead

A sharply divided House approved a Republican plan Wednesday to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as ... 4 minutes ago

Nation/World News

FILE - In this June 18, 2014, file photo, detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. For nearly two months, images of immigrant children who have crossed the border without a parent, only to wind up in concrete holding cells once in United States, have tugged at heartstrings. Yet most Americans now say U.S. law should be changed so they can be sent home quickly, without a deportation hearing. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds two-thirds of Americans now say illegal immigration is a serious problem for the country, up 14 points since May and on par with concern about the issue in May 2010, when Arizona's passage of a strict anti-immigration measure brought the issue to national prominence.

Poll: Americans cool to border-crossing children

Americans are wary of granting refugee status to children crossing the U.S. border to flee strife-torn countries in Central America, and most in an Associated Press-GfK poll say the U.S. does not have a moral obligation to accept asylum seekers generally... 4 minutes ago

Living

Marcia Spencer, the creator of Keechii Bags, works in her home studio. Spencer is inspired by the textiles and leathers that she picks up at various outlets, fabric stores and even thrift shops.

Emerging Design: Keechii bags reflect a ’70s sense of style

Marcia Spencer, the creator of Keechii Bags, loves ’70s fashion and is drawn to leathers and fabrics with Native American designs. 1 hour ago

Entertainment

What to Watch on Wednesday: ‘Sharknado’ warning: Toothy storms hit NYC

The ultimate bad Syfy movie, “Sharknado,” gets its sequel tonight, with shark-infested storms hitting New York City.

Opinion

Roy Cooper rightly suspends defense of same-sex marriage ban

The US Supreme Court ultimately will decide gay marriage legality, and North Carolina should not engage in a costly fight for a law that's unlikely to survive.

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