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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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UNC forward Kennedy Meeks shows off weight loss, windmill-dunking ability

Kennedy Meeks arrived at UNC weighing about 320 pounds, but he said he weighed 270 earlier this month.

Local/State News

Laurence Lovette listens to testimony at Durham Superior Court. Lovette is accused of murdering Abhijit Mahato, a Duke grad student in 2008.

Durham jury begins deliberations in Lovette murder trial

Prosecutors and defense attorneys have begun to stitch together evidence presented last week in the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette. Prosecutors contend their evidence sticks robbery and murder charges to Lovette "like velcro." The defense argues ... 56 minutes ago

Business

Family Dollar is one of the Charlotte region’s most prominent homegrown companies. The company has 8,100 stores, making it the nation’s second-largest dollar store retailer. This is the Family Dollar store at 1720 W. Trade St. in Charlotte.

Dollar Tree steps up fight, buys Family Dollar

The fight for penny pinchers is intensifying. 10 minutes ago

Politics

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2013, file photo shows a part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. If you have health insurance on your job, you probably don't give much thought to each year's renewal. But make the same assumption in one of the new health law plans, and it could lead to costly surprises. Insurance exchange customers who opt for convenience by automatically renewing their coverage for 2015 are likely to receive dated and inaccurate financial aid amounts from the government, say industry officials, advocates and other experts.

Plan to simplify 2015 health renewals may backfire

If you have health insurance on your job, you probably don't give much thought to each year's renewal. But make the same assumption in one of the new health law plans, and it could lead to costly surprises. 3 hours ago

Nation/World News

An Israeli armored vehicle stirs up dust near the Israel Gaza border, Monday, July 28, 2014. A truce between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza remained elusive as diplomats sought to end the fighting at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Israeli PM warns of prolonged campaign in Gaza war

Israel's prime minister warned Monday that the country faced a prolonged campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as the military urged residents in parts of the embattled territory to evacuate ahead of what appeared to be a broadening of the three... 10 minutes ago

Living

On the Roanoke River along the waterfront in Plymouth, N.C. the replica of the Civil War ironclad the CSS Albemarle floats on the serene waters on July 20.

Best-Kept Secrets: NC's Inner and Outer Banks a land of pirates, wolves, legends

There is something magical about the land of sunken ships, pirate tales and wild horses that roam the shoreline. Even the names of places evoke a time of swashbucklers and legends.

Entertainment

FILE - In this April 27, 2014 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign rally in West Des Moines, Iowa. Sarah Palin is starting her own subscription-based online network. The Sarah Palin Channel, which went live on Sunday, July 27, 2014, bills itself as a "direct connection" for the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate with her supporters, bypassing media filters.

Sarah Palin launches online subscription channel

Sarah Palin has started her own subscription-based online network. 10 minutes ago

Opinion

Grief and questions in Chapel Hill

A popular UNC professor is killed, and Chapel Hill grieves another loss to random violence.

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