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October 8, 2015

• Keep an eye out for purple finches this winter
• These Charlotte kitchens are hot
• City of Charlotte reaches settlement with CMPD Officer Randall Kerrick
• Charlotte-area residents rally to help with SC flood relief
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Concord: Bank of America 500 at a glance
• NASCAR driver Regan Smith focused on 2015 title, not 2016 ride
• Davidson Day coach Chad Grier hopes team won’t be rusty after 2-week layoff
• West Charlotte lineman Marlon Dunlap remains humble despite recruiting blitz
• Kay McSpadden: If a shooter showed up at my classroom
• Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton, MVP candidate: Legit, or background noise?
• Charlotte companies gear up for post-flood jobs in S.C.
• 10 ways to avoid storm-repair scams, from the BBB
• Charlotte Observer Sweet 16 poll 10.08.15
• This week’s Observer-area football schedule
• This week’s football picks
• Rainy week ends state’s drought
• Charlotte-based Grant Thornton exec: Unlimited vacation policy sets firm apart
• Take big banks’ billions to repair America’s roads? Good idea, senators say
• Camper couple: 30 years and counting at Charlotte Motor Speedway
• Observer Forum: Letters to the editor 10.09.15
• Could Denny Hamlin win NASCAR’s championship with torn ACL?
• Fans can try speedway chef’s latest fare if they dare
• SC flood: Before-and-after photos show damage
• Natural gas likely cheaper this winter
• Duke Energy to take more time on Asheville power line
• Checkers less hampered by youth this season
• Plants vs. Zombies experience coming to Carowinds
• S.C. flood may ruin farm fields, but some good is cropping up
• Hough to visit Mallard Creek in game that could decide league title
• Retirement not on NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson’s mind yet
• N.C. Republican members of Congress keep powder dry on who should be speaker
• Police identify man shot dead in parking lot
• Flooding forces closure of S.C. wildlife areas
• World’s best disc golfers compete in Rock Hill
• Huntersville doctor arrested on child pornography charges
• Charlotte firefighters rescue person from construction site roof
• Roundup: East Meck’s Charles Basse becomes Eagles’ all-time leading scorer in boys’ soccer
• Charlotte traffic: Wreck closes N. College after SUV gets stuck on pole
• Singing waiters wanted at Jonas Brothers’ family restaurant in Belmont
• Man arrested in northwest Charlotte homicide
• Wrightsville Beach suffers erosion from storm
• Did the ‘Drunktown’ campaign ads work?
• What the S.C. floods can tell us about climate change
• GOP presidential hopeful Carson discusses Constitution before Rock Hill visit
• Sunshine, above-normal temperatures expected in Charlotte
• Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley to attend Rock Hill presidential forum
• Burke County man dies of stab wound
• Charlotte man arrested in Sept. 19 fatal shooting
• Samaritan’s Purse deploys to Columbia
• Flood’s aftershocks rock Columbia
• Police: Student used stun gun on staff member
• How we can end the carnage on Charlotte roads for bicyclists
• SAS golf opens with Presidents Cup on some players’ minds
• Charlotte-area home sales up 6.1 percent in September
• Experiencing tragedy, understanding on pilgrimage to Mecca
• Collapse of another section of canal dike slows repair on Columbia’s water system
• Ousted founder sues Pimco for ‘hundreds of millions’
• Celebrate fall with a day trip to Morganton -- Mountains and beer closer than Asheville
• Week 4: How does the Carolina Panthers offense compare to the rest of the league?
• Fun in Charlotte: Breakin’ convention, new Gantt exhibit, Ballantyne festival
• Comedian Steven Wright still delivers deadpan gems 33 years after ‘Tonight’
• Your guide to entertainment in Charlotte in the week ahead
• Why riding the light rail is good for the soul
• Today’s headlines: A look at the proposed development on the Food Truck Friday lot in South End
• Despite its history of drug deals and construction, The Arboretum deserves its name
• Concord label releases a transcendent album Liz Vice didn’t even see coming
• What to Watch on Thursday: ‘Billy on the Street’ puts Tina Fey on the spot
• Tinder failing you? Find love the old-fashioned way: Matchmaker