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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)

Set clocks ahead for daylight saving time

A sure sign that spring is on the horizon: It's time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time.

Sports

Duke Todd Zafirovski, left, gets a selfie with the Cameron Crazies as they flood into Cameron Indoor Stadium for the UNC game in Durham, N.C. on Saturday, March 8, 2014.

Live from Cameron Indoor Stadium: Duke hosting UNC

Follow the game with our updates, commentary and photos as the Duke Blue Devils take on the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham. 2 hours ago

Local/State News

Diane Williford, left, and Jeanne Moyer, right, cringe as they test out their cold water gear during a cold water safety training workshop on Saturday.

Water can be inviting, but deadly

Warm, sunny, springtime days make lakes and streams inviting, but the water can be deadly cold, a group of outdoor enthusiasts heard Saturday at a Falls Lake workshop. 1 hour ago

Business

A Bell and Howell contract engineer monitors the speed of a conveyor belt on a ParcelMgr unit at the company’s headquarters in Durham.

Durham’s Bell and Howell reinvents itself for a digital world

Bell and Howell has been diligently adapting the technology that made it the No. 1 producer of high-speed mail-sorting equipment for new markets with growth potential. The diversification effort is critical for the Durham-based company in light of... 2 hours ago

Politics

An excavator works beside a mound of ash at the pond at Santee Cooper’s Jefferies power generating station just outside Moncks Corner, S.C., on Feb. 26. The recycled coal ash is trucked from the site and then used in the manufacture of concrete. Santee Cooper is South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility.

Duke Energy’s $1 billion cleanup: Who would pay?

Duke Energy has tried for years to avoid cleaning up the coal ash pits. It is now likely to ask that ratepayers cover the cost. 1 hour ago

Nation/World News

ALTERNATE CROP OF XHG102 A woman cries at the arrival hall of the International Airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Relatives and friends were arriving at Beijing airport for news after a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 was reported missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday.

Search resumes for missing Malaysian jetliner

Vietnamese ships and planes hunting for a missing Malaysian jetliner have found no wreckage close to where they spotted two large oil slicks. 26 minutes ago

Living

Page Skelton serves customer samples in front of the Cackalacky Sauce tent at Costco Saturday February 1, 2014 in Raleigh, N.C.

Cackalacky: one man’s saucy vision

Page Skelton of Pittsboro has turned his spicy Cackalacky sauce into a whole line of products. 2 hours ago

Entertainment

This photo from Southern Culture on the Skids at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill during Sleazefest 1994 is in the Kent Thompson Collection at the Wilson Library in Chapel Hill.

Southern Culture at the Library

The “Plastic Seat Sweat” throne highlights a UNC-Chapel Hill museum exhibit to long-lived local band Southern Culture on the Skids. 37 minutes ago

Opinion

Judge shows the way on environmental protection

A Wake County judge cuts through the delays of state regulators by ruling that remedial action must be taken when coal ash ponds pollute groundwater. 2 hours ago

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