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A still from a 1937 H. Lee Waters film shows a young boy in Clayton. The film is one of dozens recently digitized by Duke University Libraries.

Digitized films from Duke show side of Triangle towns few have seen

Nearly 80 years after H. Lee Waters filmed North Carolinians doing ordinary things, a digitization...

A bald eagle in Georgia: Eagles prey on American coots, which dine almost exclusively on hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant. Bacteria that can grow on the underside of hydrilla leaves contain a powerful toxin that infects waterfowl – including coots.

Bald eagles, flourishing in Southeast, face bacteria serial killer

Researcher Susan Wilde uncovered a bacterium, Aetokthonos hydrillicola, with a powerful toxin that...

Sports

Three of the ACC’s top scorers – N.C. State’s Trevor Lacey, above center, formerly at Alabama; Boston College’s Aaron Brown (Southern Mississippi); and Miami’s Sheldon McClellan (Texas) – are transfers in their initial season of league competition. Lacey and Ralston Turner, an LSU transfer, are N.C. State’s top two scorers.

Jacobs: Transfers bolster ACC basketball teams

Three of the ACC’s top scorers – NC State’s Trevor Lacey, formerly at Alabama; Boston College’s Aaron Brown (Southern Mississippi); and Miami’s Sheldon McClellan (Texas) – are transfers in their initial season...

Local/State News

Cassandra Peterson has spent more than three decades as Elvira, the horror movie hostess who is equal parts ghoulish and glamorous. She appears at Raleigh Wizard World Comic Con March on 13-15.

Shaffer: Sexy at 63, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, to appear at Raleigh Comic Con

At 63, Cassandra Peterson can still wriggle into the tiny black dress, still tease her raven hair into a gravity-defying helmet and still pull off absurdly protruding cleavage – scarcely aging as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Business

FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, file photo shows the Apple logo on a stock ticker at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. Apple's market value has surged to over $750 billion from $22.5 billion in March 2000. The maker of iPhones and iPads accounts for 10 percent of the Nasdaq's market value.

Dot-com deja vu: Nasdaq closes in on its record high

The last time the Nasdaq was this high, Bill Clinton was president, Microsoft dominated the tech world and the iPod, iPhone and iPad didn't exist.

Politics

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, for a procedural vote as Congress moves toward a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department hours before a shutdown was to begin.

Homeland Security funding deal elusive

With a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department looming, House Speaker John Boehner is demanding negotiations with Democrats on a funding bill that rolls back President Barack Obama's immigration policies. Senate Democrats are unwilling... 2 hours ago

Nation/World News

In this Feb. 12, 2015, photo, Jay Heller, IPO Execution Officer for Nasdaq, left, shows Keith Dunleavy, CEO of Inovalon, the progress of pricing for his company's stock on computer screens during the Bowie, Maryland, health-tech firm's IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York.

Dot-com deja vu: Nasdaq closes in on record high

The last time the Nasdaq was this high, Bill Clinton was president, Microsoft dominated the tech world and the iPod, iPhone and iPad didn’t exist. 33 minutes ago

Living

For servicemen who didn’t want to dance, there were plenty of board games to play.

Raleigh’s YWCA was a gathering place for area youth

Following the war years in Raleigh, the YWCA provided a place for servicemen and teens to find fun and recreation.

Entertainment

(L-R): Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Bacon, and Jessica Stroup in “The Following” on Fox.

What to Watch on Monday: Fresh horror in ‘Following’ premiere

In the Season 3 premiere, a fresh series of brutal killings reopens old wounds for Ryan Hardy and a terrifying new nemesis awaits him and the team.

Opinion

Ruling opens NC to faster Internet access

The Federal Communications Commission has done the right thing in ruling that city-owned broadband services helping people connect to the Internet should not be restricted. That’s a good development for North Carolinians in rural areas and... 1 hour ago

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