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SOCHI, RUSSIA - MARCH 08: Allison Jones of United States competes in theWomen's Downhill Standing during day one of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on March 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Sports

N.C. State's Desmond Lee (5) drives to the basket as Boston College's Joe Rahon (25) defends during the first half at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, March 9, 2014.

Live from PNC Arena: NC State hosting Boston College

Follow the game with our updates, commentary and photos from the NC State Wolfpack hosting the Boston College Eagles in their final ACC regular season basketball game at PNC Arena in Raleigh. 32 minutes ago

Local/State News

This tiny home is less than 200 square feet. Sixty people spent the weekend at a Raleigh Holiday Inn learning the nuts and bolts of tiny homes, which have been inching up in popularity in recent years.

Seminar shows a big appetite for tiny homes

About 60 people spent the weekend at a Raleigh Holiday Inn learning the nuts and bolts of tiny homes, which have been inching up in popularity in recent years. 30 minutes ago

Business

A Bell and Howell contract engineer monitors the speed of a conveyor belt on a ParcelMgr unit at the company’s headquarters in Durham.

Durham’s Bell and Howell reinvents itself for a digital world

Bell and Howell has been diligently adapting the technology that made it the No. 1 producer of high-speed mail-sorting equipment for new markets with growth potential. The diversification effort is critical for the Durham-based company in light of...

Politics

An excavator works beside a mound of ash at the pond at Santee Cooper’s Jefferies power generating station just outside Moncks Corner, S.C., on Feb. 26. The recycled coal ash is trucked from the site and then used in the manufacture of concrete. Santee Cooper is South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility.

Duke Energy’s $1 billion cleanup: Who would pay?

The company has tried for years to avoid cleaning up the coal ash pits. It is now likely to ask that ratepayers cover the cost.

Nation/World News

In this photo released by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, a patrol vessel of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency searches for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane off Tok Bali Beach in Kelantan, Malaysia, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back, Malaysia’s air force chief said Sunday as scores of ships and aircraft from across Asia resumed a hunt for the plane and its 239 passengers.

Vietnam says it may have found missing jet's door

Vietnamese aircraft spotted what they suspected was one of the doors of a missing Boeing 777 on Sunday, while troubling questions emerged about how two passengers managed to board the ill-fated aircraft using stolen passports. 6 minutes ago

Living

Page Skelton serves customer samples in front of the Cackalacky Sauce tent at Costco Saturday February 1, 2014 in Raleigh, N.C.

Cackalacky: one man’s saucy vision

Page Skelton of Pittsboro has turned his spicy Cackalacky sauce into a whole line of products.

Entertainment

The people of Arcadia, Missouri, are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear, on the series premiere of “Resurrection.” From left: Landon Gimenez, Frances Fisher.

What to Watch on Sunday: Debuts of ‘Resurrection’ and ‘Cosmos’

ABC introduces “Resurrection,” a new series about a deceased loved ones who suddenly start returning to a small town in Missouri, while a “Cosmos” reboot debuts across ten networks.

Opinion

Judge shows the way on environmental protection

A Wake County judge cuts through the delays of state regulators by ruling that remedial action must be taken when coal ash ponds pollute groundwater.

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