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A Nesmith man has been arrested seven months after threatening to kill his girlfriend, Florence County Sheriff's Lt.

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Authorities in South Carolina have arrested an 18-year-old high school senior accused of plotting to bomb his school. via WYFF-TV Greenville

A lock that gives boaters a path from Lake Moultrie to the Cooper River in southeastern South Carolina is out of service after a gate came off track. via Myrtle Beach Online

A spokesman for the South Carolina Army National Guard said about 200 soldiers expected to return this week are still in Kuwait because their flight was canceled due to turmoil in the airline industry. via WYFF4.com

“He seemed to hate the world. He hated people different from him - the rich boys with good-looking girlfriends”

BY JEFFREY COLLINS AP State Updated 04/20/08 - 9:06 PM A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of ... via Rock Hill Herald

“The caveats with that are the higher gas prices”

POST YOUR COMMENT Click here for Pee Dee county unemployment rates The Pee Dee's unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in March from 7.9 percent in February, according to the most recent statistics from the ... via Morning News

The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the death of a 25-year-old inmate at a medium-security South Carolina prison. via Post and Courier

Men and women who seduce married people could be sued by jilted spouses under a proposal that has won initial approval from South Carolina lawmakers. via Tribune-Times

Authorities say a fourth person has been charged in the fatal shooting of a man near a South Carolina college campus. via Myrtle Beach Online

The South Carolina Forestry Commission estimates $150,000 in damage to timberlands in Allendale, Orangburg, Newberry, Williamsburg and Kershaw counties. via WBTW

“The unwillingness of U.S. jurisdictions to punish 12-year-olds so harshly ... reflects a societal consensus that lengthy imprisonment without possibility of parole constitutes excessive punishment as applied to 12-year-old children”

Lawyers for Christopher Pittman wanted the justices to examine whether the long prison term for a child violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. via Island Packet

Saturday evening, March 16, 2008, at least 17 confirmed tornadoes touched down across South Carolina. via South Carolina Forestry Commision

About 65 soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat Team are returning home Friday afternoon after a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. via WACH-TV Columbia

“Once we close I'm very confident we'll have enough (money)”

After a meeting with a bond underwriter Tuesday, the president of South Carolina's largest student lender anticipates having adequate money to meet student loan needs for the coming academic year. via Tribune-Times

“They were against us, but that has changed”

To read more about Lewis Blackman , go to www.lewisblackman.net . In 2000, Helen Haskell's healthy 15-year-old son underwent elective surgery at Medical University of South Carolina to correct a congenital ... via The Post and Courier

Some Lowcountry families will be seeing their loved ones in the 218th Brigade Combat Team return from Afghanistan this week. via The Post and Courier

“The most effective state laws serve as a 'floor' not a 'ceiling' and allow communities to pass even stronger smoke-free laws.”

In a tremendous victory for public health, the S.C. Supreme Court has ruled that local municipalities have the right to protect their citizens from exposure to secondhand smoke. via The Post and Courier

“The observed decline in nests over the past two decades represents a loss in the number of hatchlings that will enter the population, grow and become sexually mature adults”

The loggerhead turtle's candidacy for the endangered species list will be reviewed again, after environmental groups protested a recent decision that kept the reptile listed as a threatened species. via The Post and Courier

A tornado watch has been issued for much of South Carolina. The watch covers areas to the north and west of a line from Barnwell to Florence and runs through the rest of Friday. via Myrtle Beach Online