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Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Some 400 South Carolina National Guard soldiers are returning home from a nine-month deployment in the Balkan nation of Kosovo.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  South Carolina's legislative session is supposed to end this week. Yet all the reform measures that legislators of both parties and chambers called top priorities back in January remain undone.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill to make it illegal for a store or restaurant to claim that seafood is local when it comes from outside the waters of South Carolina, Georgia or North Carolina.

Monday, May 27, 2013  Associaton recovering from former leader's suicide and assistant's embezzlement.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  A Columbia woman has been arrested after a 2-year-old boy in her care died last weekend.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  A Hartsville area mom bought a lottery ticket at the Short Trip 7 on Oates Hwy. in Lamar and an hour and half later was at the Lottery's Columbia Claims Center to collect her $200,000 prize.

Sunday, May 19, 2013  A lawyer says a state Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for gamblers to sue for money they lose by playing illegal gambling machines.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Country music star Darius Rucker says this year's graduating class from the University of South Carolina should follow their dreams and make room for service to others.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Johnson County authorities say a man charged in the death of a South Carolina pediatrician died in his jail cell.

Saturday, May 04, 2013  The party selected 37-year-old Orangeburg native Jaime Harrison as its new leader at Saturday's convention in Columbia.

Saturday, May 04, 2013  Connelly fought off two challengers and won nearly 75 percent of the vote to remain chairman of the party after Saturday's vote at the GOP convention in Columbia. He was first elected in 2011.

Saturday, May 04, 2013  An animal rights group plans a vigil at the State Law Enforcement Division headquarters after the agency destroyed a goose nest with eggs inside.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The vice president will be in Columbia on Friday to give remarks at the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Authorities say a 20-year-old Clemson University student has been found dead at an off-campus apartment.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Students still struggling to read by the end of third grade would be held back for extra help under a bill that aims to boost children's chances of success through early intervention.