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“Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home.”

Chew On This: A quicker path to homemade ice cream

Food writer Andrea Weigl finds ice cream inspiration from Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream cookbooks.

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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Kinston's Brandon Ingram drives to the basket during a game against Jacksonville Northside in the Men's 2A NCHSAA Regional earlier this year.

UNC basketball recruiting: Names to know in the 2015 and 2016 classes

UNC is targeting top prospects Ivan Rabb and Stephen Zimmerman in the 2015 class, and Harry Giles, a top in-state prospect, remains an important target in the class of 2016.

Local/State News

Same-sex couple Jane Blackburn and Lyn McCoy explain why they would like to be able to get married in North Carolina. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday declared that Virginia's ban on marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. North Carolina has a similar law.

ACLU plans to move quickly in NC to invalidate same-sex marriage ban

With the new federal appeals court ruling striking Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage, civil rights attorneys from the ACLU said Tuesday that they plan to return to court in North Carolina within the next week to push ahead with legal challenges ...

Business

Spools of Lycra fibers in the making lab at the INVISTA Applied Research Centre in Newark, Del., July 22, 2014. As outfits based around yoga pants have become increasingly popular as streetwear, the sale of athletic apparel has exploded. Retailers and brands, still struggling with a cautious consumer climate, are desperately in search of the next hot item. (Jessica Kourkounis/The New York Times)

Novel fabrics help sell workout clothing

Gym shirts made of Kevlar. Underpants featuring “anti-odor technology.” No-sweat briefs. Lycra made of corn. And exercise shorts designed with Cordura, a rugged material most often associated with things like car seats and luggage.

Politics

FILE - This July 22, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert McDonald testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate negotiators have approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans' long waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover up delays. The action comes as the Senate is set to vote Tuesday to confirm former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new VA secretary, replacing Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson.

House set to take up $17B VA overhaul bill

With a new Veterans Affairs secretary in place and an August recess looming, Congress is likely to move quickly to approve a compromise bill to refurbish the VA and improve veterans' health care. 20 minutes ago

Nation/World News

A Palestinian firefighter on the scene of a fire at the main power plant, which was reportedly hit by shelling overnight, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, July 29, 2014. Israeli airstrikes flattened the vacant four-story home of Hamas's top political leader in the Gaza Strip and destroyed offices of the organization's radio and television station early Tuesday, broadening Israel's targets as diplomacy toward a cease-fire sputtered in confusion on the battle's 22nd day.

15 killed at Gaza UN school; Israel holds fire

Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded U.N. school sheltering Gazans displaced by fighting on Wednesday, killing 15 and wounding 90 after tearing through the walls of two classrooms, a spokesman for a U.N. aid agency and a health official said. 4 minutes ago

Living

Many chefs and cooks have their own way of cooking rice, making it difficult to pin down the perfect method.

Fluffy, tasty, tricky: The secrets to perfect rice

Of the many ways I can be humbled in the kitchen, rice is at the top of the list. I’m not a bad cook but, oh, the pots of rice I have driven to a gummy, scorched grave.

Entertainment

Employees of a rat extermination company check out for rats in The Tuileries gardens of the Louvre Muesum in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Rats have been on the rampage on the grass in broad daylight, defying death threats from sanitation workers.

Elegant Louvre Garden in Paris infested with rats

Rats are on the rampage in the elegant garden of the Louvre Museum, so bold they romp on the grass in broad daylight, defying death threats from sanitation workers and scaring tourists.

Opinion

Roy Cooper rightly suspends defense of same-sex marriage ban

The US Supreme Court ultimately will decide gay marriage legality, and North Carolina should not engage in a costly fight for a law that's unlikely to survive.

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