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47 min ago | WCIV

Chemical Found in Wells at Plant

Officials say they've found elevated levels of a radioactive form of hydrogen in water in two wells at a South Carolina nuclear reactor site.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, South Carolina Government

Tue Feb 09, 2010

Clover Herald

Bill could make retrofitting SC homes easier

South Carolina residents could make their homes more energy-efficient with no money down, while also paying lower electricity bills, under a loan proposal that cleared a legislative panel Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Goose Creek, SC

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The women in the Stand by Your Man Club are not vessels for the problems of others

From time to time, I come across Silda and Eliot Spitzer . He is the former New York governor who had to leave office because of a sex scandal, and she is the wife who was roundly criticized at the time for publicly standing by her man after he was accused of seeing a prostitute in Washington .

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Related Topix: Opinion

Augusta Chronicle Online

Across South Carolina

Tim Scott, the first black Republican elected to the South Carolina Legislature since Reconstruction, abandoned his race for lieutenant governor on Monday to enter the crowded contest for the state's open 1st District congressional seat.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Henry Brown, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, South Carolina Government, Prison, Charleston Metro

Mon Feb 08, 2010

WCIV

Museum Seeking Ideas From Public

The maritime museum on South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, Patriots Point, is asking the public for ideas for the museum's future.

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Politico

Tea Party GOP

Andy Barr reports that the South Carolina Republican Party has established a formal relationship, of sorts, with local tea party groups: The agreement, as announced by South Carolina Republicans, is designed to serve four goals: increase precinct involvement, improve communication between the state party and grass-roots groups, create liaisons ...

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WJBF-TV Augusta

Sc-Based Coast Guard Cutter Heads To Haiti

A Coast Guard cutter based in South Carolina is headed to Haiti to help with earthquake recovery.

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Related Topix: Haiti, Central America, World News, Natural Disasters, Earthquake

MomLogic

Jenny Sanford Speaks Out to Momlogic

In her new book, " Staying True ," South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford talks about resilience and strength.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Wedding

Insurance Journal West

South Carolina Eyes Lawsuit Limits to Help Economy

South Carolina's economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group as state lawmakers consider legislation to do just that.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government

Sun Feb 07, 2010

Thestate.com

USC's Bradley out 1-2 months

South Carolina sophomore outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. will be out four to eight weeks with a broken right hand.

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WJBF-TV Augusta

Sca S Largest Port Sees Signficant Drop In Cargo

Traffic through South Carolina's largest port in Charleston has decreased 37 percent in the past five years, while shipping through the neighboring port of Savannah, Ga., has increased 42 percent.

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WYFF-TV Greenville

Teen Pedestrian Killed 1hr

South Carolina authorities say a 15-year-old girl walking by a mall near Columbia has been struck and killed by an SUV.

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McClatchy DC

Thanks to 'You lie!', South Carolina race turns national and expensive

You might be forgiven for wondering which district, or even which state, Republican Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rob Miller (Robert Lauransom Miller), 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Sat Feb 06, 2010

Fiber Art Calls for Entry

South Carolina Palmetto Hands

Deadline: March 19, 2010 South Carolina PALMETTO HANDS Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition North Charleston Performing Arts Center & Charleston Area Convention Center Complex April 30 - May 8, 2010 Fine craft artists from across the state are invited to participate in the eighth annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition and ...

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Related Topix: Charleston Metro, North Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC

Jalopnik

Butt Cold And Rainy: Welcome To South Carolina! [24 Hours Of Lemons]

With temperatures in the 30s and stinging rainstorms turning the LeMons Supreme Court's BS Inspection area into a sea of mud, the 66 cars we examined at the Southern Discomfort '10 24 Hours of LeMons race felt like several hundred.

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Related Topix: Autos

Columbus Alive

The Daily Show: Thank you, South Carolina

Visit ComedyCentral.com for more on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," including videos, games and photo galleries "The Daily Show" Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m. on Comedy Central We here are especially grateful for our frequent contributors, those who give more than their fair share.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Jon Stewart, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Fri Feb 05, 2010

Augusta Chronicle Online

S. Carolina candidate calls for cigarette tax increase

South Carolina's schools chief called on legislators Thursday to increase the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to the national average and put half of the additional revenue toward education to stop looming teacher furloughs.

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Related Topix: South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Augusta Chronicle Online

S.C. House approves three furloughs

South Carolina House members are putting themselves on furlough to save money. The House agreed Thursday to forgo next week's session, though some representatives may come to Columbia for committee meetings.

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KWRD-FM Irving

Even as a Sappy Romance, "Dear John" Doesn't Deliver

CLOSE AVERAGE USER RATING Even as a Sappy Romance, "Dear John" Doesn't Deliver Christa Banister Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer Release Date: February 5, 2010 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Romance, Drama, Adaptation Run Time: 105 min.

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Related Topix: Dear John, Drama Movies, The Notebook, Cullen Moss, Movies, Entertainment

WCNC-TV Charlotte

SC's Sanford seeks stimulus funds for schools

Gov. Mark Sanford wants $300 million in federal stimulus money for South Carolina, less than a year after fighting against accepting more than $700 million.

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

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