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Loretta Ruppert, of Cary, shops for holiday gifts during her first time to the Deco Raleigh store. She found a unique gift for her Secret Santa that she says "couldn't be found anywhere else." Customers got treated to an after-hours holiday shopping party there in downtown Raleigh, N.C. on Monday, December 9, 2013. Owner Pam Blondin (not seen) partnered with Yellow Dog Creative in Hillsborough, N.C. and the graphic design firm sent out about 200 invitations to their clients. The store donated 10% of their profits from the day to Dress for Success and Yellow Dog Creative matched with 15%. The Dress for Success organization helps disadvantaged women to get support and career advice and attire for their professional wardrobes.

Holiday Faces 2013

A collection of images by N&O photojournalists featuring people in the area that capture the...

Sports

Wake Forest High hopes to make history in football championship

Wake Forest will look to make history Saturday, competing for the school's first state football title as the program makes its second trip to the big game in four years.

Governors of eight northern states asked the Environmental Protection Agency to force pollution reductions from South and Midwest, saying they are choked by incoming smog from North Carolina and other states. The effort by New York, New Jersey and...

Business

Wal-Mart to open distribution center in Mebane, create 450 jobs

Wal-Mart Stores announced Tuesday that it will open a grocery distribution center in Alamance County and create 450 jobs over the next three years. 3 hours ago

Politics

Signs warn motorists as they enter the Camp Hatteras National Seashore that the Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet is closed eight miles ahead. The NC DOT deemed the bridge unsafe for vehicles on Tuesday and shut it down due to erosion around support struts.

Road Worrier: SELC says no to lattes, yes to lawsuit against NCDOT bridge

Board members for the Southern Environmental Law Center shrugged off pressure from Gov. Pat McCrory to drop a lawsuit that has stalled an NCDOT project to replace Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks.

Nation/World News

Bennett Chambers, 8, of Rodgers Forge, Md., plays in the snow at Rodgers Forge Elementary School on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

First watch: Record low temps, record wealth, and the Person of the Year

President Obama was the first of many world leaders to honor former South African President Nelson Mandela at a memorial service in Johannesburg this...

Obama thrills crowd as he honors Mandela 3 minutes ago
Girlfriend wants charges dropped against Zimmerman 14 minutes ago
Obama shakes hands with Cuba's Raul Castro; also implies criticism 18 minutes ago
White House, N.C. Democrats press state to expand Medicaid

Living

The holidays are supposed to serve up plenty of laughter and joy, but for many, it’s a stress-filled pressure cooker with a side of chaos.

Give yourself the gift of less stress this holiday season

Experts say one major cause of stress during the holidays is putting everyone else's needs ahead of your own, causing exhaustion and resentment. A former Duke professor offers some tips to reduce your stress.

Entertainment

Thaddaeus Edwards, Lakeisha Coffey, Derrick Ivey and Elisabeth Lewis Corley in “The Best of Enemies.”

Theater review: 'Best of Enemies' a seemingly perfect production

Based on Osha Gray Davidson's book, Mark St. Germain's 2011 play tells the gripping true story of the begrudging respect that developed between a black civil rights activist and a high-ranking Ku Klux Klan member during the integration of Durham schools...