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Sports

The Wolfpack's Brett Williams (3) connects for a triple. N.C. State beat Duke 5-2 in an ACC baseball game played at the DBAP in Durham, NC on May 16, 2013.

NC State's Brett Williams bounces back from ACL injury

With one spectacular catch which N.C. State calls the most-watched college baseball play ever, Wolfpack centerfielder Brett Williams left no doubt ...

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Traffic is diverted off Interstate 40 westbound onto Interstate 440 at the 301 mile marker Monday morning.

Accident shuts down Interstate 40 westbound in southeast Raleigh

State Department of Transportation officials said they did not expect Interstate 40 westbound to open at Exit 301 until early afternoon. 28 minutes ago

Business

Tayla Klein, a product marketing manager at Symantec, reacts as she listens to a speaker during the MamaBear family tech conference at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, Calif., on May 10.

Mothers drive family technology boom

At the place where motherhood meets entrepreneur and play dates collide with iPads, a new market for parent- and kid-friendly technology is exploding.

Politics

First Look: Staff photojournalist Travis Long's raw edit of 27 demonstrators opposed to Republican policies at North Carolina's General Assembly being arrested Monday, May 5, 2013, at the North Carolina State Legislative Building. Members of the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other activists were arrested by Raleigh and General Assembly police. Seventeen were arrested in a similar demonstration last week.

NC General Assembly police defend arrests of demonstrators

As protesters gear up to assemble again Monday, legal analysts are raising questions about whether the NC General Assembly police are within their ...

Nation/World News

FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif.

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the... 45 minutes ago

Living

Matthew and Krystal Grady sample Duplin wines during the Got To Be NC Festival Sunday, May 19, 2013, at the State Fairgrounds' Exposition Center. Independent vendors from around the state shared samples of their food and beverages from barbecue sauce to beer and wine.

Rain doesn’t keep people away from Got to Be NC Festival

But the weekend’s off-and-on wet did dampen attendance at the festival that is designed to promote North Carolina agriculture, food, wine and, ...

Entertainment

Taylor Swift arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas.

Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

Opinion

 

Raleigh theater director remembered

Raleigh Little Theater’s Haskell Lee Fitz-Simons dies. He is fondly remembered by actors and theater fans.

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