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First Look: Staff Photojournalist Jill Knight's raw edit from the Pieces of Gold dress rehearsal at Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Raleigh.

Scenes from Pieces of Gold rehearsals

Explore some of Tuesday's Pieces of Gold dress rehearsals by Wake County students at Memorial...

The haunting silouetted statue of Charles Duncan McIver looms on the east side of the state capitol building in downtown Raleigh. McIver was a North Carolina educator and statesman who was founder and president of the state's first Normal and Industrial College For Women.

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Sports

Miami's Tonye Jekiri (23) and Rion Brown (15) celebrate their 87-77 victory over North Carolina in the ACC Championship game against Miami on Sunday March 17, 2013 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.

DeCock: Saturdays are better days to celebrate ACC title

In the post-expansion era, the ACC tournament means more than it has in a long time. So why not move the title game to Saturday, when the champion wouldn't be quickly eclipsed by the NCAA tournament?

Local/State News

Cory Olson, foreground, and Ben Martin of Raleigh relax in hammocks Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh. The state’s new appraisal puts a lower value on the property, paving the way for negotiations to begin with Raleigh on a new deal for the city’s park plan.

Raleigh and NC will try hashing out another Dix lease agreement

Armed with new appraisals and environmental studies, Raleigh and North Carolina officials are restarting negotiations on an agreement to turn the 325-acre Dorothea Dix property into a park. 3 hours ago

Business

Morinaga America Foods finished buying 21 acres of land near Mebane on Monday, closing the deal with Orange County for a new factory. Construction could start within weeks. The factory is expected to begin production by June 2015.

Mebane candy factory construction set to begin

Work on a new factory near Mebane for Japanese candy maker Morinaga & Co. will begin in a few weeks, said Orange County's economic development officer.

Politics

Republican Senator Harry Brown, left, talks with Democratic Senator Martin Nesbitt during the session at the Legislature on July 24, 2013.

Christensen: Nesbitt stayed true to mountain populism

NC Senate leader Martin Nesbitt of Asheville, who was buried Tuesday, represented a particular strain of Tar Heel politics - a strongly independent brand of mountain populism.

Nation/World News

Ground staff work on a Malaysia Airlines plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The missing Malaysian jetliner may have attempted to turn back before it vanished from radar, but there is no evidence it reached the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia's air force chief said Wednesday, denying reported remarks he said otherwise. The statement suggested continued confusion over where the Boeing 777 might have ended up, more than four days after it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.

Bad decade: Malaysia Airlines has catalog of woes

Within an industry notorious for impoverishing shareholders and irking customers, Malaysia Airlines has stood out for its years of restructurings and losses. The company now has global recognition of a far more unfavorable kind after one of its jets... 9 minutes ago

Living

Ribollita, topped with bread and cheese, is a hearty – and healthy – blend of beans, tomatoes and kale.

Make vegetables the star of winter stews

New York Times food writer Mark Bittman offers a healthier take on cooking up a stew. There's more complexity and interest in a stew of vegetables, with or without a little meat, than there is in the typical American version of "beef stew."

Entertainment

FILE - This Jan. 17, 2014 file photo shows singer Kanye West as he arrives for the Givenchy men's Fall-Winter 2014-2015 fashion collection in Paris. South By Southwest has slipped into hyperdrive as the music portion of the annual conference and festival opens this week. Kanye West and Jay Z have announced they're headed to Austin, Texas. They will appear along with Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Nas, 50 Cent, Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, 2 Chainz, Future, Action Bronson, Childish Gambino and ScHoolboy Q, after his new album opened at No. 1.

South By Southwest overstuffed with music goodies

South By Southwest and the surrounding unaffiliated hoopla have slipped into hyperdrive as the music portion of the annual conference and festival opens this week.

Opinion

Is bigger better? 2014 ACC basketball tourney will answer the question

An Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with 15 teams? Now this should be interesting.

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