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Thursday, April 11, 2013  China pulls 'Django Unchained' from theaters on opening day, citing 'technical problem'

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  For those of you who are warped enough to enjoy profanly intelligent banter during an intensly violent, border-line believable, uber-choreographed action sequence set to a funky 70's groove, then throw in a backdrop of Cival War meets Spaghetti Western, and you have Django Unchained.

Friday, September 02, 2011  The stage adaptation of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs opened Thursday night at The Loose Cockaboose, and has performances through September 10th.

Friday, October 29, 2010  In 2008, 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw approached a house on Wise Drive.  Multiple shots were fired killing the 12-year-old and wounding his brother and father.  Chief Patterson says Quentin Patrick never opened the door of his home when he started shooting at the family.  He fired more than 29 shots, later telling police he thought the 'masked men' were coming to rob him.

Monday, December 14, 2009  A Sumter man who killed a trick-or-treater on Halloween 2008 was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in federal prison.

Monday, December 14, 2009  A South Carolina man who fired an AK-47 at Halloween trick-or-treaters, killing a 12-year-old boy, is scheduled to find out his sentence on federal weapons charges.

Saturday, October 31, 2009  It was a trick-or-treating tragedy when a Sumter County family was brutally attacked last Halloween.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009  A convicted drug dealer who police say shot and killed a 12-year-old South Carolina trick-or-treater is set to plead guilty to a federal weapons charge.

Monday, June 08, 2009  Schwarzenegger proposes selling San Quentin to ease deficit, but inmates don't want to move

Monday, April 06, 2009  Sumter) The Grand Jury issued indictments today against Quentin Patrick.  Patrick is accused in Halloween 2008 killing 12- year-old Tony Darrisaw, and wounding the boy's father and brother while they were trick or treating. Police say Patrick fired more than 30 shots with an assault rifle when the group came to his doorstep to trick or treat.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008  An ex-convict charged with killing a South Carolina child who knocked on his door on Halloween night is now facing a federal weapons charge.