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President Barack Obama is set to propose a $3.99 trillion federal budget that would tax trillions of cash kept offshore by U.S. business and use the proceeds to help finance…Click to Continue »

Cold air was forecast to blow – and blow stiffly – into the Triangle Monday, with winds gusting into the range of 35 to 45 mph, the National Weather Service…Click to Continue »

A fire that began in an apartment kitchen in a building on Morehead Avenue near Maplewood Cemetery displaced the residents Sunday night, Durham firefighters said.Click to Continue »

Two Hillsborough teens were recently recognized with a Civil Air Patrol honor.Click to Continue »

Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste for foods that may contribute to obesity and other health risks,Click to Continue »

Researchers from NC State University have developed a new, wearable sensor that uses silver nanowires to monitor EKG and EMG electrophysiological signals.Click to Continue »

Like the digitization of music and books before it, the migration of objects of art and design online for 3-D printing brings with it the baggage of America's frustrating intellectual-property…Click to Continue »

Funny-looking turtles are showing up in waterways all across North Carolina. Who are the intruders? Pets. And these turtles, with red stripes near their eyes and native to the Mississippi…Click to Continue »

The Super Bowl ad games have so far delivered a nod to the Brady Bunch, voiceovers from Muhammad Ali and John F. Kennedy and Mindy Kaling trying to steal a…Click to Continue »

UNC Charlotte professor Daniel Janies and his colleagues use new computing methods to create visualizations of viral flu traffic throughout the world - with the goal of getting ahead of…Click to Continue »