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Tax advisor John Gilroy, right, answers Delon Stubbs' tax questions about the Afordable Care Act Monday, January 8, 2015 at H&R Block's Capital Boulevard location in Raleigh. H&R Block opened the doors to its 10,000 retail locations nationwide for 12 hours Thursday so customers could speak to an H&R Block ACA Tax Specialists to understand how the changes resulting from the Affordable Care Act may impact them this year.

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The News & Observer is reporting on how the overhaul of the state income tax system that went into effect in 2014 is affecting individual taxpayers. It is most apparent after you file your state income taxes this year. We’re interested in talking to taxpayers who have completed their state income tax forms and are willing to discuss it.

Sports

N.C. State assistant coach Rob Moxley hugs Ralston Turner after the Wolfpack’s 66-61 victory over Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson.

NC State bounces back with 66-61 win at Clemson

Senior Ralston Turner leads a second-half charge that gives the NC State Wolfpack a 66-61 win at Clemson on Tuesday night.

Local/State News

A player fills out a form to play the N.C. Education Lottery at C Mini Mart on Poole Road in Raleigh on Monday.

Bill would bring secrecy to NC lottery

Lottery players in North Carolina who win big money on the games – from a Powerball jackpot to a $600 scratch-off ticket win – can’t keep it a secret, at least officially; but a House bill set for a hearing Wednesday would change...

Business

U.S. oil producers are lobbying to have the ban on crude oil exports dropped. But some sectors of the U.S. economy, notably airlines and oil refiners, want the ban to stay in place.

US oil giants want Congress to lift export ban on crude

As the number of U.S. drilling rigs plummets by a third and thousands in the industry face layoffs, oil companies are focusing on an effort to convince Congress to lift the longstanding ban on crude oil exports. 53 minutes ago

Politics

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory delivers his 2015 State of the State address.

House panels back NC jobs incentives plan

Gov. Pat McCrory’s NC Competes plan for jobs incentives passed its first hurdle Tuesday in the state House finance committee, despite opposition from several top Republicans and Democrats who opposed the bill.

Nation/World News

In this Nov. 3, 1999, photo, then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the media in front of the Clinton's newly purchased home in Chappaqua, N.Y. The server computer that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton’s emails on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state traced back to a residential Internet service registered at her family’s five-bedroom home in Chappaqua, according to Internet records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Clinton ran homebrew computer system for official emails

The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton’s emails – on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state – traced back to an Internet service registered to her... 2 hours ago

Living

These Roasted Kabocha and Vegetable Dumplings are folded into pleated crescents.

Asian dumplings make a quick, easy weeknight meal

Food writer Andrea Weigl was intimidated by the thought of making Asian dumplings. She was surprised to find that dumplings and pot stickers are easy to pull together on a weeknight, and the recipe makes so many that she can stash future meals in ...