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Fans watch the Philadelphia Eagles play the Detroit Lions as snow falls during first-quarter NFL football game action on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Inquirer, Yong Kim)

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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel scrambles as Missouri defensive lineman Harold Brantley (90) chases during the game on November 30, 2013 in Columbia, Missouri.

Duke to face Texas A&M in the Chick-fil-A bowl

Sunday afternoon, the No. 22 Duke Blue Devils learned their bowl fate, as they are headed to Atlanta to play No. 20 Texas A&M Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. 49 minutes ago

Local/State News

Alexandra Vazquez, 6, waits outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral before the start of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass following the the Guadalupe procession Sunday. A large crowd attended the procession despite cold and rainy weather.

Diverse processional honoring Our Lady Guadalupe defies weather in downtown Raleigh

About 600 people went to Sacred Heart Cathedral on Sunday, joined by belief to make the traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe procession through downtown Raleigh’s cold and rainy streets. 21 minutes ago

Business

The first fans in the U.S. get their hands on Xbox One at Best Buy Theater in Times Square on Friday, November 22, 2013.

Review: Xbox One nearly a set-top box replacement

The latest game console from Microsoft takes a big leap toward being the main entertainment hub in your living room.

Politics

Christensen: Mandela, Churchill and Gandhi linked by prison and greatness

It is one of the coincidences of history that the three great political figures of our age – Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela – became famous after spending time in South African jails.

Nation/World News

A lone truck spreads salt on a traffic-free Chatham Bridge as a mix of snow, sleet and rain falls on Fredericksburg, Va., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the Fredericksburg region on Sunday, making walking and driving conditions difficult.

Storm along East Coast dumps snow, snarls traffic

A powerful storm that crept across the country dropped snow, freezing rain and sleet on the Mid-Atlantic region and headed northeast Sunday, turning NFL playing fields in Pennsylvania into winter wonderlands, dumping a foot of snow in Delaware and... 8 minutes ago

Living

Alexandra Vazquez, 6, waits outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral before the start of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass following the the Guadalupe procession Sunday. A large crowd attended the procession despite cold and rainy weather.

Diverse processional honoring Our Lady Guadalupe defies weather in downtown Raleigh

About 600 people went to Sacred Heart Cathedral on Sunday, joined by belief to make the traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe procession through downtown Raleigh’s cold and rainy streets. 21 minutes ago

Entertainment

Recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors opera singer Martina Arroyo, left, leaves a reception honoring the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors honorees, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.

Billy Joel, 4 others receive Kennedy Center Honors

The "Piano Man" who became one of the world's best-selling artists of all time with such hits as "Just the Way You Are," "Uptown Girl" and "Allentown" was awarded the nation's highest honor Sunday for influencing American culture through the arts. 14 minutes ago

Opinion

Gov. McCrory and his reindeer games

Tim Tyson and William Barber say they’d rather share a cup with Gov. Pat McCrory than complain at him. They wish him a Merry Christmas – merrier, no doubt, than that of the 500,000 people who have been denied federally expanded Medicaid ...

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