Church looks to double Halloween charity sales

Church looks to double Halloween charity sales
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Believe it or not there's a silver lining to the downright scary economic outlook.

Halloween spending this year is expected to be big. Scary big.

Halloween time is big business. About $8.4 billion big. Last year the folks at Second Baptist Church on Walnut Grove in Memphis sold about $16,000 worth of pumpkins,

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Local actor lands role in 'Catch Me if You Can'

Local actor lands role in 'Catch Me if You Can'
Local actor lands role in 'Catch Me if You Can'
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Catch him in the video if you can.

In the video posted above, take notice the young actor with the gun chasing the lead in the opening number.

The Memphis theater scene helped sharpen Ben Laxton's skills and propel him to a role in this Broadway tour. 

Laxton was one of thousands who auditioned at the Unified

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Man claims extra-terrestrial origin for New Madrid quake

Man claims extra-terrestrial origin for New Madrid quake
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (FOX13) -

A Marshall County, Miss., man says historians and geologists have it all wrong when they claim the Great New Madrid Earthquake was caused by two plates in the Earth's crust rubbing together.

When FOX13 News first met Tony Hood, we swore he looked like a character from "Swamp People." When Tony started saying

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Fliers posted for Ore. woman missing since Tuesday

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - Fliers have been posted around the Oregon city of Gresham asking people in the Portland suburb to help watch for a woman who disappeared Tuesday under suspicious circumstances.

Whitney Heichel (HY'-kel) left home but failed to arrive at work at a Starbucks less than five minutes away.

The 21-year-old's car was found later that

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Gun industry thrives during Obama's term in office

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and JACK GILLUM
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association four years ago that he would be the "most anti-gun president in American history." Gun buyers fear that Obama wants to restrict their

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