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Thursday, April 04, 2013  Two Rowan County Republican lawmakers want their legislative colleagues to support a resolution backing their county commissioners and their use of sectarian prayers at official meetings.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  People lined up hours before the Myrtle Beach Gun and Knife show opened just to make sure they'd be the first ones inside.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A gun-rights organization is reminding North Carolina lawmakers its members believe in the right to bear arms and they shouldn't attempt to pass legislation that narrows the freedom.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  At the Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh on Saturday, a 12-gauge shotgun discharged as its owner unzipped its case at a security entrance for a law enforcement officer to check at a security entrance, injuring three people, state Agriculture Department spokesman Brian Long said.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  North Carolina voters have approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, making it the 30th state to adopt such a ban.

Sunday, May 06, 2012  Competing sides in the North Carolina marriage referendum on Tuesday's ballot are getting last-minute cash from national groups for and against gay marriage and even a movie comedian.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  To say some South Carolinians are passionate about protecting their right to bear arms is an understatement. Thursday night in front of a packed house, Horry County's Public Safety Committee discussed possible regulations of where gun owners can fire their weapons.

Thursday, February 09, 2012  Thursday night, Florence School District One Board of Trustees voted to no longer pray aloud at their meetings.

Thursday, September 29, 2011  All this week, libraries across the country are celebrating the freedom to read as part of banned books week which is celebrated every year. Coastal Carolina University hosted a "read out" to highlight controversial books.

Monday, July 04, 2011  Educators say South Carolina's new budget adds money to classrooms and school buses and could ease problems in school schools around the state.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011  The South Carolina House of Representatives spent much of Wednesday undoing what Governor Nikki Haley spent much of Tuesday doing.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011  The South Carolina House has voted 112-1 to override Gov. Nikki Haley's veto of $108 million in spending from a rainy day account to train Boeing workers, repair college buildings and buy equipment to fight  wildfires.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011  South Carolina may soon be without a state program that decides how and where hospitals can expand in order to avoid duplication of services.