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Explaining Google Fiber in 30 seconds.

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The Family Dollar merger, basically.

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NBC Charlotte/Tumblr turned 4 today!

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Somehow, the Charlotte Checkers have managed to make Bojangles Coliseum seem like Maple Leaf Gardens.

They'll move back there after this season, probably.

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Ah nothing, just Adam from Mythbusters rollin' around Charlotte on a B-Cycle, gettin' tours from bike messengers and whatnot.

The Mythbusters tour was at Belk Theater Monday night.

(h/t Bill Fehr)

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WHO ARE YOU, YELLOW HAT MAN?

This guy was the star of the #PatrickCannon hearing today. #yellowhatguy pic.twitter.com/NCKFtoZNsn

— Ryan Wixted (@rwix86) November 6, 2014

New avatar contender (h/t @KenShermer) pic.twitter.com/72cUTXHYNm

— Chris Miller (@ChrisMillerWBT) November 6, 2014

I think we can rule out Mr. CIAA as a suspect:

@ericfraz tournamentin' ain't easy pic.twitter.com/sF5rE9mEHw

— Jeremy Markovich (@deftlyinane) November 6, 2014

Until we get our answer, we'll remain curious:

ANSWER THE QUESTION, PATRICK pic.twitter.com/s9alfSgZdc

— Jeremy Markovich (@deftlyinane) November 6, 2014

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The media and Patrick Cannon.

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Charlotte hasn't had a whole lot of air quality problems this year, so it was a bit surprising when a Code Red alert popped up yesterday. Colonel DENR, did you order the Code Red?

#NCAIR 10/8 Code Red for particle pollution in Charlotte caused by 1 large particle: a stinkbug on the air monitor. pic.twitter.com/1Toc7npGhf

— N.C. DENR (@NCDENR)

October 9, 2014

You can't handle the truth, DENR. You want me on that monitor. You NEED me on that monitor.

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Those aren't the right Panthers, Cincinnati TV station

The Panthers take on the Bengals in Cincinnati this weekend (Queen City vs. Queen City!). But Eastern Illinois University also happens to field a black and blue football team known as the Panthers. Hence, this made air on Cincy's NBC station:

@CarolinaHuddle @BlackBlueReview I thought we looked a lot better last Sunday. I guess this news station didn't pic.twitter.com/xMhojsXUYr

— The OxyMORON (@theoxymoron1776) October 7, 2014

Two possibilities:

It was an honest mistake.

THEY'RE SUBTLY TROLLING US.

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Here's a crude timelapse of the streetcar line being built on E. Trade Street, between Time Warner Cable Arena and the transit center. The CityLYNX Gold Line will run from here to Presbyterian Hospital when it starts running early next year.

[h/t Bobby Sisk]

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Animals Have It Out For US Airways Flights To Charlotte

First crabs, now bees:

Beekeeper saving the day after a swarm of bees filled the jet bridge before @USAirways flight from Austin to CLT. pic.twitter.com/sXlrNC8s30

— Bo Hussey (@BoHussey) October 6, 2014

This has happened before:

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What the North Wilkesboro Speedway looks like today, via a drone.

Jeff Gordon won the last NASCAR race held there in 1996.

[h/t Bob Asbury]

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Oops.

(via reddit/r/Charlotte)

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This your pig?

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Here's DeAngelo Williams waking his teammates up for no reason

Don't even attempt to sleep in Spartanburg:

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Here's what a dead racetrack in Charlotte looks like from a drone.

[h/t Bob Asbury]

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Here's how a ninja's standoff with CMPD ended, back in the day.