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Loaves & Fishes, which runs a citywide network of food pantries, fears it will run out of food this winter - the most serious crisis it has ever faced.

The Charlotte Observer's effort to unseal secret court records in NASCAR Chairman Brian France's divorce case is not about "vulgar curiosity," as one letter writer put it this week.

In response to "$33,000 repaid to DSS but overlooked" (Nov. 18):

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2008 Citistates Report: “Charlotte is just now being born as a metropolitan community. Sure, it's always been a city. But something bigger is happening now."

Eric Holder - distinguished prosecutor, judge, foe of public corruption, basketball enthusiast, mentor to disadvantaged youth - seemed a reassuring choice for attorney general.

Aren't taxpayers still paying the former DSS director's salary? Maybe he knows who took the money.

Excerpted from a column by Tom Campbell, host of NC SPIN, a weekly TV talk show:

You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don't mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for "Going Rogue."

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The Observer editorialized in this morning's paper on the nomination of two North Carolinians to ...

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The winner: "April 15th is my holiday." -- Douglas R. Cox of Albemarle The runners-up: ?No. This ...

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