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Photos from Black Flower, Myst, 606 Lounge, Still Life and Dual. More nightlife photos at <a href="http://raleigh.carolinanightlife.com" target="_blank">CarolinaNightlife.com</a>.

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Browse party photos from around town on Triangle.com.

Loretta Ruppert, of Cary, shops for holiday gifts during her first time to the Deco Raleigh store. She found a unique gift for her Secret Santa that she says "couldn't be found anywhere else." Customers got treated to an after-hours holiday shopping party there in downtown Raleigh, N.C. on Monday, December 9, 2013. Owner Pam Blondin (not seen) partnered with Yellow Dog Creative in Hillsborough, N.C. and the graphic design firm sent out about 200 invitations to their clients. The store donated 10% of their profits from the day to Dress for Success and Yellow Dog Creative matched with 15%. The Dress for Success organization helps disadvantaged women to get support and career advice and attire for their professional wardrobes.

Holiday Faces 2013

A collection of images by N&O photojournalists featuring people in the area that capture the...

Sports

Bowling Green head coach Dave Clawson points to the crowd in the closing seconds of an NCAA college football game against Northern Illinois at the Mid-American Conference championship in Detroit, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Bowling Green won 47-27.

Wake Forest hires Bowling Green's Clawson

Bowling Green head football coach Dave Clawson was named as the 32nd head football coach in Wake Forest University history on Tuesday.

Local/State News

After a clinic some players from the Cary High School soccer team (from left) Morgan Sullivan, Katie Carter and Cayla Rodney, greet players from Iraq like Aylin Adel, 16, right. Carter and the visiting team had met earlier in the week, when her club team scrimmaged and had lunch with the foreign students. As part of the State Department Sports Visitor Program, 13 female Iraqi soccer players will received soccer instruction during a clinic at the indoor XL Soccer World arena. The high school age girls, who are in the U.S. for 10 days, worked out with the Women's Head Soccer Coach at Cary High Laura Kerrigan.

Iraqi girls' soccer team visits Triangle to receive training, inspiration

The first all-girl soccer team to visit the United States as part of the State Department's Iraq Soccer Visitor Program have spent much of their 10-day trip in the Triangle. 14 minutes ago

Business

This Nov. 14, 2011 file photo shows the rain-soaked handle of a shopping cart outside the Walmart store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Wal-Mart to open distribution center in Mebane, create 450 jobs

Wal-Mart Stores announced Tuesday that it will open a grocery distribution center in Alamance County and create 450 jobs over the next three years.

Politics

FILE - This May 1, 2013 file photo shows Federal Housing Finance Authority Director nominee Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., listening as President Barack Obama announces Watt's nomination for the, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Democrats have used the Senate's newly eased filibuster procedures to clear the way for confirmation of the man President Barack Obama wants to become a top housing regulator. The Senate voted 57-40 on Tuesday to end a Republican filibuster, or delaying tactics, against Watt.

Filibusters weakened, Senate Dems move Obama picks

Democrats overwhelmed outnumbered Republicans and pushed a pair of President Barack Obama's high-profile nominees through the Senate on Tuesday, the first to win confirmation since the chamber weakened the age-old filibuster. 32 minutes ago

Nation/World News

African National Congress President Nelson Mandela shown in a file photo dated Feb. 1991 during a press conference in Johannesburg.

Obama hails Mandela as "last great liberator"

Amid cheers and song for the prisoner who became peacemaker, President Barack Obama energized tens of thousands of spectators and nearly 100 visiting heads of state Tuesday with a plea for the world to emulate Nelson Mandela, "the last great liberator... 13 minutes ago

Living

The holidays are supposed to serve up plenty of laughter and joy, but for many, it&#x2019;s a stress-filled pressure cooker with a side of chaos.

Give yourself the gift of less stress this holiday season

Experts say one major cause of stress during the holidays is putting everyone else's needs ahead of your own, causing exhaustion and resentment. A former Duke professor offers some tips to reduce your stress.

Entertainment

Mark Boone Junior as Robert &#x2018;Bobby&#x2019; Munson, Charlie Hunnam as Jackson &#x2018;Jax&#x2019; Teller, and Tommy Flanagan as Filip &#x2018;Chibs&#x2019; Telford in &#x201C;Sons of Anarchy.&#x201D;

What to Watch on Tuesday: Blowback in ‘Sons of Anarchy’ season finale

In the Season 6 finale of “Sons of Anarchy,” blowback from Jax’s choices is felt by his family and by those in the club.

Opinion

Bob Kellam, 66, and his wife, Susan Wyatt, 65, walk back to their farm production shed Monday after feeding their chickens in their well-ordered 6-acre open space filled with gardens, hoop houses and a hot house or two on the Kellam-Wyatt Farm in East Raleigh.

Loss of tax credit may cut land gifts

Land donations may drop with the end of the state income tax credit for land conservation. 2 hours ago

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