Thanks for the reply.
I didn't post the recipe because it was downloading correctly to the Calibre reader but not transferring everything to my Kindle. At any rate if I'm looking in the right place here is the recipe I created for the Observer.
class AdvancedUserRecipe1251384835(BasicNewsRecipe):
title = u'Charlotte Observer'
oldest_article = 7
max_articles_per_feed = 100
feeds = [(u'Local News', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/531/index.rss'), (u'Breaking Local News', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/index.rss'), (u'Politics', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/143/index.rss'), (u'National', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/116/index.rss'), (u'World', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/235/index.rss'), (u'Business', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/123/index.rss'), (u'Banking', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/138/index.rss'), (u'Sports', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/532/index.rss'), (u'Carolina Panthers', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/290/index.rss'), (u'High School Sports', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/preps/index.rss'), (u'Entertainment', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/122/index.rss'), (u'TV', u'http://www.charlotteobserver.com/167/index.rss')]