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Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."

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Get ready for "The Hobbit," "Anchorman 2" and more! A look at some of the movies...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011, file photo, charity workers dressed as Santa Claus walk up Fifth Avenue in New York during the Volunteers of America annual Sidewalk Santa Parade to raise money for holiday food for needy residents. Volunteers of America-Greater New York says the parade and its Sidewalk Santa fundraising efforts have been retired, and the organization is using other more effective ways to raise money for its "Hope and Hearth" food voucher program. The parade traditionally took place the Friday after Thanksgiving to kick off the organization's program that would have Santas trying to get donations from people passing by their sidewalk locations.

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Sports

N.C. State running back Shadrach Thornton (10) tries to break free from Maryland defensive back Alvin Hill (27).

NCSU football's Shadrach Thornton named in sexual battery investigation

NC State coach Dave Doeren has suspended Shadrach Thornton after the running back was charged with one crime and was revealed as the subject of an investigation into another.

Local/State News

Photographers crowd a rock above the Linn Cove Viaduct to shoot the fall colors along the Blue Ridge Parkway at Grandfather Mountain.

Conservation group buys 523 acres along Blue Ridge Parkway

The Conservation Trust for North Carolina has bought 523 acres that stretch for 3.5 miles along Blue Ridge Parkway near the convergence of McDowell, Mitchell and Avery counties.

Business

A new home on the corner of Bennettwood Ct.. and W. Millbrook Rd. in the Bennett Place subdivision in NW Raleigh is worked on Oct. 1, 2013. New single-family building permits were up 35 percent in Wake County through the first eight months of the year, according to data compiled by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County.

Triangle jobless rate flat in October as region added 6,000 jobs

The Triangle's jobless rate was flat in October even as the region added 6,000 jobs in a range of sectors. The single biggest monthly jobs gain this year, it puts the Triangle on track to add a respectable 25,000 jobs this year.

Politics

DHHS Secretary Dr. Aldona Wos, left, talks during a press conference with Gov. Pat McCrory, and Carol Steckel, who was then the state's Medicaid's director, in Raleigh Thursday, January 31, 2013.

Medicaid overhaul shifts to regional managed care plans

A new proposal for changing state Medicaid would divide the state into regions to be served by medical and insurance networks rather than having companies bid to offer government insurance coverage statewide. Changing to managed care would allow the...

Nation/World News

Stacks of paperwork await members of the House Agriculture Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill, including small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. farm bill has big impact in NC

North Carolina has a lot riding on the outcome of a closed-door drama now playing out in Washington as Congress works against a deadline this month to hammer out divisions in a new five-year farm bill. 3 minutes ago

Living

Families wait to board the Santa Train at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham. The miniature train is decked out for the seasonal ride annually.

Take a jolly ride with Santa on New Hope Valley train, other tracks

New Hope Valley Railway in New Hill offers Santa Train Rides over the next couple of weekends, while miniature trains at Durham's Museum of Life and Science and Raleigh's Pullen Park also undergo seasonal transformations.

Entertainment

Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."

Holiday movie preview

Get ready for "The Hobbit," "Anchorman 2" and more! A look at some of the movies getting a lot of buzz in December.

Opinion

Disturbing trends as colleges spend even more on athletics

A Knight Commission database offers disturbing trends in athletics versus academic spending at colleges and universities.

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