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The museum will offer presentations and a live viewing of the landing from midnight to 2 a.m., Monday.

You can spend at least part of Monday night at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences as it offers a special live viewing of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars.

Doors open at 11:30 p.m., Sunday. The event runs midnight to 2 a.m., Monday (you read that right). Solar System Ambassadors from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab will be there to offer information Mars, the landing and related topics, including the so-called seven minutes of terror.

“We've got literally seven minutes to get from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars — going from 13,000 miles an hour to zero, in perfect sequence, perfect choreography, perfect timing," says NASA engineer Tom Rivellini.

The museum also will have an Xbox Kinect out so kids and others can try their hand at landing a virtual Curiosity rover.

It's all free. For more information, <a href="http://naturalsciences.org/programs-events/mars-science-laboratory-new-mars-rover-curiosity-landing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>.

Also at the museum starting this month: Trees R Us. Through the end of the year, the museum will offer a variety of tree-related science event and activities. Check <a href="http://www.naturalsciences.org/treesrus" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>the museum's website</strong></a> for details.

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An initial report from the Federal Aviation Administration indicates the small plane that crashed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Wednesday "bounced" as it attempted to land.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era. The court found the trial judge had improperly allowed testimony against the ex-movie mogul based on allegations that weren’t part of the case.

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Gonza Tacos Y Tequila is closing its Hillsborough Street location in Raleigh, owners announced on Facebook.



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Many of the primary elections this year were crowded races with numerous candidates. In any race where no candidate won at least 30% of the vote, a second runoff election could be called between the top two finishers.

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Gov. Roy Cooper, museum leaders and museum paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno on Thursday preview Dueling Dinosaurs, a brand new exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The exhibit opens to the public Saturday.

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New York (CNN) — US stocks were lower Thursday afternoon after the latest GDP report showed that US economic growth slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter of the year, a much weaker pace than expected.

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