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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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Desperate Living [DVD]

Desperate Living [DVD]

By the time writer/director John Waters made Desperate Living in 1977, he was already a notorious midnight-movie cult celebrity, a genuine fringe iconoclastic auteur whose low-budget cinematic barbs skewered self-aggrandizing hippies as readily as it did fascist oppressors. His early movies, Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974), had taken the midnight ... ...

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  • Man speaks on being kicked out of Scouts as boy

    The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow gay scouts into its ranks. The move ends a ban that's existed throughout the organization's 103-year history, but the reversal does not extend to openly gay adults, who are not allowed to serve as leaders. When Matt Comer was 14, he said he was kicked out of scouting after troop leaders found out he was gay. The Charlotte man said his ...

  • Police investigating thefts at Monroe nursing home

    Police said someone is targeting the elderly and disabled at a Monroe nursing home. Monroe police have been investigating thefts of money from residents' rooms and said six residents have reported missing cash since the beginning of the month. "It's taking advantage of people that can't speak up for themselves," said Lt. T.J. Goforth with Monroe police. Police said they ...

  • Debris in lakes a concern for holiday weekend

    An Eyewitness News crew spotted a lot of debris in local lakes which could cause problems for water sport enthusiasts this weekend. Heavy rains two days ago across the foothills and mountains have been raising water levels in the lakes. At Lake Rhodhiss, the water was so high, it roared over the dam Friday and downstream into Lake Hickory. Boater Buddy Detter drove his pontoon boat around the ...

  • Bobcats transformation back to Charlotte Hornets starts now with new campaign

    Fred Whitfield (left, along with Bobcats owner Michael Jordan in center and NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.) announced a new campaign at bringing the Hornets name back to ...

  • State shuts down south Charlotte animal hospital

    A south Charlotte animal clinic is shut down by the state until further notice, accused of being a danger to animals and the public. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Animal Control officers were inside the Woodlawn Animal Hospital talking to an employee when Channel 9 crews arrived Friday. The state issued an emergency order to shut down operations and suspend veterinarian Marguerite ...

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