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  • Crews respond to report of drowning on Lake Wylie

    Rescue crews staged on the 4700 block of East Liberty Road at Buster Boyd Road after a report of a drowning in Lake Wylie in York, S.C. Charlotte Fire Department also responded to assist the York County Sheriff's Department. Crews were searching the main channel of the lake Saturday night. Eyewitness News has a crew on scene. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates to this developing ...

  • Cleveland Co. official wants to help Okla. ‘sister county’

    A commissioner in Cleveland County is pitching a plan to work closer with Cleveland County in Oklahoma after a tornado ripped through the area last week. Families and volunteers are sifting through rubble in Moore, Okla., trying to salvage anything they can. This is the biggest reason why a local commissioner wants to make a long-term commitment to help. Twenty-four people were killed in the ...

  • Police Person shot in back Saturday night

    One person was shot in the back Saturday night, according to police. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Jenkins Drive near Albemarle Road. The person was taken to a hospital. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates to this developing ...

  • Police Man shot in back in east Charlotte shooting

    One man was in the hospital with life-threatening injuries Saturday night after a shooting on Jenkins Drive in east Charlotte. Police said the man was shot in the back at about 9:30 p.m. Medic responded to the scene, which is located off Albemarle Road, and took the victim to Carolinas Medical Center in Dilworth for treatment. Police had few details about what happened and no suspects in ...

  • Police Child pregnant woman killed in boat crash on NC lake

    Searchers found the body of a pregnant woman who died Saturday in a boat crash on a North Carolina lake. Police said the crash in Davidson County also killed the woman's young daughter. They said the family was on a pontoon boat when it was hit by a speed boat around 12:30 p.m. No one was wearing a life ...


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Mission to Mars

When Pauline Kael wrote her ecstatic, glowing reviews of Brian De Palma's films in the 1970s and early 1980s, she always focused on De Palma's twisted sense of humor as both his greatest asset as a director and the reason why he was savaged by so many other critics. For Kael, all of De Palma's macabre thrillers were, at their hearts, comedies. She described "Carrie" (1976) as "a perverse mixture ... ...

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  • SC senator wants to get to bottom of IRS controversy

    South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says he's dedicated to getting to the bottom of the IRS controversy.Scott was in North Carolina on Saturday. He said over the past two days, dozens of nonprofit groups have come forward claiming they were targeted by the IRS.He said some of the groups are from South Carolina and he expects the list to continue to grow."Now, we're finding not only were ...

  • Friend still in disbelief after woman stabbed to death

    Eyewitness News has learned new details about the final hours before a Salisbury woman's death. Police said Tasha West was killed Thursday by her boyfriend Tony Luther. "I just can't believe anybody would do something like that. It wasn't love," Dorianne Molina said. Molina told Eyewitness News that West was her best friend and roommate. She said she desperately tried ...

  • Officials Man charged with murder after wife found fatally shot

    A Lincoln County man is charged with first-degree murder after his wife was found shot to death at their residence west of Lincolnton.Terry Lee White, 54, of 1243 Rose Hill Drive, Lincolnton, called 911 at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and told dispatch he had shot his wife and was threatening to take his own ...

  • Charlotte nurse gets national attention for helping others

    Carolinas Medical Center nurse Nancy James saw her first NASCAR race on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, thanks to History Channel's Trace Arnold. Arnold is traveling with the Cross Country Cookout Tour. Jeff Siner - ...

  • Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Kyle Busch dominated at Charlotte Motor Speedway again Saturday, racing to his sixth Nationwide Series victory of the season and record seventh career win at the ...

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