Mother, daughter enjoy working together as extras

The Gathers are among a handful of people from Orangeburg represented by Talent-Link Inc. of Charlotte, N.C.

Talent-Link will hold an open audition from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, in South Carolina State University Fine Arts Center's Barbara Vaughn Recital Hall.

Audition slots are limited. To register, visit http://dareauditions1.eventbrite.com. For more information, call Sharon Gathers at 803-682-4863 or Rose Graham at 678-863-1639, or visit http://talent-link.com.

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Casting Call with Vince Paul of Talent Link Friday October 14, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET), Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Surprise! Who's not paying federal income tax?

Amid complaints that nearly half of tax filers in the U.S. won't pay federal income taxes this year, this has been lost: Those making $75,000-$100,000 a year are the fastest-growing share of people who don't pay federal income taxes.

Not working poor people — but those who are firmly middle class.

They still make up less than 1% of the total number of income tax filers who pay no tax at all, but their overall number has exploded, from fewer than 5,000 not paying taxes in 1996 to nearly 500,000 in 2009, the most recent year of available data.

The lowest-income Americans — those who make less than $25,000 a year — account for the largest number of those not paying any federal income tax: 76% as of . . .

Sharpton to broadcast from Occupy Wall Street protests

The Rev. Al Sharpton will bring his nationally syndicated radio show to lower Manhattan Monday as the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations enter their 24th day.


Sharpton, an outspoken civil rights activist and talk show host, will broadcast from Zuccotti Park, where the protests are based, according to his National Action Network.

"Even as banks got bailed out, American children have witnessed their parents get tossed out of their homes and lose their jobs. Public school kids have lost arts, music and physical education," the movement's website said. "Now our kids can see activists take these issues to the streets in a democratic forum at Occupy Wall Street."

The strange, glowing object that put Missouri on "UFO alert" this week

 This is the only picture available of a UFO that has been terrorizing residents in the state of Missouri for the past few days. Apparently the brightly-lit vehicle has been flying low over cars on the highway, and appears to break up into smaller craft. Dozens of witnesses have reported seeing it, boosting Missouri to a "UFO Alert" level 3. The state had the 8th highest number of UFO reports in the U.S. last month. What's going on?

Why pancreatic cancer is so deadly

Special report: China's debt pileup raises risk of hard landing

Deadline: NBA, players in danger of cancellations

A hot dog in Tiger's direction marks his return

"When I looked up, the hot dog was already in the air," Woods said. "The bun was kind of disintegrating."

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Older, wiser O'Donnell launches 'Rosie Show'

New hurricane emerges off Mexico's western coast

State may ban 'bath salts'

 Stimulants that authorities say are marketed as “bath salts” and mimic the effects of cocaine have gone largely unregulated in the state but could soon be subject to a state law, a federal ban and a growing number of local ordinances.The number of calls to the Palmetto Poison Center about the synthetic drugs has gone from two in all of 2010 to 135 this year, said managing director Jill Michels.

“They’re not abusing grandma’s bath salt,” Michels said. “It’s a totally different compound.”

One dead, seven rescued in Florida after boat capsizes

 

6 lowball-offer errors home buyers make

Increase your chances of buying a home for a steal

“Sellers who had their homes on the market all summer are anxious to move on, especially before the holidays hit,” said Bill Golden, a real-estate agent with ReMax in Atlanta. The closer it gets to the holidays, the more anxious unsuccessful sellers can become, he said.