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The soldiers going through basic training at Fort Jackson in Columbia stopped Friday afternoon for a moment of silence in honor of those killed and wounded at Fort Hood.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Greenville Contractor Enlisted For Boeing Construction, Jobs</title>
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Governor Mark Sanford signed an incentives package Friday that clears the way for Boeing to build a new factory in North Charleston. The 787 Dreamliner will be produced in the Lowcountry, adding thousands of jobs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Technology Summit Focuses on Deaf Students</title>
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The use of technology to improve literacy among hearing impaired students was the focus of a summit held in Columbia Friday.           ]]></description>
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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Mark Sanford cannot keep secret the Ethics Commission&#8217;s investigation of him.           ]]></description>
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The winners of the 2009 Governor&#8217;s Professor of the Year award were honored Thursday at the State House.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cash for Appliances Program Kicks of This Weekend in North Carolina</title>
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North Carolina residents will be able to get rebates for energy-saving appliances this weekend.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SCESC Sends Out Duplicate Unemployment Checks, Again</title>
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For the second time in the last few months, the South Carolina Employment Security Commission has sent out duplicate checks.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Reverse Mortgage Teleconference</title>
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The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs is using the Internet to educate the public. On Tuesday the department hosted an online teleconference, or Webinar, aimed at addressing the pros and cons of the reverse mortgage.           ]]></description>
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Voter turnout light in Spartanburg County           ]]></description>
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The 5 Democrats and 5 Republican candidates will sound off on the environment and economy.           ]]></description>
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A company offering free cell phones and minutes to low-income families in South Carolina has been denied by the state Public Service Commission.           ]]></description>
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Many voters in Spartanburg County have more than candidates to think about as they prepare to cast ballots on Tuesday. The county created 6 new precincts to alleviate long lines.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Earthquake Awareness Week</title>
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There are a number of fault lines in South Carolina and there have been two major quakes in state history.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SLED Unveils New Sex Offender Tracking System</title>
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has unveiled a new Web-based system for tracking registered sex offenders.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Upstate Officer Becomes First in SC History to Graduate Academy With Above&#45;the&#45;Knee Prosthetic Leg</title>
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Travelers Rest Police officer Alva Williams became the first in the state, and possibly the nation, to graduate the Criminal Justice Academy with an above-the-knee prosthetic.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Lt Gov Bauer Makes Run For Governor Official</title>
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Bauer joins four others in June&#8217;s Republican primary.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor Signs Unemployment Benefits Extension</title>
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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanfort signed into law Senate bill 374, Thursday, which extends benefits to the unemployed under the stimulus act. The bill passed with unanimous, bipartisan support and was made necessary by an oversight at the Employment Security Commission (ESC).           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor Sanford To Sign Jobless Benefits Extension Bill Thursday</title>
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Workers who have missed checks will get them retroactively.
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          <title>Assistant Attorney General Roland Corning Caught With Stripper</title>
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Police report says 66-year-old Roland Corning and an 18-year old stripper were stopped after they were spotted in an cemetery police say is known for sex.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Riverbanks Zoo Plans $40 million in Renovations</title>
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Officials at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia have laid out their plans to spend roughly $40 million on renovations.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Report: Boeing Talks Fall Apart; S.C. Likely To Get 787 Line</title>
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Boeing now appears close to choosing Charleston, S.C., as the location of the second line. The person close to the negotiations said an announcement could come within days.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC House Restores Jobless Benefits; Delays Impeachment Legislation</title>
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Taxpayers will spend about $115,000 for two-day session.           ]]></description>
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          <title>New Report Ranks SC Near Bottom in Graduation Rate</title>
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A new report by the Southern Regional Education Board ranks South Carolina near the bottom of the nation on graduation rates and says half the state&#8217;s high schools are &#8220;dropout factories&#8221;.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:46:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>State Fair, plus Football Equals Parking Difficulties</title>
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Organizers of the State Fair are advising fairgoers and football fans to leave early and expect traffic delays this weekend.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:35:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dinosaur Exhibit Opens at State Museum</title>
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A new exhibit opened this week at the South Carolina state museum in Columbia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:29:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Health Groups Plead with Pregnant Women to Get Flu Vaccines</title>
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Doctors and health officials are worried that a lot of pregnant women won&#8217;t get flu vaccines because of concern for their babies, but the flu poses a much bigger risk.           ]]></description>
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The state Supreme Court is giving Sanford five days to file more materials over whether the State Ethics Commission can release its report on the governor to state lawmakers.
