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Filipino groom Earvin Nierva, left, kisses his bride Riza as they pose for their wedding pictures beside damaged homes and a ship that was washed ashore when Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, central Philippines on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. The newly-wed couple decided to have the photo shoot at the area to symbolize that they can overcome tragedy and to urge residents to "stand up and rise again." They are residents of Tacloban and also victims of the typhoon. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Sports

Florida State's Kelvin Benjamin (1) celebrates his touchdown catch against Duke in the second half of the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship NCAA football game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.

Florida St-Auburn title game to usher out BCS era

As college football prepares for the final Bowl Championship Series, featuring a Florida State-Auburn championship game, it's easy to see why the coming four-team playoff won't solve all the postseason problems. 7 minutes ago

Local/State News

One of the first racers crosses past the lake in McAdenville on Nov. 30 in the Christmas Town 5K race. Participants got an early look at the 58th annual holiday display.

McAdenville, Christmas Town USA, goes all a-twinkle for holiday

McAdenville’s supply of Christmas lights numbers more than half a million and takes three months to assemble. 1 hour ago

Business

An ambulance on Sixth Avenue in New York, Nov. 27, 2013. Although ambulances are often requested by a bystander or summoned by 911 dispatchers, they are almost always billed to the patient involved, and the charges, as well as insurance coverage, range widely, from zero to tens of thousands of dollars.

Think the ER was expensive? The ambulance ride could be more

Kira Milas has no idea who called 911, summoning an ambulance filled with emergency medical technicians. Milas, 23, was working as a swim instructor for the summer and had swum into the side of the pool, breaking three teeth.

Politics

Christensen: Mandela, Churchill and Gandhi linked by prison and greatness

It is one of the coincidences of history that the three great political figures of our age – Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela – became famous after spending time in South African jails.

Nation/World News

Miami Dolphins cornerback Nolan Carroll (28) cannot come up with the interception of a pass intended for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Markus Wheaton (11) during the second half of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.

Dolphins shake off snow, Steelers 34-28

Once the Miami Dolphins got used to the snow, the Pittsburgh Steelers were no problem. 11 minutes ago

Living

Harry Manning, left, and Mike Gearon mix corn syrup, sugar and water to make Peach Buds at Butterfields Candy company.

Raleigh woman revives NC company that made Peach Buds hard candy

Butterfields’ candy company is producing hard candy in five flavors: peach, lemon, key lime, holiday and honeybell orange after being revived by Raleigh’s Dena Manning.

Entertainment

Jessye Holmgren-Sidell contributed to the collaborative murder mystery novel “Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist.”

13 undergrads get ‘Naked’ together

A 19-year-old Chapel Hill is one of 13 undergraduate students at Sarah Lawrence College to contribute to a new murder mystery novel “Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist.”

Opinion

Gov. McCrory and his reindeer games

Tim Tyson and William Barber say they’d rather share a cup with Gov. Pat McCrory than complain at him. They wish him a Merry Christmas – merrier, no doubt, than that of the 500,000 people who have been denied federally expanded Medicaid...

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