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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...

Indonesians act out the tenth station; 'Jesus is stripped of his garments' during a re-enactment of the Stations Of The Cross on Good Friday at the Raja Agung church on April 18, 2014 in Bintan Island, Indonesia. Holy Week marks the last week of Lent and the beginning of Easter celebrations. Catholics make up approximately 3 percent of the population of the predominantly Muslim country.

Holy Week observances around the world | 04.18.14

Photos from Easter Holy Week

Sports

Rodney Hood (5) and Jabari Parker (1).

Duke’s Rodney Hood going to NBA

Duke sophomore Rodney Hood will enter the 2014 NBA Draft, coach Mike Krzyzewski announced Friday. 37 minutes ago

Local/State News

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 marathon doesn't give charity money from runners' fees

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.

Business

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, of Atlanta, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681,Marietta, Ga. The government reports on state unemployment rates for March on Friday, April 18, 2014.

Unemployment rates fall in 21 US states last month

More than two-thirds of the states reported job gains in March, as hiring has improved for much of the country during what has been a sluggish but sustained 4 1/2-year recovery. 5 minutes ago

Politics

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The president spoke about health care overhaul and the situation in Ukraine.

Late sign-ups improve outlook for Obama health law

A surge of eleventh-hour enrollments has improved the outlook for President Barack Obama's health care law, with more people signing up overall and a much-needed spark of interest among young adults. 9 minutes ago

Nation/World News

A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island.

Doomed ferry's sharp turn, slow evacuation probed

The investigation into South Korea's ferry disaster focused on the sharp turn it took just before it began listing and on the possibility that a quicker evacuation order by the captain could have saved lives, officials said Friday, as rescuers struggled... 5 minutes ago

Living

Phil Lewis, left, as Gepetto and Parker Perry as Pinocchio in the musical adaptation of “Pinocchio,” which starts a two-week run at Raleigh Little Theatre Friday.

Family Picks: Art, theater, books and more

Easter weekend is a great time to hit the beach, relax in the spring weather – or maybe embark on a family outing.

Entertainment

Bruce Springsteen, right, and Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band will perform April 24, 2014, at PNC in Raleigh.

A team effort when Springsteen and his band come to Raleigh

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were inducted together into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week. On April 24, Springsteen returns with his crew to perform in Raleigh for the first time in more than a decade.

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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