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  • Spiders fall to Charlotte 6-5 in A-10 baseball tourney opener

    In Charlotte, the Spiders fell to second-seeded Charlotte 6-5. UR (30-23), seeded seventh, at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday plays the winner of Wednesday afternoon's first-rounder involving third-seeded Rhode Island and sixth-seeded La ...

  • Firefighters respond to house fire in Iredell Co.

    Firefighters responded to a house fire in Iredell County at 237 Eastport Lane.Officials with Iredell County said the fire started in a 2,000 square foot home.Six fire departments responded to the fire including Mooresville Rescue and EMS.The call for the fire came in around 4:55 p.m. Wednesday.No injuries have been reported. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates to this breaking news ...

  • 70-year-old man charged with selling drugs

    Police arrested 70-year-old Thomas Kirby Jr. last week after officers raided his home on Threadgill Street in Wadesboro. Officers said suspicious neighbors had been calling with information about odd activity at the home for the past several months. "They were calling in, concerned about their neighborhood so we were getting a lot of information," said Chief Thedis Spencer. Spencer ...

  • Residents warned of black bear spotted in park

    Sue Chapman went to Freedom Park in Morganton to exercise Tuesday when she was told to be on guard for a black bear spotted near the Greenway. "I met two ladies with children and they said, 'Have you heard the news?' and I said, 'What?' Someone spotted a black bear out here this morning," Chapman said. The principal at Freedom High School near the park said they ...

  • Foreign-owned companies honored in Charlotte

    Three foreign-owned companies with operations in Charlotte were honored Wednesday at the 16th annual Mayor’s International Community Awards, an event designed to shine a spotlight on the local philanthropic efforts of international businesses. Three individuals were also given awards at the luncheon, which was held at the Westin hotel and drew an estimated 350 attendees -- including Gov. ...


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The Ghost Goes Gear [DVD]

The Ghost Goes Gear [DVD]

In the mid-1960s, the Beatles starred in two films directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), that not only helped solidify the all-encompassing global star power of the Fab Four, but also helped to revolutionize cinema. According to Andrew Sarris, A Hard Day's Night was a "cataclysmic cultural event" that marked the end of an era, and film schola ... ...

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  • CMS officials Bus hits person on bicycle

    Officials with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said a bus hit a person on a bicycle Wednesday afternoon.The wreck happened around 3 p.m. on Old Steele Creek Road.Medic officials said one person was treated with life-threatening injuries and taken to a hospital.School officials said 18 students were on board the bus, but there were no injuries on ...

  • Charlotte man sentenced in child porn case

    A Charlotte man will spend 135 months in prison for possessing and transporting child pornography. Robert Bove, 55, was sentenced Tuesday for in September 2010 sending images of children being sexually abused to an undercover detective via online chat, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Using the screen name “luvsyourlittlegirl,” Bove sent images of ...

  • Officials Orlando man shot by FBI was about to sign Boston murder confession

    A 27-year-old Orlando man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent was being questioned in a triple-murder that may have involved one of the Boston bombing suspects, Orlando TV station WFTV has learned.Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed at a condominium complex, was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in ...

  • Michael Jordan Brings The Buzz Back To Charlotte

    " Well it applies here. Once upon a time, the Hornets posted 364 straight sold-out games. And some of most recognizable and marketable players in the NBA played in Charlotte. The list includes Muggsy Bogues standing 5'3" was the biggest little man in the league; Larry Johnson, nicknamed Grandmama, once signed the most lucrative contract in the NBA and was the first to make bling ...

  • Charlotte DMV office closes after customer’s death

    The Division of Motor Vehicle’s driver license office in east Charlotte was closed for the day Wednesday after a customer’s death at the facility. The DMV says a customer died of “an apparent medical issue” at the office on Executive Circle. That is off Albemarle Road. DMV officials say they do not know the cause of death, and the name of the victim has been withheld ...

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