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Aaron Benjamin’s restaurant, Gocciolina in Durham, is the Restaurant of the Year for 2015.

We find the best Triangle restaurants for 2015

Greg Cox names the best restaurants in the Triangle for 2015, including the Restaurant of the Year...

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, picture, a harvester works through a field of genetically modified corn on the dairy farm owned by Al Lafranchi, near Santa Rosa, Calif. Scientists are far less worried about genetically modified food, pesticide use, and nuclear power than is the general public, according to matching polls of both the general public and the country's largest general science organization.

Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists think

The American public and U.S. scientists are light-years apart on science issues. And 98 percent ...

Sports

The Canes’ Jeff Skinner (53), Chris Terry (25) and Cam Ward (30) and the Blues' Marcel Goc (57) all keep their eyes on the puck during the first period of an NHL game played between the Carolina Hurricanes and the St. Louis Blues at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. on Jan. 30, 2015.

Carolina Hurricanes fall 3-2 in shootout to St. Louis Blues

The St. Louis Blues topped the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout Friday at PNC Arena, but only after the Canes rallied from an early 2-0 deficit. 41 minutes ago

Local/State News

Ashley and Zeek Garcia of Louisburg won tickets to the Super Bowl in Arizona through a McDonald’s online game.

Louisburg woman wins trip to Super Bowl from McDonald’s

Ashley Garcia usually watches the Super Bowl with family and friends in her living room. But this year she is headed to Arizona for Super Bowl XLIX after she won an all-expenses-paid trip through McDonald’s.

Business

Traffic moves along Hillsboro Street in Pittsboro, N.C. on January 23, 2014. The small Chatham County town with the historic courthouse as it's centerpiece will see big changes with advent the Chatham Park development that encompasses more than 7,000 acres east of town.

Study: Chatham Park could bring in $154 billion

NC State professor finds Chatham Park has the potential to spark billions in spending, as well as 115,000 new jobs statewide.

Politics

Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan, right, listens as Press Miller, an attorney representing a group opposing the Voter ID law, makes his case as a hearing is held to determine whether the Voter ID law requires a change to the N.C. Constitution in a Wake County courtroom on Jan. 30, 2015.

Judge to take several weeks to rule on NC voter ID challenge

A Wake County judge plans to take two to three weeks to decide whether a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law should be dismissed or proceed to trial this summer.

Nation/World News

President Barack Obama looks toward Elana Simon, 19, a student at Harvard University who met with the president at last year’s White House Science Fair, as she introduces him to speak East Room in the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, about the move away from one-size-fits-all-medicine, toward an approach that tailors treatment to your genes. On stage at right is a 17 base pair DNA model.

Lawmakers and White House champion medical advances

The Senate is starting to take a look at how to get new drugs, medical devices and treatments for cancer and other diseases to the public faster and with less expense.

Living

The Oliver Chaise from Century’s Signature Collection.

Chaising comfort: The 'fainting couch' come back into style

The chaise, whose origins stretch back to the day beds of ancient Egypt and Greece, had fallen out of favor. But new looks are making it more appealing to today's furniture buyers.

Entertainment

Jessica Chastain stars as Anna, a mob-connected wife, in “A Most Violent Year.”

Movie review: ‘A Most Violent Year’ is mostly a muddle

Oscar Isaac’s performance keeps the wayward script on keel for a while, but inane writing lets him down.

Opinion

Chuck Maulden

A veteran meets compassion at the Salisbury VA

An apparently homeless veteran finds help in the person of a VA nurse in Salisbury.

Financial

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