DURHAM, N.C. -- North Carolina's two major party candidates for governor are participating in their first live television debate.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke in Raleigh Tuesday, laying out his domestic agenda in a state where he trails in the polls by six points.

The Cincinnati Bengals re-signed Chris Henry, four months after they released the wide receiver following his fifth arrest since 2005.

Josh Beckett's next start has been pushed back a few days while the Boston Red Sox try to determine the cause of lingering numbness in the his right hand.

The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have reacquired Greg Maddux and cash considerations from San Diego. The Padres will receive two minor league players to be named or cash considerations.

Californian James Robinson loves tennis, swimming and flying to the East Coast to see his grandmother. But there's one problem: The 8-year-old has difficulty flying because his name matches one on the government's terrorist "watch list." So do James Robinson, a former U.S. attorney, and James Robinson, a commercial pilot and retired Air National Guard brigadier general.

Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski underwent bypass surgery in Boston on Tuesday.

At least seven possible tornadoes were reported today in eastern Florida as a spinoff from Tropical Storm Fay, which was battering parts of the state with high winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said. Fay could strengthen into a hurricane as it swings over Florida again Thursday, according to the center.

Vigile writes "Multi-GPU technology from both NVIDIA and ATI has long been dependent on many factors including specific motherboard chipsets and forcing gamers to buy similar GPUs within a single generation. A new company called Lucid Logix is showing off a product that could potentially allow vastly different GPUs to work in tandem while still promising near-linear scaling on up to four chips. The HYDRA Engine is dedicated silicon that dissects DirectX and OpenGL calls and modifies them directly to be distributed among the available graphics processors. That means the aging GeForce 6800 GT card in your closet might be useful once again and the future of one motherboard supporting both AMD and NVIDIA multi-GPU configurations could be very near."

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Judge George O'Toole ruled today that the MIT students accused of attempting to defraud the Massachussetts Bay Transit Authority had not, in fact, done so, and refused the MBTA's request for a five month gag order against the students. O'Toole's ruling, however, may disappoint many, as he deliberately avoided the question of whether or not the initial gag order violated the group's First Amendment rights.

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Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow, and the New York Mets' All-Star closer is out indefinitely.

AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.

AFP - Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths caused each year by adverse drug reactions, genetics pioneer Craig Venter said Tuesday.

Reuters - It's a big month for Tegan Quin of the Canadian sibling rock duo Tegan and Sara.

Reuters - Writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are going into the light.

Duke's Nasher Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition “El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III” will be on view at the museum on the Duke University campus from Aug. 21 through Nov. 9.

"Reading between the lines of the search warrant, he's their primary suspect," former federal prosecutor Kieran Shanahan said Tuesday.