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Duke to face Texas A&M in the Chick-fil-A bowl

Sunday afternoon, the No. 22 Duke Blue Devils learned their bowl fate, as they are headed to Atlanta to play No. 20 Texas A&M Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. 1 hour ago

Local/State News

Diverse processional honoring Our Lady Guadalupe defies weather in downtown Raleigh

About 600 people came to Sacred Heart Cathedral on Sunday, joined by belief to make the traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe procession through downtown Raleigh’s cold and rainy streets.

Business

The first fans in the U.S. get their hands on Xbox One at Best Buy Theater in Times Square on Friday, November 22, 2013.

Review: Xbox One nearly a set-top box replacement

The latest game console from Microsoft takes a big leap toward being the main entertainment hub in your living room. 3 hours ago

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

A lone truck spreads salt on a traffic-free Chatham Bridge as a mix of snow, sleet and rain falls on Fredericksburg, Va., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the Fredericksburg region on Sunday, making walking and driving conditions difficult.

Storm along East Coast dumps snow, snarls traffic

The National Weather Service says the potential for freezing rain overnight could cause problems for commuters from the Philadelphia area northward to New York City and Boston. 6 minutes ago

Living

The giant acorn was lowered at 7 p.m. for the early countdown for children at First Night Raleigh last New Year’s Eve.

Downtown cellphone tower, carousel added as First Night Raleigh celebration grows

This year’s First Night Raleigh will have a solution to the cellular gridlock at midnight. Verizon is working to set up a temporary cell tower near City Plaza to handle the extra calls ringing in the new year. 2 hours ago

Entertainment

Recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors opera singer Martina Arroyo, left, leaves a reception honoring the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors honorees, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.

Billy Joel, 4 others receive Kennedy Center Honors

The "Piano Man" who became one of the world's best-selling artists of all time with such hits as "Just the Way You Are," "Uptown Girl" and "Allentown" was awarded the nation's highest honor Sunday for influencing American culture through the arts. 1 hour ago

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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