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A protester flashes a peace sign at a pro-Palestine demonstration staged across the street from a pro-Israel rally on July 28, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. A heavy police presence kept the two groups separate and civil. More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza, most of them civilians, and about 51 have been killed from Israel, most of them soldiers, during the past three weeks of fighting.

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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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Two things stand out about Jay Gruden just days into his first training camp as coach of the Washington Redskins: One, he’s a firm believer in teaching fundamentals and a physical style, and two, he believes in trusting his assistants to do...

Local/State News

An inbound bicyclist on West Club Boulevard at Oval Drive in west Durham, NC Monday midday, July 28, 2014 rides along the gradually widening traffic lane in front of a narrower traffic calming area behind her. Bicyclists and vehicular traffic would find not much room for both car and bicycle traveling side by side through this first of several narrower traffic calming areas planned for Club Boulevard in Durham.

Road Worrier: Durham traffic-calming plan makes bike riders uneasy

Residents along West Club Boulevard in Durham have waited years, and worry about further delays, for a plan that would make drivers go more slowly and pedestrians feel more at ease.

Business

Jennifer Hall makes a drink at Sola Coffee Cafe in Raleigh in June. The company is a member of the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association and its Shop Local Raleigh campaign, which promotes and supports locally-owned, independent businesses.

The Triangle is teeming with agencies ready to help small businesses

The Triangle is teeming with organizations – local, state and federal – ready to help people start, run or expand a business. The groups have an "open door policy" so getting pointed in the right direction is simply a matter of asking any...

Pope's Variety Wholesalers buys Southeast Raleigh Kroger to establish grocery
Dollar Tree steps up fight, buys Family Dollar 22 minutes ago
Judge OKs record-setting $2B sale of Clippers 1 hour ago
Deal to improve veterans' health care costs $17B 2 hours ago

Politics

AG Roy Cooper says federal decision in VA could clear way for gay marriage in NC

NC Attorney General Roy Cooper believes that Monday's federal appeals court decision on Virginia's gay-marriage ban ultimately will allow gay marriage in North Carolina and says he has no plans to intervene. 3 hours ago

Nation/World News

Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on early Tuesday, July 29, 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.

2 tank shells hit fuel tank at Gaza power plant

Israeli tank shells hit a fuel tank of the Gaza Strip's only power plant on Tuesday, forcing the plant to shut down, a spokesman for Gaza's electricity distribution company said. A huge cloud of black smoke rose over the coastal city. 17 minutes ago