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First Look: Photojournalist Ethan Hyman's raw edit from N.C. State's basketball practice at the Dail Basketball Complex Thursday, November 6, 2014. General Ray Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army and N.C. State graduate, spoke to the team and watched some of the practice.

First Look: NC State basketball practice | 11.06.14

See 60 photos from the NC State Wolfpack’s practice at the Dail Basketball Complex. General Ray Odierno spoke to the team before practice.

Sports

The Los Angeles Kings' Anze Kopitar (11) gets taken down as he drives the net against the Canes' Tim Gleason (6), Cam Ward (30), Jay Harrison (44) and Riley Nash (20) during the third period. Harrison was penalized for hooking on the play.

DeCock: Canes’ turnaround starts with Ward, goes deeper than goal

Beyond Cam Ward’s stellar play, the Carolina Hurricanes can point to several other factors that have led them from an 0-6-2 October to a 3-0-0 November – schedule relief, a return to health, defensive improvement and enforced accountability... 2 hours ago

Local/State News

One of the thousands of soil samples that come in to the N.C. Department of Agriculture soil testing lab on Reedy Creek Road in Raleigh, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. The lab recently started charging a nominal fee for tests during the peak season.

Money from dirt: NC soil lab uses fee to help spread the load

North Carolina's Department of Agriculture established a new fee last year aimed at getting farmers to send in their soil samples earlier, and it appears to have worked. 3 hours ago

Business

TROSA resident Richard Matthews hustles donated luggage to another display area Thursday to make room for more donated office chairs on the floor of the new TROSA Thrift Store at Durham’s Oxford Commons Shopping Center.

TROSA recovery program opens 2nd Durham thrift store

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, which was founded in 1994, has continued to expand and will have a grand opening for its second thrift store in Durham at 11:30 a.m. Friday. 1 hour ago

Politics

First Look: Staff Photographer Corey Lowenstein's edit from a historic day in North Carolina. Same-sex couples waited most of the afternoon at the the Wake County Justice Center in Raleigh, N.C. to get married on Friday, October 10, 2014. A ruling by U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn after 5pm, paved the way for the first gay marriages began taking place in Wake County.

NC courts director says magistrates cannot refuse to perform gay marriages

Magistrates might have been “misled” to think otherwise, said John Smith, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, in a three-page letter to Phil Berger, president pro tem of the N.C. Senate. 2 hours ago

Nation/World News

In this photo taken on Dec. 20, 2013, Robert O’Neill a former Navy Seal team member, poses for a photo in Butte, Mont.

Ex-SEAL Robert O’Neill killed Osama bin Laden

The Navy SEAL who fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden is a highly decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who agonized for months over whether to publicly reveal his role in one of the most storied commando operations in U.S. ...

Living

At the Post-Halloween Pumpkin Prowl at the Conservators Center in Caswell County, visitors can carve pumpkins and watch lions and tigers play with them.

Family Picks: Carve pumpkins for lions, tigers and wolves

Up for a short drive from the Triangle? The Post-Halloween Pumpkin Prowl at the Conservators Center in rural Caswell County is a great chance to carve pumpkins and then watch lions, tigers and other animals play with them. 31 minutes ago

Entertainment

Phil Rudd, the drummer for rock band AC/DC, leaves a court house in Tauranga, New Zealand, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, after being charged with attempting to procure murder. The 60-year-old has also been charged with threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. (AP Photo/Bay Of Plenty Times via The New Zealand Herald, George Novak) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

Prosecutors drop charge against AC/DC's Phil Rudd

New Zealand prosecutors on Friday backtracked by dropping a murder-for-hire charge against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, saying there wasn't enough evidence to proceed. 28 minutes ago

Opinion

GOP should chart a middle course for the NC legislature

Republicans can soften their image and show a sure grip on governing after retaining control of the legislature.

Financial

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