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A screenshot from the new website, The Recipe, that is dedicated to recipes, food photography and how-tos based on the work of News & Observer food writer Andrea Weigl and photographer Juli Leonard.

N&O launches new The Recipe website

The News & Observer has a new cooking website featuring favorite recipes, hunger-inducing photos and tutorials.

Sports

Duke guard Quinn Cook (2) throws up a three-pointer in the second half as St. John's guard D'Angelo Harrison (11) attempts to draw a foul on Duke forward Justise Winslow (12) in the second half.

Quinn Cook’s 3-point shooting key for Duke at Notre Dame

Most teams have been double-teaming Jahlil Okafor in the post. When he passes out, teammates need to hit shots. Quinn Cook did that Sunday to help give Coach K his 1,000th victory. 55 minutes ago

Google will web the Triangle with thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable in the coming years, connecting homes and businesses in seven municipalities to the Internet through its high-speed Google Fiber service. Google has declined to say how soon... 36 minutes ago

Business

Cree LEDs light up the Super Bowl

It remains to be seen whether opposing quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Tom Brady will light up the scoreboard at Super Bowl XLIX, but it’s a sure bet that Durham-based Cree will light up the stadium.

Politics

Moped registration coming to NC, and more regulations are debated

North Carolina will require registrations and license plates for mopeds starting in July, and some state leaders also want to require liability insurance and place new restrictions on who can drive the little scooters. 3 hours ago

Nation/World News

Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Warner carries a portable Motorola radio tied into the statewide system that the company built under a controversial 2005 contract. The $50 million, no-bid deal was crafted as an amendment to a contract awarded 14 years earlier.

Motorola fights to preserve lucrative cop-com franchise

As Chicago cops braced for protests in advance of the NATO and G-8 summits in 2012, hometown radio giant Motorola made what seemed like a grand gesture.

Living

N&O launches new The Recipe website

The News & Observer has a new cooking website featuring favorite recipes, hunger-inducing photos and tutorials.

Entertainment

(L-R): Nick Cannon, JB Smoove, Kevin Hart and Boris Kodjoe in a scene from “Real Husbands of Hollywood” on BET.

What to Watch on Tuesday: Kevin Hart wants to keep his kidney on ‘Real Husbands’

In the Season 3 finale of the hilariously spoofy sitcom “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” Kevin Hart tries to get out of his promise donate a kidney to Nick Cannon.