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James Taylor performs Saturday night at Walnut Creek Amphitheater.

Your weekend: James Taylor, The Little Mermaid, barbecue and more

With James Taylor and barbecue on tap this weekend, Carolina is definitely in our mind in our top...

An Apple employee holds up the new iPad Air on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in San Francisco. Apple unveiled a new, thinner, lighter tablet called the "iPad Air" along with a slew of new Macs Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. The iPad Air weighs just 1 pound, compared with 1.4 pounds for the previous version. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Sports

Apex Head Coach Joe Kilby directs a player on a drill during a workout session held at the school on Wednesday. He had heart surgery two months ago and is getting back into the swing of things.

While Apex football coach Joe Kilby had heart surgery, his players got through summer

Joe Kilby’s first reaction when he learned in June that he needed immediate heart surgery was to ask if the procedure could be postponed until after the football season. The Apex High coach’s surgeon told Kilby that was his decision, ...

Local/State News

A turkey vulture

State wildlife officials ask for anglers' help in deterring vulture vandalism

Vultures have been picking apart vehicles parked at some North Carolina boat ramps, as if an unattended Dodge Ram were just another roadside deer carcass. 2 hours ago

Business

FILE - This April 22, 2010, file photo, shows a Wall Street sign in front of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks slumped Thursday, July 31, 2014, as investors reacted to disappointing corporate earnings reports and assessed the implications of the approaching end to economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve.

Dow plunges as multiple worries vex investors

For stock investors, the red flags were everywhere on Thursday. 22 minutes ago

Politics

Speaker of the House Thom Tillis, left, confers with his chief of staff Chris Hayes, center, and Rep. Tim Moore on the House floor on Thursday.

Budget pays for teacher raises from reserves, lottery, cuts to programs

The price tag on the teacher raise in the NC General Assembly budget is $282 million. It comes from cuts to health and welfare programs and other state spending, covering ongoing expenses on a short-term basis with one-time funding, and shifting teachers... 2 hours ago

Nation/World News

A man shouts for help after two people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a van in Gaza City on Thursday, July 31, 2014.

Gaza truce comes after days of pushing for a deal

Hours past midnight Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was still working the phones, trying to come up with a cease-fire plan to stop the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip. He'd been pushing for a deal all day — in fact, for more than a... 7 minutes ago

Living

Larry and Cheryl Lane of Double Barley Brewing Company in Smithfield.

Craft breweries gaining ground in Johnston and Harnett

In the past year, three new craft breweries have opened in Johnston and Harnett counties, with another in the works for 2015. 2 hours ago

Entertainment

Movie still from "Get on Up" the life story of James Brown, played by Chadwick Boseman . Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

Godfather of Soul gets his props in ‘Get On Up’

Sympathetic, warts-and-all depiction of James Brown is capped by a dazzling performance by Chadwick Boseman in ‘Get on Up.’ 3 hours ago

Opinion

Durham police should continue investigation despite Lovette verdict

Abhijit Mahato was alone when he was killed six years ago in Durham, thousands of miles from his home in India. Few could attend the trial of his accused killer on his behalf. Now, after the acquittal of Laurence Alvin Lovette, police should investigate...

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