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State lawmakers say they were surprised to learn that the state pays unemployment benefits to some people who are fired for misconduct or quit their jobs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Art Show Features Work from Blind Students</title>
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An exhibit of art work created by visually impaired students opened Wednesday at the South Carolina State Library in Columbia.            ]]></description>
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Lawmakers say the governor&#8217;s job is safe for now.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:27:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 Summit Updates Community Leaders</title>
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control held a summit Tuesday to provide community leaders with an update on the H1N1 flu.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Supreme Court Hears Governor Sanford&#8217;s Argument Against Ethics Report Release</title>
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Sanford&#8217;s lawyers want the court to order the state Ethics Commission to keep its report secret.            ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Misses Federal Aid for the Unemployed</title>
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Thousands of South Carolina&#8217;s unemployed will miss out on additional benefits after state officials failed to take the steps necessary to secure them.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Powerball, Mega Millions to Cross&#45;sell Tickets</title>
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The country&#8217;s two big-jackpot lotteries have agreed to cross-sell tickets, meaning South Carolina players will soon be able to buy MegaMillions tickets they now have to drive to Georgia to get.           ]]></description>
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The South Carolina Department of Corrections handed out nearly 3,000 trees on Wednesday to public entities and non-profit groups across the state.           ]]></description>
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A South Carolina board has unanimously pardoned two great-uncles of syndicated radio host Tom Joyner who were executed for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.           ]]></description>
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The state Department of Insurance says the Haigler Street Church of Christ in Abbeville has been selling insurance without a license.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:53:25 EST</pubDate>
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The 2009 South Carolina State Fair opened Wednesday in Columbia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:23:37 EST</pubDate>
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The H1N1 vaccine has arrived in South Carolina, but there is only a limited supply currently available to the public. According to DHEC, it will be a while before the vaccine is widely available for public consumption.           ]]></description>
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Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says an autopsy has determined that the cause of death of a soldier at Fort Jackson was heatstroke.           ]]></description>
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The helicopter had just dropped off a patient at a Charleston hospital on Sept. 25 and was flying to Conway, about 90 miles to the northeast, when it crashed in Georgetown County.           ]]></description>
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A member of Governor Mark Sanford&#8217;s security detail will be charged with speeding after a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 385 in Laurens County in which Sanford was a passenger in the vehicle.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:16:51 EST</pubDate>
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The South Carolina College Tuition Prepayment Program is the latest victim of the nation&#8217;s struggling economy. State officials say the program, that allows parents to pay future college tuition using today&#8217;s rates, is anywhere from $30 million to $60 million dollars in debt. Ideally, the state invests the money parents pay into the program and when the student is ready to attend college there would be enough to pay for tuition.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:02:23 EST</pubDate>
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Victims of domestic violence were remembered during the annual Silent Witness Ceremony at the state capital Tuesday. The names of the 26 women and six men who lost their lives as the result of domestic violence in 2008 were read aloud as a silhouette representing each person was carried down the steps of the State House. A 33rd silhouette was included to represent the potential unknown victims.
