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N.C. Natural Sciences Museum hopes for successful follow-up to record-breaking year

Visitors, like Katie Wilkes, 8, exploring items in the Naturalist Center, enjoy the hands-on exhibits at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences opened a $56 million new wing and drew record-breaking crowds in 2012. Museum and community leaders are hoping to follow up that success with new initiatives to attract repeat visitors.

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WAKE COUNTY

Relieving the burden of cancer, one family at a time

Tracy Davidian, a Raleigh dentist, founded the Helene Foundation, which for four years has focused on helping families keep a semblance of normality while their anchors – the mothers – are suddenly absent or too ill to continue their normal activities.

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CRIME

For families of missing children, hope remains

The rescue of three kidnapped women in Cleveland earlier this month has reverberated with families of missing children in North Carolina and the police who still search for them.

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STATE POLITICS

Big cut to NC wildlife agency would hit close to home for hunters, anglers

Senate lawmakers say it’s getting harder to find budget cuts they say are needed. When it comes to the Wildlife Resources Commission, cuts affect the folks back home.

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LOCAL/STATE

For Burmese refugees, festival provides mirror, escape from the past

Burmese refugees in North Carolina celebrate their culture’s new year as a way of salving the homesickness.

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CRIME

Youth escapes from Durham detention center

Durham County authorities are looking for a teenager who escaped Saturday afternoon from a youth home in the 2400 block of Broad Street.

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CRIME

Arrest made in gun store break-in

A gun store is broken into for the second time in a week. This time, police make an arrest.
EDUCATION

Wake releases details on superintendent candidates visit

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the three Wake County superintendent finalists will tour schools, meet school district employees, take questions at a community forum and go through another round of private interviews with the school board.
TELEVISION

Local sports talk personality makes the move to ESPN

Bomani Jones, a local sports talk personality who has been a frequent guest on several ESPN talk shows, recently signed a four-year contract with the network and relocated to Miami. Here’s our chat with him about how he got his starts in radio and TV.
LOCAL/STATE

Unlikely visitor: Gray seal spends time on southern North Carolina beaches

As Memorial Day crowds head for the N.C. shore, marine biologists and others hope to caution people to stay away from the rare visitor.
HEALTH & SCIENCE

Researchers at UNC and NC State developing technology that could help people with diabetes

A research team that includes biomedical engineers from N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill are developing a “smart” network of nanoparticles to deliver insulin to diabetics automatically when blood-sugar levels rise.