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Dave LeMote wipes down a post clock at Electric Time Company, Inc. in Medfield, Mass., Friday, March 7, 2014. Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night, but daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time (0700GMT). (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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File-This Feb. 22, 2014, file photo shows Tyler Perry speaking on stage at the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. Perry reminded black filmmakers that there is “more than one path” as he implored them to find alternatives to getting films made at an event honoring black men in Hollywood. Perry was among those honored by Essence at a celebration held at his own mansion on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Others honored included Spike Lee, Malcolm Lee (director of the “Best Man” films) and Sidney Poitier, who gave a moving speech that in part paid tribute to black actors who opened the doors for future generations.

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UNC-Duke: In rematch with Tar Heels, Blue Devils still searching for right mix

No. 4 Duke (23-7, 12-5 ACC) came out flat against Wake Forest. There should be no problem getting up for the ACC regular-season finale Saturday at 9 p.m. against No. 14 North Carolina (23-7, 13-4).

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Ann McKoy, center, opens her new veteran drivers license with fellow veterans Bruce Goeden, left, and Lashonda Harris, right, after a press conference announcing the launch of new veteran designation for N.C. driver licenses at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh on Friday, March 7, 2014. McKoy served over 20 years in the United States Navy.

NC veterans get new driver’s license designation

Veterans will now be able to show their driver’s license or state ID to qualify for discounts offered by stores, restaurants and other entities.

Business

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2010 file photo, Courtney Love of the U.S. band Hole performs at the Sluzewiec Racing Track in Warsaw, Poland. Love hadn’t been born and tweeting was reserved for birds when The New York Times won a landmark libel case at the Supreme Court in 1964. But when a California jury decided recently that Love shouldn’t have to pay $8 million for a troublesome tweet about her former lawyer, she became just the latest person to lean on New York Times v. Sullivan, a case decided 50 years ago Sunday, and the cases that followed and expanded it.

At 50, landmark libel case relevant in digital age

Singer Courtney Love hadn't been born and tweeting was reserved for birds when The New York Times won a landmark libel case at the Supreme Court in 1964. 26 minutes ago

Politics

Cuts to DENR regulators jarring in wake of Dan River spill

North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources last week slashed its Division of Water Resources, eliminating about 13 percent of the jobs that protect the state’s waters. The cuts to the state’s environmental...

Nation/World News

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, right, and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin walk out of the reception center and holding area for family and friend of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Search and rescue crews across Southeast Asia scrambled to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday with 239 people aboard.

Oil slicks spotted in hunt for jet with 239 aboard

Vietnamese air force planes spotted two large oil slicks Saturday in the region where a Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, the first sign that the Boeing 777 with 239 people aboard had crashed. 7 minutes ago

Living

A pair of Adirondack chairs at the end of a path define a destination at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wis. The flowerpot between the chairs anchors the setting and gives the gardeners an opportunity to add seasonal color on the small patio.

Gardening: What’s the (focal) point?

Visual resting spots bring gardens into focus.

Entertainment

Blair Underwood and Cicely Tyson star in Lifetime’s remake of “The Trip to Bountiful.”

What to Watch on Saturday: Lifetime remakes ‘The Trip to Bountiful’

Lifetime remakes Horton Foote’s classic “The Trip to Bountiful” with Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood and Keke Palmer.

Opinion

Martin Nesbitt a big man who fought for the little guy

Martin Nesbitt fought for North Carolinians of all economic stations, particularly the poor, for his entire career.

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