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Here are the top 10 most viewed stories in 2014:
(January 16, 2014)
There's a house at 3215 Wade Avenue in Raleigh. It looks just like the rest of the houses in that neighborhood. But there's no driveway out front. And there's no walkway to the front door. (Spoiler alert: Turns out, the "house" isn't a house at all.) Eric Mennel's video about the building went viral.
(May 12, 2014)
Sarah Wiles, a science teacher in the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools. She sent an email to every member of the North Carolina General Assembly with the subject line: 鈥淚 am embarrassed to confess: I am a teacher.鈥� Sen. David Curtis, a Republican from Denver, NC, responded. Dave DeWitt wrote the story.
(November 25, 2014)
Jessica Jones reported that in 2012, more North Carolinians voted for Democrats than Republicans in North Carolina鈥檚 Congressional elections. But Republicans ended up winning nine out of the state鈥檚 13 seats that year. Duke researchers decided to seek a mathematical explanation for the discrepancy.
(September 11, 2014)
Dreadnoughtus was two stories tall, and as big as a jumbo jet. Experts believe it was not yet fully grown when it died. Phoebe Judge interviewed Alison Moyer, who spent several months on her knees using picks, dust brushes, and tweezers to uncover parts of Dreadnoughtus' skeleton.
(December 4, 2014)
Carol Jackson's story laid out out the specs of the Fury-325 rollercoaster. Parts of it stand 20-feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. When the coaster opens it will be the tallest and fastest of its kind in the world, reaching speeds of an astonishing 95 mph.
(October 21, 2014)
A controversial flyer was placed under windshields at a predominantly black church in Fayetteville. The flyer featured the photo of a lynch mob.
(June 2, 2014)
Most rip currents are 50 to 100 feet wide. Eric Hodge's story showed what such a current looks like to someone standing on the beach.
(October 14, 2014)
A series of videos and photos show masses of sharks on the North Carolina shoreline. Two videos show what appear to be blacktip and/or spinner sharks in a feeding frenzy near Cape Lookout.
(September 19, 2014)
What weekend should you go to Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina to see the fall colors at the peak of perfection? Carol Jackson posted that was created by scientists at Appalachian State that attempts to answer that very question.
(originally published April 11, 2013)
Every now and then, you crave a different kind of finish to a satisfying meal. Cookbook author Katie Workman says the Atlantic Beach Pie from Crook's Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., is the best pie she's ever had.
