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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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Jeff Gordon celebrates Sunday’s Crown Royal 400 win by kissing the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins Crown Royal 400 at Brickyard

NASCAR Sprint Cup series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Jeff Gordon is now a five-time winner at the Brickyard. He hopes it’s the precursor to a fifth Sprint Cup Series championship.

Local/State News

On the Roanoke River along the waterfront in Plymouth, N.C. the replica of the Civil War ironclad the CSS Albemarle floats on the serene waters on July 20.

Best-Kept Secrets: NC's Inner and Outer Banks a land of pirates, wolves, legends

There is something magical about the land of sunken ships, pirate tales and wild horses that roam the shoreline. Even the names of places evoke a time of swashbucklers and legends.

Business

In this May 22, 2014, photo train cars containing coal roll into an unloading facility at Dominion Terminal Associates' coal terminal in Newport News, Va. As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America’s unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world, where they could create even more pollution. With companies looking to double America’s coal exports, the nation’s growing position in the global energy trade could make global warming worse, fueling the world’s demand for coal when many experts say most fossil fuels should remain in the ground to avert the most disastrous effects of climate change.

Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad

As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they could create even more pollution. 1 hour ago

Politics

Thomas Crowder

Raleigh councilman turns in neighbors under controversial parking ban

Two years ago, Raleigh City Councilman Thomas Crowder spearheaded an effort to ban front-yard parking in his district. Now he’s filing dozens of complaints to make sure parking scofflaws are held accountable.

Nation/World News

Palestinian check a crater caused by an Israeli strike at a cemetery in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. Monday marked the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims usually start the day with dawn prayers and visiting cemeteries to pay their respects to the dead, with children getting new clothes, shoes and haircuts, and families visiting each other.

Israeli strikes on Gaza, rocket fire, break lull

Israeli jets pounded three Hamas sites in Gaza on Monday after a rocket was launched at Israel, disrupting a relative lull in the war-torn territory at the start of a major Muslim holiday. 7 minutes ago

Living

On the Roanoke River along the waterfront in Plymouth, N.C. the replica of the Civil War ironclad the CSS Albemarle floats on the serene waters on July 20.

Best-Kept Secrets: NC's Inner and Outer Banks a land of pirates, wolves, legends

There is something magical about the land of sunken ships, pirate tales and wild horses that roam the shoreline. Even the names of places evoke a time of swashbucklers and legends.

Entertainment

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2010 file photo, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. He will be among the featured performers returning to the festival on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are set to perform some of the signature pieces from Newport's storied past by Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Miles Davis, among others.

At 60, Newport Jazz Fest looks to the future

Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein is more interested in where jazz is going than in where it's been as he marks the 60th anniversary of the granddaddy of all outdoor jazz festivals. 2 hours ago

Opinion

Grief and questions in Chapel Hill

A popular UNC professor is killed, and Chapel Hill grieves another loss to random violence. 2 hours ago

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