The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig, laboratory access at Raleigh science museum

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

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The world's largest glass tree is in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.


AGAIN DECEMBER 30TH LAST YEAR, SOUTH CAROLINA COACH SHANE BEAMER GOT THE TREATMENT AFTER BEATING UNC. >> NOW THAT DOES NOT LOOK FUN. A WISCONSIN TOWN IS TURNING THE HEAT UP THIS CHRISTMAS TO CONSTRUCT THE WORLD'S LARGEST GLASS TREE. CHRISTINA VAN ZYL TRAVELED TO WILLIAMS BAY TO SHOW US THE PROCESS. THE ARTESIAN IS USING FOR THE CREATION. >> 3,000 POUNDS OF GLASS AND A LOT OF HEIGHT. IT'S LIKE SUPER TALL. TAKE 10 LATE. A DEADLY HEAT. WELL, NOT THAT ALL, BUT IT DOES BREAK A RECORD. THAT'S A 31 FOOT TALL SPENDING, STEEL STRUCTURE. THE BUILDER SAYS IT'S THE WORLD'S LARGEST GLASS CHRISTMAS TREAT. IT SITS AT THE YERKES OBSERVATORY IN WILLIAMS BAY. THIS IS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND SEE SOMETHING UNUSUAL. SEE A WORLD RECORD BEING BROKEN. IT TOOK 9 DAYS TO BUILD EVEN IN THE FRIGID WEATHER. THE GLASS SCULPTURE ONLY GREW THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY. THE BUILDER SAYS THE USE DONATED GLASS THINGS LIKE WINE BOTTLES AND PICKLE JARS. WE'VE HAD EVERYONE FROM A 4 YEAR-OLD TO A 90 YEAR-OLD AND LIQUID GLASS TO THE TREE. SO HOW IS IT MADE BACK? SAYS THE GLASSES HE DID IN A FURNACE. THAT'S 2,200 DEGREES. THEN WE WRAP THE LIQUID GLASS ON AS THE TREE SPENCE. IT'S A WORK OF ART THAT'S RINGING IN THE HOLIDAYS AND CATS STARKLY. AND YOU KNOW IT REALLY TALL BECAUSE NOTHING WILL SHATTER THE SPIRITS OF THESE PEOPLE. >> NO MATTER HOW OLD IT REALLY IS. THAT WAS CHRISTINE OF ENDS ELSE. THE TREES ACTUALLY 31 FEET TALL. BUT ONCE THE 4 AND A HALF FOOT TALL GLASS STARS ADDED. >> IT WILL TOWER TO 35 AND A HALF FEET TO TAKE THE TREE DOWN. THE ARTISTS WILL HAVE TO PUT ON SPECIAL GLOVES AND GRAB CHUNKS OF THE GLASS FROM THE TREE AND THEN THEY'LL BRING IT BACK TO THEIR STUDIO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TURN THAT INTO

World's largest glass Christmas tree constructed in Wisconsin

This Greensboro store started in an attic and has grown to include 11 million pieces of china, silverware, and glassware.  