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Governor Mark Sanford will be in Gaffney Tuesday to announce a new business coming to the area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:24:44 EST</pubDate>
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The first shipment of the H1N1 vaccine is scheduled to arrive in South Carolina this week. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control says 25,500 doses of the nasal spray vaccine are on their way to the state. According to DHEC, since September 1, seven people have died and 145 people have been hospitalized from influenza in South Carolina.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:05:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>South Carolina Achievement Gap Remains Mixed</title>
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A new study shows that student performance in South Carolina schools has improved, but results on narrowing the achievement gaps for minority and low-income students are mixed. However, achievement gaps narrowed only at the high school level. The gaps were mixed for middle schools and widened at the elementary level.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:01:15 EST</pubDate>
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The court Thursday told the Ethics Commission to respond to arguments Sanford filed by Monday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:04:50 EST</pubDate>
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The South Carolina Revenue Department has found several dozen unprocessed tax returns in the desk of an employee who recently left her job.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:41:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor Sanford Asks Court To Keep Ongoing Probe Secret</title>
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Governor Mark Sanford contends the commission wants to give lawmakers an early report on the investigation           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:11:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Businesses Might Pay More to Cover Jobless Benefits</title>
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South Carolina businesses might have to pay more for each employee over the next couple of years to rebuild the state unemployment benefit fund.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:07:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>AMBER Alert Cancelled in North Carolina</title>
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The Iredell County Sheriff`s Department has cancelled an amber alert for 2 missing children: Keara Hess and  Sierra Hess.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:26:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor Sanford&#8217;s state flights raise tax liabilities</title>
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&nbsp; Sanford spokesman Ben Fox says all the governor&#8217;s travel is
official business so it is not taxable.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:21:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Why Were SC AMBER Alert Signs So Vague?</title>
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Drivers in South Carolina were wondering Tuesday why AMBER Alert signs gave no details, telling them only to &#8220;Tune to local media&#8221;.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:14:03 EST</pubDate>
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A nationwide ammunition shortage is making it difficult for some South Carolina handgun owners to find bullets.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:26:02 EST</pubDate>
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The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs is warning homeowners about some &#8220;mortgage relief&#8221; companies that are taking homeowners&#8217; money without giving any relief.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:49:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Jenny Sanford to Write Memoir For 2010</title>
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South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is writing a memoir that will be published next May.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:50:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Benedict College Moving Students Out of Dorm Fire Marshal Says is Unsafe</title>
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Benedict College is now moving 251 students out of a makeshift dorm that the county fire marshal ordered evacuated as an immediate threat to safety.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:18:37 EST</pubDate>
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In July, South Carolina reached 11.8 percent unemployment, well above the national average of 9.4 percent, and rated sixth-highest in the country.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:51:34 EST</pubDate>
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According to the average of current ticket prices listed on a Web booking site, commercial flights for those trips would have saved the state more than $41,000.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:44:55 EST</pubDate>
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Propsoals aim to cut half a trillion dollars from Medicare to fund health care reform.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:47:14 EST</pubDate>
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A Homeland Security division chief notified Sanford in a July 1 letter the Republican governor&#8217;s actions raised questions about his judgment and trustworthiness.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:22:26 EST</pubDate>
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GOP&#8217;s Wilson is rebuked Tuesday by House Dems and a few Republicans. Former President Carter calls Wilson&#8217;s comments &#8220;racist&#8221;. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:20:59 EST</pubDate>
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Jim Rex says public education is critical to the state&#8217;s economic vitality.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:50:25 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High to learn more about its successful Jobs for America&#8217;s Graduates program. He also answered our questions about what he&#8217;s doing about the state&#8217;s high unemployment rate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:21:24 EST</pubDate>
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On the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, South Carolina is safer, according to law enforcement officials.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:43:50 EST</pubDate>
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CNN reported South Carolina GOP Chairwoman Karen Floyd wants a party resolution for Sanford to step down.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:18:18 EST</pubDate>
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At the time the letter was delivered to the Governor, 61 members of the Caucus had signed on to the letter from Majority Leader Kenny Bingham           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:16:56 EST</pubDate>
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The SC Department of Consumer Affairs wants to make sure you understand recent changes to your credit card accounts, and explain more changes coming in February.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:12:45 EST</pubDate>
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South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell sent a letter to Gov. Mark Sanford asking him to step down from office because of &#8220;constant distractions&#8221;.
