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Carolina Panthers' Josh Thomas, left, reaches out to hug his son, Dallas, 2, right, after an NFL football practice at their training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Tuesday, July 29, 2014.

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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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Kinston's Brandon Ingram drives to the basket during a game against Jacksonville Northside in the Men's 2A NCHSAA Regional earlier this year.

UNC basketball recruiting: Names to know in the 2015 and 2016 classes

UNC is targeting top prospects Ivan Rabb and Stephen Zimmerman in the 2015 class, and Harry Giles, a top in-state prospect, remains an important target in the class of 2016.

Local/State News

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Patti Melchione motions a man through the metal detector in the TSA Pre-Check lane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The TSA has opened an application center in Raleigh for its TSA Pre-Check program. TSA is a program that allows low-risk travelers to experience expedited security screening at participating U.S. airports including RDU. TSA Pre-Check is a component of TSA’s intelligence-driven, risk-based security approach used to provide the most effective security in the most efficient manner.

More RDU travelers take the TSA Pre-Check fast lane

The Transportation Security Administration has opened an office in North Raleigh to take applications for the TSA Pre-Check expedited screening program.

Business

Spools of Lycra fibers in the making lab at the INVISTA Applied Research Centre in Newark, Del., July 22, 2014. As outfits based around yoga pants have become increasingly popular as streetwear, the sale of athletic apparel has exploded. Retailers and brands, still struggling with a cautious consumer climate, are desperately in search of the next hot item. (Jessica Kourkounis/The New York Times)

Novel fabrics help sell workout clothing

Gym shirts made of Kevlar. Underpants featuring “anti-odor technology.” No-sweat briefs. Lycra made of corn. And exercise shorts designed with Cordura, a rugged material most often associated with things like car seats and luggage.

Politics

Same-sex couple Jane Blackburn and Lyn McCoy explain why they would like to be able to get married in North Carolina. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday declared that Virginia's ban on marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. North Carolina has a similar law.

ACLU plans to move quickly in NC to invalidate same-sex marriage ban

With the new federal appeals court ruling striking Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage, civil rights attorneys from the ACLU said Tuesday that they plan to return to court in North Carolina within the next week to push ahead with legal challenges ...

Nation/World News

A Palestinian firefighter on the scene of a fire at the main power plant, which was reportedly hit by shelling overnight, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, July 29, 2014. Israeli airstrikes flattened the vacant four-story home of Hamas's top political leader in the Gaza Strip and destroyed offices of the organization's radio and television station early Tuesday, broadening Israel's targets as diplomacy toward a cease-fire sputtered in confusion on the battle's 22nd day.

Shells hit UN school in Gaza, kill 15

Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded U.N. school sheltering Gaza war refugees Wednesday, killing 15 Palestinians and wounding 90 after tearing through two classroom walls, a health official and a spokesman for a U.N. aid agency said. 7 minutes ago

Living

Many chefs and cooks have their own way of cooking rice, making it difficult to pin down the perfect method.

Fluffy, tasty, tricky: The secrets to perfect rice

Of the many ways I can be humbled in the kitchen, rice is at the top of the list. I’m not a bad cook but, oh, the pots of rice I have driven to a gummy, scorched grave.

Entertainment

Employees of a rat extermination company check out for rats in The Tuileries gardens of the Louvre Muesum in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Rats have been on the rampage on the grass in broad daylight, defying death threats from sanitation workers.

Elegant Louvre Garden in Paris infested with rats

Rats are on the rampage in the elegant garden of the Louvre Museum, so bold they romp on the grass in broad daylight, defying death threats from sanitation workers and scaring tourists. 2 hours ago

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. 1 hour ago

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