The Bull City tops a list of "20 Best Places to Retire" in the October issue of Black Enterprise magazine.

Triangle Briefs: A Durham man faces 100 counts of sexually exploiting a minor after an online investigation of child pornography by the Attorney General's Office of New Mexico.

Oprah Winfrey will address Duke's class of 2009 at commencement exercises May 10, the university said Monday.

The three groups leading n effort for higher wages, believe low pay is one of the main reasons officers are leaving the Durham department.

Marchers ask state legislators to make payments to descendants of those harmed in an insurrection that led to the deaths of at least 14 black people.

Durham sheriff's deputies charged two men Friday with cocaine trafficking after the seizure of more than 2 pounds of cocaine.

Howard Lamont Williams, 47, of 106 Broadway St., was charged Friday with a single felony count of second-degree rape.

A Gastonia woman was arrested Friday in Durham in connection with a 2003 assault.

A 47-year-old man was arrested on rape charges Friday. Howard Lamont Williams of Broadway Street was being held without bail at the Durham County jail Saturday.

Police are searching for a man they think sexually assaulted a woman Saturday morning.

Eduardo Aldo Pacheco was in jail Saturday after being charged with possession of 2.2 pounds of cocaine, police said.

With the housing market in a nosedive, with the financial system in panic, Durham architect Scott Harmon broke ground last month for a downtown condominium project.