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N.C. State's Jake Armstrong is out at home as he is tagged by UCLA's Nick Vander Tuig in the third inning during N.C. State's game against UCLA in the College World Series Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

NC State falls to UCLA 2-1, will meet UNC again at CWS

NC State suffered a 2-1 defeat against UCLA on Tuesday night in the winner’s bracket of the College World Series and now the Wolfpack will face... 5 minutes ago

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Swim instructor Emmanuel Wilder holds George Apicella, 4, in the air during a lesson on floating Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Optimist Pool during an attempt to set the World's Largest Swim Lesson for Guinness World Records. Optimist was one of many locations around the world conducting the lesson simultaneously in part to raise awareness about water safety.

Raleigh participates in World’s Largest Swim Lesson

Swimmers at Optimist Pool participated in The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson on Tuesday, possibly contributing to a world record and learning... 3 hours ago

Business

Lynn Good.

Duke Energy names CFO Lynn Good to be next CEO

Duke Energy announced Tuesday that Lynn Good, the company’s chief financial officer since July 2009, will succeed Jim Rogers as CEO and president...

Politics

Debate forms around Rural Center’s oversight, future

Some board members promise more scrutiny, but caution that the center provides valuable help for rural areas. Gov. Pat McCrory wants big changes.

Nation/World News

This undated photo provided by Blue Rider Press/Penguin shows award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings. Hastings, an award-winning journalist and war correspondent, died early Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.

Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies

Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died... 51 minutes ago

Living

When the garden or the market offers up corn, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and peppers, try these creative ways to bring that seasonal bounty to the table.

20 recipes for freshly picked summer flavors

Los Angeles Times Food Editor Russ Parsons offers quick recipes ideas for those star summer vegetables: corn, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, peppers.

Entertainment

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, English food writer, journalist and broadcaster, Nigella Lawson poses during the 28th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for Tv, Video,Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. British police say they are investigating after a newspaper published photos of Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat. The Sunday People newspaper ran pictures of what it said was the couple's violent argument at a London restaurant on June 9, 2013.

Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson

Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat...

Opinion

Rural hay making

The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center should build economies, not political debts.

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