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  • Officers more visible to keep Speed Street safe

    Over the three-day Speed Street, about 400,000 people are expected to swarm Uptown Charlotte for the fun. This year, some in the crowd noticed changes. "Years past were bigger and funner. More stages. This year, (it's) smaller, one stage and definitely more police officers," said Jennifer Parker. Officers are visible on patrol and watching in ways that some may not see. Cameras ...

  • 2 charged with growing marijuana in Watauga Co. home

    Drug detectives in Watauga County said they found more than $450,000 worth of marijuana growing inside a home. The Watauga County Sheriff's Office charged Jason Blount and Geneva Natale with cultivating and selling pot. Detectives said they found a well-developed growing system using water, not ...

  • Former Charlotte POW leads hymn at Nixon library

    He’d scribbled the lyrics and music of a hymn on rough toilet paper, using a fish bone whittled to a fine point and red ink concocted from medicine in a diarrhea pill. Quincy Collins of Charlotte, a fighter pilot whose plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965, was marking his fourth year in a North Vietnamese POW camp. Morale was awful and Collins had assembled a POW choir to raise ...

  • Police search for bank robber after 2 banks targeted

    Police are looking for a bank robber who they said targeted banks in Mooresville and Huntersville on Friday. Mooresville police believe the man tried to rob the Fifth Third bank on North Main Street first, but didn't get any cash. Then less than two hours later, just after noon, the robber hit a bank on Gilead Road in Huntersville. Chopper 9 Skyzoom flew over the Fifth Third Bank in ...

  • Fire at tire store in Matthews on Friday

    Firefighters battled a blaze at a store in Matthews on Friday, according to town officials. The fire was called in around 7:50 p.m. at 1600 Matthews Mint Hill Road at a Firestone tire store. The road was closed for a brief time but has been reopened. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates to this developing ...


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The Sword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tôge) [DVD]

The Sword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tôge) [DVD]

Ending a film with a freeze-frame is a potent and powerfully self-conscious decision, one that invariably draws attention to the final image and literally begs it to, if not explain, then cast an interpretive light on the rest of the film. One might think of the freeze frame of Antoi ... ...

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  • Owner says shop broken into just before retirement

    Russ Duren, 85, tried to focus on his work Friday and ignore the broken glass on the sales floor. He has one quest for the thief who stole his jewelry. "Don't you think about anybody else but yourself?" Duren asked. Duren has owned a jewelry store across from City Hall in downtown Gastonia for 61 years. "We've had an awful lot of good customers then sooner or later ...

  • Despite rules backpacks prevalent at Speed Street

    At Speed Street on Friday, Channel 9 saw something the Boston bombers used when they hurt a lot of people in Uptown. Eyewitness News noticed people everywhere wearing backpacks, like the ones the Boston bombers carried their pressure cooker bombs in. Speed Street's rules state backpacks are not allowed, but no one was stopping people using them. Some fans didn't have a problem with ...

  • After collapse bridge safety concerns raised

    The collapse of an interstate bridge outside Seattle raises questions about the safety of bridges in North Carolina. It also got the attention of bridge engineers for North Carolina Department of Transportation. "The first thing you think is 'what is the cause?'" said Garland Haywood, who manages bridges for NCDOT in the Charlotte area. Haywood said it does not appear as ...

  • White Sox recall John Danks from Charlotte Knights rehab Donnie Veal optioned

    Wrigley Field against the Cubs. He had surgery on his left shoulder on August 6 and has been working his way back since. The White Sox opening day starter in 2012 Danks has a career 58-60 record with a 4.12 ERA over 159 career starts. He is the older brother of Knights' outfielder Jordan Danks. In four outings this year, the southpaw pitched in one game for the Birmingham Barons in the ...

  • CMPD 3 shot in drive-by shooting Friday

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officials said three people were shot Friday afternoon. The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. at Kennon and Pegram streets. An official said it appeared to be a drive-by shooting.Paramedics said three people were taken to a hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.Check back with wsoctv.com for updates to this breaking news ...

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