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1 hr ago | KJCT

On this day: May 22

A former U.S. vice president is indicted for treason, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded hits Chile, "Pac-Man" makes his debut, Johnny Carson signs off, and a deadly tornado devastates Joplin, Mo., all on this day.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Jazz, Wagner, Opera, World News, Germany, France,

5 hrs ago | FITSNews

SCDP: Actions Speak Louder Than Words On Ethics Reform

Governor Haley will be holding a press conference this morning and attached is a document to help you decode the Governor's real position on ethics since her actions tell a far different story than her words.

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Related Topix: Nikki Haley, US Governors, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gresham Barrett, South Carolina Government, 9

Tue May 21, 2013

WLTX-TV Columbia

SC House Committee Crafting Cybersecurity Bill

A House committee's proposal for better securing South Carolina taxpayers' personal data would create a new computer technology agency that reports to the governor.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Nikki Haley, US Governors

RochesterHomepage.net

Home Improvement Scammers; What You Need to Know

Warm weather is here and that means so are the scam artists who target homeowners.

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Related Topix: Weather, Home Improvement, Home

Charleston Business Journal

Sequestration prompts cuts in unemployment checks

Beginning next week, thousands of South Carolinians receiving federal unemployment checks will have their benefits cut because of the federal budget sequestration.

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Anorak

End of days: Shetland pony breastfeeds a lamb and a dog wet nurses a cat

"I was out riding one day and I spotted a baby lamb feeding. The first time I saw it I couldn't quite believe it - I thought I might be imagining it.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

WTLV

Couple faces adoption roadblocks

A First Coast couple trying to adopt a child from South Carolina say they feel like their baby has been taken from them by the system.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Kids, Family

The Index Journal

Alcohol measure moves forward

Greenwood City Council moved ahead on a measure that would allow outdoor beer and wine consumption in designated, fenced-in areas during the South Carolina Festival of Discovery.

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Mon May 20, 2013

EDGE

Beautiful Creatures

"Beautiful Creatures" is a Southern Gothic "Romeo and Juliet" set in a South Carolina town so small there isn't even a Starbucks -- just 12 churches, one library where books are banned and people who are "too stupid to leave or too stuck to move." The type of place where saying "Bless your heart" actually means "fuck you." Based on the first ... (more)

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Related Topix: Beautiful Creatures, Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

The Edgefield Advertiser

Educational Speaker Series, May 30 through June 27, 2013

Join us for eight terrific events in our speaker series this May and June. These public presentations and discussions focus on the cultural creativity, history, and heritage of the societies and pottery enterprises that flourished in the landscape of the Edgefield District of South Carolina.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, African-American, Edgefield County, SC, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen'

As a cook with strong South Carolina heritage, I was immediately drawn to Matt and Ted Lee 's new cookbook, The Lee Bros.

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Related Topix: Recipes, Life, Seafood

The Miami Herald

Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

A new government report details 87 shipwrecks - most sunk during World War II decades ago - that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, Boat Disaster

WACH-TV Columbia

State senator honoring South Carolina's fallen soldiers

Lexington County Senator Katrina Shealy hosted a luncheon Monday for seven of South Carolina's soldiers who gave their lives while serving our country.

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Related Topix: Lexington County, SC, Livingston, SC, Easley, SC, Travelers Rest, SC

WIS-TV Columbia

Motorcyclist killed in late night collision

The SC Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that involved a motorcycle.

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Related Topix: Holly Hill, SC, Columbia, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

WTMA-AM North Charleston

South Carolina Unemployment Rate at Eight Percent, Lowest in Five Years

The jobless rate in South Carolina fell to eight percent, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Columbia, SC

Roll Call

NRCC Gave $164,000 to South Carolina Republicans Before Sanford Win

The South Carolina Republican Party Federal Campaign Committee disclosed today it had received $164,000 from the National Republican Congressional Committee on April 15, three weeks before the South Carolina 1st District Special Election won by Mark Sanford.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, US Governors, Mark Sanford

FITSNews

Hugh Leatherman's Office Protested

From the "people are starting to get it" file, a group of protestors recently picketed the Pee Dee real estate office of powerful S.C. Senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman .

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Nikki Haley, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law

Business Wire

VP of Academic Affairs Receives Honor from South Carolina Business and Professional Women

The award honors successful women who have distinguished themselves in their career, community services, outstanding role models for young women, and for efforts on issues which are supported by the South Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.

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Related Topix: Methodist College, Greenville College, Limestone College, University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina Union

Fox Sports

Smalls holds Clemson in high regard

Darin Smalls, one of the top defensive prospects in the state of South Carolina, lists Clemson as one of his top three choices.

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Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Sports, Louisville Cardinals NCAA Football

Sun May 19, 2013

Bluffton Today

S.C. equality and the right side of history

S.C. Equality is both an organization and a principle. And we in South Carolina need to get on the right side of history and support both.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Columbia, SC, Gay/Lesbian, Opinion

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