AND WARM TEMPERATURES. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENING. AND TONIGHT AT 7.30, WRAL, SCOTT MASON PRESENT HIS NEXT TAR HEEL TRAVELER SPECIAL. >> ONE DEVOTED TO SOME FASCINATING PIECES. ONE SUCH PLACES IN GREENSBORO TONIGHT, WE FIND THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN THE MIDST OF ALMOST HALF A MILLION PIECES OF CHINA. >> IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE AND BEGINS. A BUSINESS ADDED HIS ATTIC AND IT BECOMES THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BUSINESS OF ITS KIND WITH THE FUTURE. THAT SEEMS ANYTHING BUT FRAGILE. >> IF THERE IS A CRACK, THIS KIND OF A DULL THUD. >> BUT INSTEAD THERE'S A RING. I'M BEAUTIFUL. CHINA. >> WE HAVE CHINA FROM ALL OF THE WORLD REPLACEMENTS LTD IN GREENSBOROUGH. IT CARRIES THE WORLD'S LARGEST SELECTION OF DINNER WITH SEVERAL 100,000 DIFFERENT PATTERNS. MORE THAN 400,000 SQUARE FEET OR ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF 8 FOOTBALL FIELDS. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A COFFEE OR HE CAN REMEMBER WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF ANYTHING. THE 6 OF US LIVED IN A THREE-ROOM HOUSE THAT HAD NO INDOOR PLUMBING. BOB PAGE GREW UP IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY EARNED AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE AND WORKED AS AN AUDITOR AND IT WAS THE WORST JOB OF MY LIFE. WHAT HE ENJOYED WAS WANDERING ROUND FLEA MARKETS ON WEEKEND. HE LIKED TO BY CHINA AND PEOPLE BEGIN TO NOTICE AND INQUIRED. I WOULD MAKE NIGHTS OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. NO CAR. IT KEPT A RECIPE BOX. CHINA. HE KEPT IN HIS ATTIC LATER ON. IT KIND OF TOOK OVER PART OF THE KITCHEN. AND BOB PAGE STARTED REPLACEMENTS LTD IN 1981 AFTER YEAR WE WERE DOING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES, BUT A FEW YEARS LATER CAME AN UNEXPECTED CRASH AND A DRUNK DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON MY BEST FRIEND WAS KILLED IN THE DRUG DRIVER WAS TO BOB WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR 6 MONTHS. BUT THE COMPANY SURVIVE OUR ANNUAL SALES ARE CLOSE TO 80 MILLION DOLLARS. NOW, THE COMPANY EVEN HAD A BIG ROLE IN A MOVIE IN 2005. BUT BOB PAGE DOES NOT LIVE LIKE A CELEBRITY. I'M ALWAYS VERY FRUGAL. MY JEANS HERE CAME FROM THRIFT SHOP. HE STILL REMEMBERS CRAWLING INTO DUMPSTERS TO GET CARDBOARD BOXES BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY THEM. NOW. NOW WE BY TRUCKLOADS OF BOXES AT A TIME AND WHAT A FUN TIME HE'S HAVING. HOW OLD ARE YOU? I'M 70. I CAN THINK ABOUT RETIRING. YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF REASONS NOT TO. YES, >> WHAT AN INTERESTING RAN. WHAT AN INTERESTING PLACE. I WANTED MORE REPLACEMENTS LTD VERY FASCINATING. AND THERE ARE MORE FASCINATING PLACES

Greensboro antique store has grown to include 11 million pieces of special glassware

Like driving toward the Las Vegas strip, you can see Glas studio in Raleigh coming from a ways away.

Blinded by the light: Raleigh studio bends glass to make neon new again

Glas studio in Raleigh

Glas is a fun, inspiring visit for the artist and the casual onlooker.

I think our our slogan above the door, actually, what brings true it is a shining place for shading people. We welcome. Everyone are really creative and artistic. I'm still not good at uh With rituals saying that it took him a good year of working 40 hours a week before he was able to make something that, you know, it's sufficient. This is good, something that, you know, you could. So yeah, the 20,000 hours definitely stands to patients. The big one and really persistent at the end of the day. It's something that is, you know, like lot of things where practice doesn't make perfect, but it makes it easier, you know, and really not being afraid of problem solving and figuring out a new way to bet A letter in two different styles that you can really get right. I don't know if richard, if you want to say anything, don't get my fat side. Yeah. Mhm. Smaller. Yeah. Yeah. I I really like uh images that are maybe initially a little tricky, something where we can get a little more artistic with it. Uh Ice is really a beautiful blend of advertising where um get the neon routes from where the industry started and and really be, you know, artistic being able to make these beautiful or this is, you know, so getting pattern where blend different techniques together, feeling always been satisfying.

Raleigh glass art studio a light of creativity