Light eats for heavy shopping
Food & Nutrition: Mall food won't be a diet buster if you fuel up sensibly. To help you, we offer a list of healthy items at restaurants in or near the Triangle's malls.
Love is blind - thankfully
Lane: I can bet money that if I asked Really Big Guy if my body was more beautiful because of its journey, he would pretend he didn't hear the question.
Get turkey on the table
Our guide offers inspiration for your Thanksgiving feast.
- Thanksgiving Day timeline
- Countdown to Thanksgiving to-do list
- Shopping lists
- Recipe: High-Heat Roast Turkey
- Recipe: Cornbread and Sausage Dressing
- Recipe: Butternut Squash With Onions and Pecans
- Recipe: Holiday Waldorf Salad
- Recipe: Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Recipe: Thanksgiving Twofer Pie
- Recipe: Lighter Green Bean Casserole
Groups address fundraising, obesity
Families and Relationships:PTAs in the Triangle and nationwide are turning to healthier ways to raise money and nurture kids.
Be a wife first, mom second
Parenting:Q: Ever since I had children, now 7 and 5, I have resented sacrificing my executive position in the work force for staying home and giving 150 percent to my children to make sure they succeed in life.
Cooper told not to sell any assets
A Wake County District Court judge has ordered Brad Cooper not to sell any of his assets until the judge can determine what he should pay in child support to his two daughters.
Obese kids' arteries show troubling signs
Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside.
Icing on their cakes
The authors of two new cookbooks have achieved what many people only dream about: leaving the cubicle behind for the bakery.
Shattered marriage leads to a husband behind bars
On first glance, Brad Cooper appears to be the kind of guy your mother would want you to marry. Tall and athletic, self-assured, and ambitious, Cooper earned enough to afford a nice house and fancy cars.
- Video: Cary police chief Pat Bazemore talks about the indictment of Brad Cooper
- Video: Brad Cooper appears before a Wake County magistrate
- Video: Watch Brad Cooper talk about the day his wife went missing
- Video: Brad Cooper talks about where his wife's body was found
- Read more stories about Nancy Cooper's murder investigation
- Join the discussion about the Nancy Cooper case
Wake board race gets heated
The bitterness that has marked relations between Wake County commissioners and school board members is spilling over into this year's elections.
Web site designed for women with HIV/AIDS
Too often, it is when women show up for prenatal exams that they discover they are HIV positive, or sick with full-blown AIDS. Even more common, the women are black or Hispanic, and in long-term relationships they believed were monogamous.
Images of kids brings arrest
Police charged a 63-year-old man on Tuesday with 200 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after confiscating computer equipment and hard drives from the man's home.
Former teacher pleads guilty
A former social studies teacher confessed his sex addiction Tuesday while pleading guilty to 10 counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor.
Teens show a drive for safety
More than 100 local high school students attended a "Keep the Drive" seminar sponsored by the Allstate Insurance Foundation, where they learned how to approach other students and talk about safe driving.
Teens invited to talk on gangs, education
A panel of teens will meet in Southeast Raleigh today to discuss crime, gangs, education and their futures.
Parents to hear about grading, homework
Parents can learn about Wake County Public Schools' grading practices, homework policies and math courses at a free seminar Saturday.
Wake scraps multiyear school assignments
Wake County school leaders are scrapping a plan to let parents know years ahead of time where their children will go to school.
Children's health less than ideal
Too many North Carolina children continue to face poverty, drink alcohol, become obese and don't get proper dental care, an advocacy group reports today.
2 charged in indecent liberties
Police have charged a couple with plying teens with marijuana and alcohol and taking indecent liberties with them, according to court documents.
Concerns raised about walking to school
Concerns about child obesity and gas prices have fueled interest in today's national Walk to School Day. Students will walk to thousands of schools nationwide -- at least 15 of them in the Triangle.
