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  • Triangle food trucks give back to Durham homeless community

    Durham's food truck community offered help to the city where they're part of a family. Spotty rain showers did not deter the customers, who stood in steady lines in the East Main Street campus parking lot for the food before returning to class at...

  • Philosophies clash as SolarBee fleet lands in Jordan Lake

    This week marks the enactment of North Carolina's unprecedented experiment in water management - and, its engineer hopes, the test case that will show water regulators' errors of omission. Over this week and next, a $1.4 million fleet of 36 water...

  • Plane crashes in Taiwan, 47 trapped, feared dead

    A plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, and the transport minister said 47 people were trapped and feared dead. 8 minutes ago

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Fall Out Boy in concert with Paramore at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, NC Tuesday night July 22, 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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Sports

Middle Creek volleyball coach Adrienne Core works with her players during a conditioning session on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at Middle Creek High School in Cary. Core, a N.C. State graduate, was Miss North Carolina 2010.

At Middle Creek, former Miss North Carolina fulfills her coaching dream

New Middle Creek girls' volleyball coach Adrienne Core, who won the Miss North Carolina competition in 2010, said she has always wanted to be a coach. Her prior success didn't seem relevant, but her not-so-secret pageant past quickly surfaced anyway.

Local/State News

In an effort to help stop algae blooms in Jordan Lake 36 SolarBees are being deployed in the Robeson Creek and Morgan Creek areas of the lake. The solar powered machines are anchored in areas where water may stagnate and helps circulate the water. Video by Chuck Liddy, cliddy@newsobserver.com

Philosophies clash as SolarBee fleet lands in Jordan Lake

This week marks the enactment of North Carolina's unprecedented experiment in water management - and, its engineer hopes, the test case that will show water regulators' errors of omission. Over this week and next, a $1.4 million fleet of 36 water ...

Business

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 02: Apple CEO Tim Cook walks off stage after speaking during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West center on June 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Tim Cook kicked off the annual WWDC which is typically a showcase for upcoming updates to Apple hardware and software. The conference runs through June 6. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Apple post biggest earnings gain in nearly 2 years

Apple's growth prospects are looking brighter as anticipation builds for the upcoming release of the next iPhone, a model that is expected to cater to consumers yearning for a bigger screen.

Politics

President Barack Obama visits the Dutch Embassy in Washington to sign a book of condolence, joined by Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Mollema, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Most of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down near the border between Ukraine and Russia were Dutch citizens.

US: Russia 'created the conditions' for shoot-down

Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement.

Nation/World News

People lay flowers in front of a plane prior a ceremony to mark the return of the first bodies, of passengers and crew killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, from Ukraine at Eindhoven military air base, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. After being removed from the planes, the bodies are to be taken in a convoy of hearses to a military barracks in the central city of Hilversum, where forensic experts will begin the painstaking task of identifying the bodies and returning them to their loved ones.

Malaysia jet victims' bodies arrive in Netherlands

Two military transport planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed Wednesday in the southern city of Eindhoven, and pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in Ukraine's restive east as fighting... 9 minutes ago

Living

Corn on the cob can be topped with many different things. Some examples, from left: garlic and Old Bay seasoning; Tuscan blend of rosemary and sun-dried tomato; Jamaican sweet corn rolled in coconut, and Oaxacan-style with queso fresco.

25 ways to top corn on the cob

Butter, salt and pepper have long been the most common way to dress up corn on the cob. But if you think of all the ways we eat corn, you realize how well it pairs with both savory and sweet. Try one of these 25 toppings to dress up corn on the cob...

Entertainment

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, file photo, Peaches Geldof arrives for the Moet & Chandon Etoile Award, at a central London venue. A British coroner has concluded that model and TV personality Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose. Coroner Roger Hatch said Wednesday that Geldof had taken a fatal dose after a period of trying to come off the drug. The 25-year-old daughter of Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof was found dead at her home south of London on April 7.

Coroner: Heroin overdose killed Peaches Geldof

Model and TV personality Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose after relapsing from a battle to give up the drug, a British coroner ruled Wednesday. 8 minutes ago

Opinion

Judges show partisanship in striking ACA subsidies

A federal appeals court ruling against subsidies on federal ACA exchanges displays raw judicial partisanship. Only hours later, judges for a similar case in a different court came to an opposite conclusion.

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