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Beck in concert at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC Wednesday night July 23, 2014.

Beck in concert | 07.23.14

Photos from his show at Raleigh's Red Hat Amphitheater

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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Being a first-round draft pick, even a top 10 draft pick, carries no guarantees when it comes to playing in the NHL, especially for defensemen. Haydyn Fleury, the Carolina Hurricanes’ first-round pick this year, is hoping to be an exception.

Local/State News

John Mellencamp will perform at Farm Aid Sept. 13, 2014, at Walnut Creek in Raleigh.

Farm Aid concert coming to Raleigh in September

Farm Aid's latest benefit concert will play in Raleigh this fall with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Jack White and other stars.

Business

FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file photo, an auto worker inspects finished SUVs coming off the assembly line at the General Motors auto plant in Arlington, Texas. General Motors reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, July 24, 2014.

GM profit 2Q falls 85 pct. on recall costs

Recall costs chopped $1.5 billion from General Motors' bottom line in the second quarter, cutting its net income by 85 percent. 10 minutes ago

Politics

Republican Senator Harry Brown addresses members of both the House and the Senate during a conference committee meeting in the Legislative Office Building in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday, July 15, 2014.

NC Senate gives initial OK to sales-tax changes

Legislation that would alter how counties in North Carolina can raise sales taxes received initial approval from the state Senate on Wednesday following a debate that has reopened the old fault lines between urban and rural North Carolina.

Nation/World News

CORRECTS IDENTIFICATION TO HARIS SULEMAN, NOT BABAR SULEMAN - In this June 19, 2014, photo, Haris Suleman, 17, hugs his mother, Shamim, before he and his father, Babar, took off from Greenwood, Ind., on the first leg of an around-the-world flight. The Indiana teenager who was attempting to set a record for an around-the-world flight was killed when his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, and crews were searching Wednesday, July 23, 2014 for his father, who was also onboard.

Ocean crash kills teen pilot seeking world record

His pilot's license fresh in his hands, an Indiana teenager set out in June for the adventure of a lifetime: an around-the-world flight with his father designed to break a record and raise money to build schools in his father's native Pakistan.

Living

“We tell customers that if they want the super beautiful designs, they shouldn’t wash their jeans for three to six months,” says Victor Lytvinenko, co-founder and designer at Raleigh Denim Workshop and Curatory.

Do you wash your blue jeans? Some experts suggest you shouldn’t

Wearers of raw denim have a dirty little secret: They likely aren’t washing their blue jeans. We asked some experts for the truth about how and when you should be washing your jeans.