Grey Blackwell is at it again. Fired ACC and SEC football coaches give the jolly old elf their wish lists. View the cartoon.

Video clips of both the Millbrook-Garner and Durham Riverside-Wake Forest-Rolesville games have been posted. New this week are high and low-bandwidth versions. In addition to plays of the game, there's video of the WF-R band and cheerleaders from both WF-R and Garner.

Tags: North Carolina, Triangle, Raleigh, high school football

The first installment of the N&0's new Friday night high school football video debuted last night on newsobserver.com. Each week, we'll showcase clips from selected matchups of Triangle teams.

Tags: North Carolina, Raleigh, Durham, East Wake, Millbrook, Bunn, Jordan, Clayton, Northern Durham, Harnett Central, Green Hope, Wake Forest-Rolesville, Rocky Mount

Just in case you missed them, here are some of the latest multimedia projects from The News & Observer staff:

Audio Slide Show: See and hear Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh.


Photo gallery: Fayetteville Street reopens


Video: View video and read about the first day of high school football practice.


Photo gallery: North Carolina's lighthouses


Video: Fayetteville Street reopens


Audio Slide Show: See and hear the families of Marines spend a day with bootcamp drill instructors.


Audio Slide Show: See and hear guard troops watching for illegal crossings on the Mexico border.

We've added a new feature to newsobserver.com that automatically lists the most popular online stories for the last 24 hours as well as the last seven days. Now you can peek at everyone else's reading habits!

You can find this list on the newsobserver.com home page or any staff-written story page.

New on newsobserver.com: Stay in the know with AP video news. Updated throughout the day, AP video brings you the best of national, world, business, technology, offbeat and entertainment news. Only have a minute? Try the News in a Minute, Entertainment Minute or Business Minute reports. Go to AP video news now. Requires Internet Explorer.

Because of a link on the Drudge Report, Samiha Khanna's April 6 story on Collin Finnerty (Player in tussle in D.C.) was Tuesday's most viewed story online. Other popular stories:

2. Two arrests made in Duke lacrosse case
3. Durham DA pursues third arrest
4. Finnerty charged with assault in D.C.
5. Eyes on State -- Day 17

Samiha Khanna's story about the woman at the center of the Duke lacrosse controversy (Mother, dancer, accuser) was Sunday's most viewed story online. Other popular stories:

2. Pack fans shouldn't panic
3. More questions about the lacrosse story
4. Draft day may favor Raiders
5. Jackson to offer scholarship to accuser

Ruth Sheehan's column about the Duke lacrosse controversy (If lying, take her to task) was Thursday's most viewed story online. Other popular stories:

2. Pack search not grounded
3. Lawyers for team captains say grand jury likely to get Duke lacrosse case
4. DA's conduct draws retort
5. Big name just isn't necessary

By Benjamin Niolet and Anne Blythe, the latest story in the Duke lacrosse controversy (Nifong cites attacker ID, says more tests pending in lacrosse case) was Wednesday's most viewed story online. Other popular stories:

2. Calipari spurns State
3. Gell faces drug, sexual offense charges
4. $2M question: Where does cash come from?
5. Teen drank before wreck

By Benjamin Niolet, Anne Blythe and Michael Biesecker, the latest story in the Duke lacrosse controversy (DNA clears players, lawyers say; DA vows to continue Duke inquiry) was Tuesday's most viewed story online. Other popular stories:

2. DA: 'This case is not going away'
3. Eyes on State -- Day 10
4. Autopsy: Teen driver was legally drunk
5. New projects may bring 6,000 to live in Clayton

The latest update to the Duke lacrosse team controversy (Attorney: No DNA found on victim) was Monday's most viewed story on newsobserver.com. Other popular stories:

2. Wolfpack right to aim high
3. Attorney: Party pics help players
4. Eyes on State -- Day 9
5. Spotlight is new place for Nifong

By Jim Nesbitt, Benjamin Niolet and Lorenzo Perez, the latest story about the Duke lacrosse team controversy (Team has swaggered for years) was Sunday's most viewed story online. Other popular stories include:

2. Eyes on State - Day 8
3. Baseball team had wild side of its own, former players say
4. Gators may be in Thomas' future
5. State 'D' starting anew

It's not enough to look swell on the outside in the Great N&O Birdhouse Contest. The houses also had to include the stuff that makes an abode for birds inhabitable. Story | Photo gallery

New audio slideshow on newsobserver.com. Reporter Jennifer Brevorka and photographer Travis Long show a typical evening in the Wake County jail's Intoxilyzer room.