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January 8, 2018

• Drew Brees picks apart Carolina Panthers as New Orleans Saints roll 31-26 in playoff
• 100 textile mill jobs are coming to a town near Charlotte
• Alligators use bizarre – and creepy – ancient ritual to survive NC’s arctic blast
• Several big-name Panthers (including one franchise leader) may not be back next season
• Emergency shelter opens tonight, with temperatures expected to drop to the teens
• Rivera: Chance to come back against Saints ‘taken away from us’ by grounding call
• They stole a car at a NC gas station. Turns out there was a baby in the back.
• This week’s high school basketball schedule, 01.08-01.13
• 10 men who mattered most in Carolina Panthers’ playoff loss to New Orleans Saints
• Panthers spent entire 2017 season looking for replica of player who changed wild-card
• ‘It just wasn’t enough’ as Panthers season, Richardson era end in New Orleans
• Haters or not, playoff loss can’t be blamed on Cam Newton – even if he won’t say it
• Panthers let playoff chance slip away in New Orleans. Social media reacts
• Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints | Summary: Key numbers from Sunday’s playoff
• The Panthers can now go up for sale. Here’s what happens next.
• Saints Ted Ginn Jr. flashes broom to rub in this loss – and his role – to Panthers
• Viral social media threat prompts extra security at three schools in the Carolinas
• Spill dumps raw sewage into south Mecklenburg creek
• What do you have to do to get free pizza Friday?
• Weddington High finishes national search for next football coach
• Here’s why some Charlotte companies aren’t paying Trump tax bonuses
• Panthers preparing for the most significant offseason in franchise history
• Player safety expert says Panthers violated concussion protocol and should be punished
• His clients included pro athletes, church goers. Now he’s pleading guilty to fraud.
• Welcome Myers Park to the Observer’s boys basketball Sweet 16 poll
• Curriculum, not diversity, should be the focus for N.C. schools
• Steph Curry ‘willing to do what it takes’ to buy the Carolina Panthers
• As Billy Graham is celebrated in ‘The Crown,’ some in England want to ban Franklin
• Tuesday’s Indy-Rocky River showdown among Charlotte Observer games of the week
• Millions in NC were victims of cybercrime in 2017. Here’s what lawmakers are doing about it.
• Two Wells Fargo execs in Charlotte out after scandal
• Thom Tillis supports Trump’s border wall - except when he doesn’t
• CATS announces opening date for the Blue Line Extension
• Panthers LB Thomas Davis made a promise to Jerry Richardson, has unwillingly broken it
• New Orleans front page ‘savages’ Carolina Panthers, fuels fan animosity
• ‘Bizarre’ video by Panthers Fozzy Whittaker and Jonathan Stewart takes off on Twitter
• Nine area seniors among top 20 in latest Phenom Hoops N.C. rankings
• Move-out day: Panthers interim GM Marty Hurney wants gig, 24 other things we learned
• Independence star Jamarius Burton among Charlotte Observer HS players of the week
• Carolina Panthers loss got you down? Krispy Kreme drops price Monday to honor team
• First girlfriend, now grandmother charged in beating death of 3-year old in Lancaster
• Mecklenburg residents prepaid $2.8M in taxes. Here’s why that might not pay off.
• Juror questioned whether black people have souls. Supreme Court wants a closer look at the case
• Change is the word in the Observer’s girls Sweet 16. Except at the top
• Concert news: Rod Stewart is coming to town this summer – with Cyndi Lauper
• Help us name Legion Brewing’s new Cinnamon Toast Crunch beer, and win two tickets to Queen City Brewers Festival
• A night in the life of dating -- with kids
• How finding my biological father led me to the family I never knew I wanted so much
• I gave away 465 possessions in the ‘Minimalist Game’—and here’s what I learned
• Garden Party Wedding Style to Inspire