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Raleigh’s Walnut Creek Amphitheatre starts its 24th season Tuesday with longtime favorite Jimmy Buffett.

Sound of Spring: Outdoor Music Guide 2014

Keep this guide to more than 100 shows handy for a summer full of outdoor music fun in the Triangle...

Thousands of LED lights light up life size terracotta warriors at Illuminasia, the world's biggest indoor illuminations, at Blackpool Winter Gardens on April 17, 2014 in Blackpool, England. Blackpool's latest attraction Luminasia is the first new attrction to open in the seaside resort for 20 years. Over 35,000 LED lights have been used to create six interactive illuminated worlds including Land of the Giants, a planetarium and the Wonders of the World. The illuminatons have been made by chinese artisans brought in to bring their expertise and craftsmenship to the display. Each illuminated spectacle is covered in pure silk and follows in the style of chinese lanterns.

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Sports

Duke forward Jabari Parker (1) goes to hug teammate Duke forward Rodney Hood (5) near game's end as the Blue Devils beat the Maryland Terrapins 69-67 at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday Feb. 15, 2014.

Duke’s Jabari Parker thanks Coach K on way to NBA

After much anticipation, Jabari Parker is entering the NBA draft. Hours after Parker’s announcement, Yahoo! reported Rodney Hood also is entering the draft. Duke coaches have prepared to play without them next year. 1 hour ago

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Underwood Elementary School fifth grade teacher Kelly Nystrom talks with other teachers in the school's media center during a planning session Thursday, April 17, 2014. Nystrom is planning to resign from her teaching position by the end of the school year. Wake County school leaders held a press conference Thursday afternoon to talk about the spike in the number of teachers who are resigning early. It's part of Wake's efforts to push for changes such as higher pay and the elimination of the new teacher contracts.

Wake County sees 'alarming' increase in teacher resignations

Teacher resignations have increased by an “alarming” 41 percent this school year, Wake County school leaders said Thursday, in a development they said makes it harder to keep high-quality educators in the classrooms working with students...

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This image provided by Facebook shows how users can manually share their location using the “Nearby Friends" tool. Using your smartphone’s GPS system, Nearby Friends will tell your Facebook friends _ provided they have the feature turned on _ that you are nearby. Unless you manually share your location, as shown here, it will only show that you are in close proximity, say within half a mile.

Facebook rolls out location-sharing feature

Facebook users in the U.S. will soon be able to see which of their friends are nearby using a new feature the company is launching on Thursday.

Politics

Speaker of the N.C. House Thom Tillis is the front-runner in the eight-person field of GOP candidates hoping to unseat Sen. Kay Hagan.

Thom Tillis’ work ethic, learned from his father, set his career on path

Thom Tillis is all business. Where other candidates emphasize personal stories or ideological purity, the U.S. Senate candidate is running on his resume, casting himself as a results-oriented executive who became House speaker and drove the state&#... 2 hours ago

Nation/World News

An employee wipes a TV screen in a shop in Moscow, on April 17, 2014, during the broadcast of President Vladimir Putin's televised question and answer session with the nation. Putin accused today Ukraine's new authorities of driving the country towards the abyss but said that dialogue was the only way out of the intensifying crisis.

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions _ for now

In a surprise accord, Ukraine and Russia agreed Thursday on tentative steps to halt violence and calm tensions along their shared border after more than a month of Cold War-style military posturing triggered by Moscow's annexation of Crimea. 9 minutes ago

Living

Runners head down Salisbury Street during Sunday’s Raleigh Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon & Half Marathon. Runners gathered donations themselves as part of “Team V,” but no part of their registration fees went to The V Foundation, the event’s official charity.

Raleigh’s Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon left fundraising to runners

Sunday’s Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon raised more than $250,000 for The V Foundation For Cancer Research, but that total didn’t come from race organizers’ profits. Runners gathered donations themselves. 7 minutes ago

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Raleigh’s Walnut Creek Amphitheatre starts its 24th season Tuesday with longtime favorite Jimmy Buffett.

Sound of Spring: Outdoor Music Guide 2014

Keep this guide to more than 100 shows handy for a summer full of outdoor music fun in the Triangle. 2 hours ago

Opinion

NC charter schools are public and their salaries must be, too

Charter schools are said by some critics to act like private schools without the legal obligations of public institutions. But they carry all those obligations

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