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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Joe Dugan, the Chairman of the Board of the Myrtle Beach Tea Party says his group formed in March 2009, filed for nonprofit  status later that year or in early 2010, then received eight pages of questions from the Internal Revenue Service in February 2012.

Friday, July 13, 2012  The Penn State scandal may have happened hundreds of miles away, but it's affecting higher education in our area. In the wake of the charges, Coastal Carolina University reviewed its policies, and now they take more steps to ensure the safety of their campus.

Saturday, June 02, 2012  John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter is publishing a memoir about her relationship with the former presidential candidate and their daughter. Jennifer Canzoneri, marketing manager at Dallas-based BenBella Books, says "What Really Happened" is set to be released on June 26.

Saturday, May 19, 2012  Jurors in the John Edwards' campaign corruption trial are taking a break for the weekend before taking up the case again on Monday.

Saturday, April 14, 2012  A deepening scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents is making it harder for President Barack Obama to keep the focus of his Colombia trip on boosting economic ties with Latin America.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  NewsChannel 15 has learned Dr. Anil Potti, who is accused of manipulating data in cancer research while he worked at Duke University, is no longer employed at Coastal Cancer Center in Myrtle Beach.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Dr. Anil Potti is accused of manipulating data in cancer research while he worked at Duke University.

Sunday, January 22, 2012  Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. He was 85.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  New emails released by The Citadel show a school attorney hoped to avoid a criminal or civil investigation if the school conducted an internal investigation of a 2007 sex abuse complaint against a former Citadel camp counselor.

Monday, November 28, 2011  Former Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky faces 40 charges of sexual abuse against young boys. On Sunday, Syracuse University fired Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine after allegations he sexual abused three children. It took the victims years to come forward, which possbily could have been prevented.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011  There's a debate raging across the country about Penn State's head football coach. Joe Paterno said Wednesday he'll retire at the end of this year amid allegations that he knew his assistant coach was abusing children.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  Horry County police charged Ronald Eric Ratliff, 49, James Earl Winburn, 46, Wendell Allen Ingram, 41, and Jesse William Sparrow, 27, each with Criminal Conspiracy and Forgery More Than $5,000. All four men are from Hartsville.

Saturday, December 18, 2010  The former brigadier general who was demoted in the wake of the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal says she won't rest until she is cleared of wrongdoing.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  A former South Carolina state lawmaker caught up in one of the state's largest public corruption scandals has been convicted of mail fraud.

Saturday, June 26, 2010  Saturday marked the one year anniversary that Governor Mark Sanford made national headlines after confessing to having an affair.