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The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a child safety checklist for parents to use for their children.           ]]></description>
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Once again he is expected to ask the state to forgive him and move on past his affair and secret trip to Argentina.           ]]></description>
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A special exhibit at the State Museum in Columbia called &#8220;Powers of Nature&#8221; ends after Labor Day.           ]]></description>
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White House rewriting speech after conservative complaints           ]]></description>
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State agencies will lose 4 percent of their budgets as South Carolina&#8217;s financial oversight board deals with lagging tax collections.           ]]></description>
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At a time when businesses and state agencies are struggling because of the economy and budget cuts, the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum had its best year ever, with a new exhibit opening Friday expected to draw even more visitors.           ]]></description>
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A subcommittee led by Fountain Inn State Senator David Thomas is trying to find out if Sanford violated travel rules with six of his overseas flights.            ]]></description>
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The State Ethics Commission&#8217;s investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford will take four to eight weeks, with the governor being interviewed toward the end of the process.           ]]></description>
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On Friday, Governor Sanford decided the investigation into his use of state planes will be made public.            ]]></description>
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Anheuser-Busch is offering special &#8220;Fan Cans&#8221; of Bud Light in school colors, which has officials at Clemson and USC upset.           ]]></description>
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A lot of you have contacted us wanting to know why there have been so many cuts in education in South Carolina when state lottery revenues are up?            ]]></description>
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The documents released by Sanford&#8217;s office show former Governor Hodges used the concorde to return from a trip to France.           ]]></description>
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 &#8220;State of Denial&#8221; will explore issues facing South Carolina from poverty and health to pollution.
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Sanford will responded to the calls for his resignation at 3:30pm. WSPA.com will stream the news conference live.           ]]></description>
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The median price for a home in South Carolina in July was off by eight percent in July from one year ago.           ]]></description>
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The State Law Enforcement Division says its spending of more than $600,000 for new vehicles and weapons was in motion before state budget cuts.
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Republican Senator David Thomas said Governor Mark Sanford flew business class on trips that cost taxpayers $14,000 more than economy class.           ]]></description>
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Henry McMaster is laying out his economic development plan Tuesday morning at a small business in Columbia.           ]]></description>
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A new first-in-the-nation partnership sends private donations directly to South Carolina public school classrooms.           ]]></description>
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There&#8217;s more talk among members of the South Carolina House about the possibility of an impeachment article against Gov. Mark Sanford making it to the House floor.           ]]></description>
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In June, South Carolina&#8217;s jobless rate was at 12.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country.            ]]></description>
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Senator Jim DeMint to hold virtual town hall meeting at 6 pm. Watch and chat here.           ]]></description>
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 Greenville County Schools&#8217; students outperformed their peers at the state and national levels on the American College Test.           ]]></description>
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Mrs. Sanford wonders why her husband&#8217;s mistress wanted the governor to visit in June if she knew &#8216;The State&#8217; newspaper had copies of their emails           ]]></description>
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U.S. Attorney calls case a vast conspiracy in South Carolina.            ]]></description>
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North Carolina&#8217;s governor has signed a law making it the second state to allow defendants or convicts to prove racial bias was behind prosecutors seeking or jurors rendering the death penalty.
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About 70% of people wo tried to file claims on Sunday could not get through.           ]]></description>
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The pilots of a Learjet that hurtled off a South Carolina runway realized something was wrong just seconds before the fiery crash that killed them and two others and injured two celebrities.           ]]></description>
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Rex would run as a Democrat and reportedly plans to make a decision on entering the governor&#8217;s race by early September.           ]]></description>
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Recent court rulings that South Carolina&#8217;s law setting the legal drinking age at 21 are unconstitutional could mean you&#8217;ll get to vote next year on a constitutional amendment to set the age.           ]]></description>
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