Sports

Duke Todd Zafirovski, left, gets a selfie with the Cameron Crazies as they flood into Cameron Indoor Stadium for the UNC game in Durham, N.C. on Saturday, March 8, 2014.

Live from Cameron Indoor Stadium: Duke hosting UNC

Follow the game with our updates, commentary and photos as the Duke Blue Devils take on the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham. 8 minutes ago

Local/State News

Jackie Craig, head of The Green Chair Project, sits in the midst of green chairs in the nonprofit’s facility on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh. The organization collects furniture and household goods to distribute them to the needy.

Tar Heel of the Week: Jackie Craig rebuilds lives with donated furniture

Working with cluttered homes sparked an idea for Jackie Craig. The result is The Green Chair Project, a nonprofit that provides enough furniture to fill an entire home at a deep discount to people who are starting fresh. 2 hours ago

Business

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2010 file photo, Courtney Love of the U.S. band Hole performs at the Sluzewiec Racing Track in Warsaw, Poland. Love hadn’t been born and tweeting was reserved for birds when The New York Times won a landmark libel case at the Supreme Court in 1964. But when a California jury decided recently that Love shouldn’t have to pay $8 million for a troublesome tweet about her former lawyer, she became just the latest person to lean on New York Times v. Sullivan, a case decided 50 years ago Sunday, and the cases that followed and expanded it.

At 50, landmark libel case relevant in digital age

Singer Courtney Love hadn't been born and tweeting was reserved for birds when The New York Times won a landmark libel case at the Supreme Court in 1964. 3 hours ago

Politics

Christensen: Duke Energy has the power

The energy conglomerate is deeply embedded in Tar Heel politics 3 hours ago

Nation/World News

ALTERNATE CROP OF XHG102 A woman cries at the arrival hall of the International Airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Relatives and friends were arriving at Beijing airport for news after a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 was reported missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Saturday.

Oil slicks offer sign that Malaysian jet crashed

Two large oil slicks spotted Saturday by the Vietnamese air force offered the first sign that a jetliner carrying 239 people had crashed into the ocean after vanishing from radar without sending a single distress call. 8 minutes ago

Living

Lots of guests headed to your vacation home for the weekend? Attractive contemporary bunk beds may be the ideal solution – for children or adults.

Living Space: Bunk beds have grown up in style, function

Bunks for adult can offer privacy and a little luxury.

Entertainment

Blair Underwood and Cicely Tyson star in Lifetime’s remake of “The Trip to Bountiful.”

What to Watch on Saturday: Lifetime remakes ‘The Trip to Bountiful’

Lifetime remakes Horton Foote’s classic “The Trip to Bountiful” with Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood and Keke Palmer.

Opinion

Judge shows the way on environmental protection

A Wake County judge cuts through the delays of state regulators by ruling that remedial action must be taken when coal ash ponds pollute groundwater. 24 minutes ago

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