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Yesterday at 5:30 AM  The budget debate in the South Carolina Senate enters week two.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The state inspector general says prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it.

Sunday, May 19, 2013  On Sunday night, Celebration Presbyterian Church held a memorial service at the Waterford Plantation neighborhood for victims of the Windsor Green condo fire that lost their pets in the fire.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Thursday marked two months since a fire destroyed the Windsor Green condominiums in Carolina Forest.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Two months to the day after the fire that left nearly 200 people homeless, new construction is well underway.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  For longtime South Carolina residents, the 2013 hurricane season might look similar to a couple of past years and not in a good way.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Mark Sanford's quest for political redemption now rests with voters along South Carolina's coast.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Two security guards at Club Nirvana on East Palmetto Street in Florence have been arrested for assaulting a person at the club on April 21, according to the Florence County Sheriff's Office.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  After a two-month investigation by the 15th Circuit Drug Enforcement Unit, agents executed a search warrant on Blue Street in Myrtle Beach.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Horry County police were called to a home in Longs Tuesday after a woman said she saw a man looking into her bathroom window while she was taking a shower.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Horry County police arrested a male juvenile for a bomb threat Wednesday at Green Sea Floyds High and Middle School.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Budget deliberations are set to begin Tuesday in the full Finance Committee following weeks of subcommittee hearings.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Republican Mark Sanford and Democratic Elizabeth Colbert Busch are hitting the campaign trail after mixing it up in the only scheduled debate of their South Carolina congressional race. The special election is next Tuesday.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch are sharing the stage for the first time in their race for the state's vacant 1st Congressional District seat.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.