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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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Bishop Gorman's Chase Jeter shoots against Canyon Springs during the Division I championship game in the NIAA basketball state tournament at Lawlor Events Center, in Reno, Nev., on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Gorman won the title 71-58.

Duke basketball recruiting: names to know for the classes of 2015 and 2016

While July is a wasteland for live basketball on TV, it is one of the most important months for college basketball coaches. Here is a break down oft Duke basketball's top recruiting targets for the classes of 2015 and 2016. 26 minutes ago

Local/State News

Laurence Lovette listens to testimony at Durham Superior Court. Lovette is accused of murdering Abhijit Mahato, a Duke grad student in 2008.

Jury to continue deliberations in Lovette murder trial

The 10 women and two men deliberating the fate of Laurence Alvin Lovette will return to court Tuesday to continue deliberations on accusations that the 23-year-old Durham man robbed and murdered Abhijit Mahato. 3 hours ago

Business

Tinamarie Carter walks back to her home after shopping at the Kroger on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in 2012. Art Pope’s Variety Wholesalers has purchased the property and plans to open a new grocery.

Pope's Variety Wholesalers buys Southeast Raleigh Kroger to establish grocery

Art Pope's Variety Wholesalers has purchased the vacant Kroger store in Southeast Raleigh with plans to establish the company's first standalone grocery in an area that badly needs one.

Politics

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2013, file photo shows a part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. If you have health insurance on your job, you probably don't give much thought to each year's renewal. But make the same assumption in one of the new health law plans, and it could lead to costly surprises. Insurance exchange customers who opt for convenience by automatically renewing their coverage for 2015 are likely to receive dated and inaccurate financial aid amounts from the government, say industry officials, advocates and other experts.

Plan to simplify 2015 health renewals may backfire

If you have health insurance on your job, you probably don't give much thought to each year's renewal. But make the same assumption in one of the new health law plans, and it could lead to costly surprises. 2 hours ago

Nation/World News

An Israeli armored vehicle stirs up dust near the Israel Gaza border, Monday, July 28, 2014. A truce between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza remained elusive as diplomats sought to end the fighting at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Israeli PM warns of prolonged campaign in Gaza war

Israel's prime minister warned Monday that the country faced a prolonged campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as the military urged residents in parts of the embattled territory to evacuate ahead of what appeared to be a broadening of the three... 13 minutes ago

Living

In this undated photo provided by Prifysgol Aberystwyth University researchers David Whitworth, left, and Sara Mela, pose for photo in the lab at Prifysgol Aberystwyth University in Aberystwyth, Wales. According to results published online Monday, July 28, 2014, in the American Journal of Infection Control the researchers found that the knocking of knuckles, fist bump, spreads only one-twentieth the amount of bacteria that a handshake does.

Fist bumps less germy than handshakes, study says

When it comes to preventing the spread of germs, maybe the president is on to something with his fondness for fist bumps. 1 hour ago

Entertainment

FILE - In this April 27, 2014 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign rally in West Des Moines, Iowa. Sarah Palin is starting her own subscription-based online network. The Sarah Palin Channel, which went live on Sunday, July 27, 2014, bills itself as a "direct connection" for the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate with her supporters, bypassing media filters.

Sarah Palin launches online subscription channel

Sarah Palin has started her own subscription-based online network. 4 minutes ago

Opinion

Grief and questions in Chapel Hill

A popular UNC professor is killed, and Chapel Hill grieves another loss to random violence.

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