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  • TSA finds man headed to Charlotte carrying gun on prosthetic leg

    Police have arrested a man who went through Salt Lake City airport security with a loaded gun strapped to his prosthetic leg.The Transportation Security Administration said airport police arrested the man Thursday night after security detected the .22-caliber pistol.TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said the gun was strapped to the ankle area of the man's prosthetic leg, which was inside of a ...

  • Officials 1 injured in single-engine plane crash at Charlotte Douglas

    A small single-engine plane has crashed at Charlotte Douglas Airport.Charlotte Fire Department officials said the small plane landed short of the runway.One person suffered minor injuries in the crash. Officials have shut down West Boulevard to investigate the crash.Chopper 9 is flying over the scene where several fire units are investigating.Stay with wsoctv.com for more on this ...

  • Teaching kids the meaning of Memorial Day

    President Richard Nixon declared Memorial Day a federal holiday on the last Monday in May. Cities all around the U.S. will hold their own celebrations to pay respect to the men and women who have died in wars or in the service of their country.Teaching the meaning of Memorial Day to your children can be a challenge. To many Americans, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and is an excuse ...

  • Huntersville school daycare on lockdown after bank robbery reported

    Huntersville Elementary School has been placed on lockdown after reports of a bank robbery in the area.Chopper 9 flew over the scene at the Fifth/Third Bank on Gilead Road where police said the robbery happened.A nearby day care center was also locked down.There are no reports of injuries.Police are searching the area and investigating the scene.Stay with wsoctv.com for more on this ...

  • Officers to step up DWI patrols on roads lakes this weekend

    There will be extra officers on the roads and lakes this weekend to make sure everyone is staying safe.Police said they will be looking for drunken drivers and drunken boaters.Last summer, 88 people died because of suspected impaired driving.Officials said if you are headed out on the lake this weekend, you need to be aware of some dangerous conditions.There is a lot of debris in Lake Norman, ...


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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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  • NC man charged in wifes death

    A Buncombe County man has been arrested and charged in his wife's shooting death.Deputies said Friday that 36-year-old Mack Glisson had been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder.Authorities had been looking for Glisson since Wednesday morning, when his wife was found dead by the couple's children inside the family's Alexander home. Thirty-four-year-old Crystal Glisson had ...

  • Man shot killed in Marshville home invasion identified

    The Union County Sheriff's Office has identified a man officials said was shot and killed during a morning home invasion in Marshville Thursday.Investigators said Robby Charles Blount, 25, forced his way into a home on Lanesboro Road while a mother and her son were home alone.Police said he was wearing a mask and was carrying a small handgun.One of the family members confronted Blount with ...

  • Sonic Automotive buys BMW Mercedez-Benz dealerships in Denver

    Charlotte-based Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) has purchased a BMW dealership and a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Denver. Sonic Automotive Inc. (NYSE:SAH) has agreed to purchase two Colorado franchises from Murray Motor Imports Co. of Denver, according to a statement from the Charlotte-based company. Joining Sonics portfolio of dealerships are Murray BMW of Denver and Mercedes-Benz of Denver. The ...

  • March Against Monsanto planned for May 25 2013 in Charlotte

    enjoy knowing an event to do just this will unite groups around the world, while those in the Charlotte area will meet in Marshall Park on Saturday, May 25, 2013 ...

  • Why you should use Twitters enhanced security measures

    Do you use two-factor authentication with your Twitter account? I'm not a super geek. I didn't know what two-factor authentication was before I wrote a story about how security company executives approach their online security. But after I interviewed those folks for that story, I sure did two-factor authenticate my gmail account. It was fear, mostly. There were the well-publicized ...

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