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16 hrs ago | Newsday.com

Teary Oprah: 'Much prayer' led to decision to quit

This December 9, 2007 file photo shows US television host Oprah Winfrey delivering remarks on behalf of then Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama inside the University of South Carolina 's Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, North Carolina .

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Related Topix: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Nov 20, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

Sc State Farmers Market Attracts 3 More Vendors

The new South Carolina State Farmers Market in Lexington County has attracted three more major vendors.

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Related Topix: Lexington County, SC, Cayce, SC

The Gaston Gazette

Great-aunt of girl who was killed wonders what might have been

Willa Mae Martin last saw her great-niece at a funeral two years ago, and the two spoke of how they needed to stay in touch.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Gastonia, NC, Medical University of South Carolina, Gaston County, NC

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Sea Stars Bulk Up To Beat The Heat

French and U.S. scientists say they've found a species of sea star remains cool by retaining cold sea water as a buffer against damaging high temperatures.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

WMBF News

Jury: Ferguson not guilty in daughter's 2007 death

Tears flowed in an Horry County courtroom Wednesday night after a man accused in the death of his 5-week-old daughter was found not guilty by a jury.

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Related Topix: Horry County, SC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Medical University of South Carolina

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Charlotte Observer

S.C. woman, 4-year-old son killed at home

BEAUFORT, S.C. A person is being questioned in the shooting deaths of a South Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son at their home.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Beaufort, SC, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

The Gaston Gazette

Burned body in Kings Mountain State Park identified as Gastonia woman

York County, SC: The York County Sheriff's Office and the York County Coroner's Office have identified the badly burned body found in Kings Mountain State Park.

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Related Topix: York County, SC, Medical University of South Carolina, Clover, SC

PhysOrg Weblog

Petascale computing tools could provide deeper insight into genomic evolution

Microscale rearrangements of genes among 12 Drosophila species. Each gene is indicated by a colored line, showing how gene order is shuffled during the evolution of these species.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Computers, Penn State University Park, Pennsylvania State University, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

SC woman, son killed at home

A person is being questioned in the shooting deaths of a South Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son at their home.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, Dale, SC, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

The Greenville News

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Clemson University, which has been planning to move its master's of business administration students to downtown Greenville, is scheduled to announce a new downtown initiative related to its business school on Friday.

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Related Topix: Clemson University, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Clemson, SC

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Bioscience Technology

Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers

Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according to a new study published online November 16 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute .

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, bladder cancer, Charitable Organizations, Genetics, Biology, Science, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Greenville News

Plane that crashed at GSP had half a gallon of fuel

Federal investigators said Tuesday they found a half-gallon of fuel in the tank of a turboprop plane that skimmed State 14 before crash-landing yards from the runway at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.

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Related Topix: Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

Minding our manners

Increasingly, individuals and institutions are seeking ways to burnish the Golden Rule.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, South Carolina, Public Relations, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Aiken Standard

Clemson travel costs top S.C. agencies

A travel report released Friday shows South Carolina's research universities spent the most on trips among 110 state agencies, but college officials note the amounts include private funds and grants.

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Related Topix: Clemson, SC, Clemson University

WMBF News

Defense calls first witness in homicide by child abuse case

The defense called its first witness Friday in the trial of a man accused in the death of his infant daughter.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Medical University of South Carolina

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Prosecutors finish case in infant death trial

Prosecutors finished their case against an Ohio man accused in the 2007 death of his 5-week-old daughter while on vacation in Myrtle Beach.

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Related Topix: Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

WJBF-TV Augusta

Clemson University Travel Costs Top State Agencies

Clemson University spent the most on travel of any South Carolina agency in the past year.

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Related Topix: Clemson University, South Carolina, South Carolina Government

Thu Nov 12, 2009

WCIV

Suspect Arrested In Connection with Walterboro Fatal Shootings

Police say they have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting deaths of three people in Walterboro.

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Related Topix: Walterboro, SC, Violent Crime, Colleton County, SC, Medical University of South Carolina

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Community Times Dispatch

Three slain, six wounded in deadly drive-by shooting on McDaniel and Girardeau

The echoes of a possible high-powered rapid fire weapon resounded several blocks from the gruesome scene of a deadly drive-by shooting at a home on the corner of Girardeau and McDaniel streets in Walterboro that left three dead, including a toddler and six others were wounded.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Fire, Walterboro, SC, Colleton County, SC

News Chief

CNN finding that prime-time success is illusive

The latest rough patch for CNN illustrates the two contradictions at the network's heart.

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Related Topix: US News, Larry King Live, Entertainment

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