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Lotus, 2007, Steel, etched glass, colored LED's. 7 ft. diameter, courtesy of the artist and Grand Arts, Kansas City. The image etched onto the glass...

Mary and Harold Taylor of Durham, NC celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary with their three children on a Caribbean Cruise aboard the Celebrity Reflection. The Taylors also have 8 grandchildren,

Clair Kilburn Frances Fabrizio and Seth Patrick Ashburn were united in marriage on March 16, 2013 at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh. The Reverend Ned Hill officiated.

In the heart of the central Gulou area, an enclave of sloping eaves and winding hutongs has escaped bulldozers, defying the Chinese capital's growth spurt...

Studies estimate that nationally between 15 and 20 percent of jail and prison inmates have a serious mental illness. In North Carolina, that translates to roughly 5,500 in prison and...

Here in my home state of North Carolina, we're accustomed to the sweaty dread that comes with the annual announcement that it's almost hurricane season. This is the kind of...

Did you hear about the time Rihanna filled a plane with fans and journalists so they could join in the fun as she traveled to seven countries in seven days with seven shows to promote her seventh album? Reports indicated...

Whether you are celebrating Cinco De Mayo by brushing up on your history, whipping up some guacamole or getting slurry with the help of some...

Dr. and Mrs. Steven W. Hamrick are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Austin Hamrick, to Mr. David Landon White, son of Mr. and Mrs. David J.

Robert Musser was living at Marcia Fouquet's Fairfax County home in the early 1980s when, he said, he noticed a tiny painting with an ornate...

Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner has no way to tell the Syrian singer Ali al-Deek how well his music went over in Washington this weekend. Hopefully he is safe, and still alive. For now, Deek's Arabic folk-pop, artfully into ...

This is giant rubber duck bearing down on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Fortunate for Hong Kong, the malleable mallard is just the work of Dutch...

Married: Keira Knightley, 28, and James Righton, 29, in southern France Saturday, reports AP, which got confirmation from the mayor of the village of Mazan, who performed the small ceremony before about 10 friends. Chane...

Benjamin Alire Saenz became the first Latino writer to receive the PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize at a Saturday night ceremony in Washington. The 58-year-old author of more than a dozen collections of poetry and works for ch...

I was on the fence about "Show Boat" when I sat down at the Kennedy Center Opera House on Saturday night, and I was still on the fence after the first 15 minutes or so of Francesca Zambello's production. Don't get me wro...

This week's Zach Galifianakis-hosted "SNL" felt at times that the cast was just sitting around waiting for the reaction to final sketch of the night -- which turned out to be one of the most ambitious sketches in recent ...

Zach Galifianakis opened the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live" with a series of absurdly perfect jokes, some of which were delivered as he played...

This sheep dog isn't really doing its job, but this photo posted to reddit is just so majestic that the duo look perfect together. A...

SCRANTON, Pa. -- The actors who play Pam, Jim, Dwight and other beloved characters from the popular NBC show "The Office" bade farewell on Saturday...

Michael Silba's hilariously awesome "Kaleidopope" is like a visit to the Vatican Museum on acid. Scroll over his interactive work on his website to see...

In the preface to his book "The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol," Malcolm Quinn writes about the swastika "as a sign of identity in an era...

Area basketball coaches are seeing a lot of off-court action these days.