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11 minutes ago  Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on legislators to get a bill strengthening the state's weak ethics laws to her desk.

Today at 6:55 AM  The budget debate in the South Carolina Senate enters week two.

Today at 6:18 AM  South Carolina State University trustees are meeting to approve the salary of the school's new president.

Yesterday at 6:25 PM  A woman accused of killing her two children and shooting her husband in the head has been released from a Greenville hospital.

Yesterday at 6:20 PM  The state inspector general says prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it.

Yesterday at 6:15 PM  South Carolina's attorney general is soliciting calls from conservative groups that believe they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Yesterday at 6:15 PM  Gov. Nikki Haley is spending time with her husband during a break from his deployment to Afghanistan.

Yesterday at 6:10 PM  A 40-year-old man is dead after being shot several times in the backyard of an Anderson home.

Yesterday at 3:40 PM  Numerous witnesses testified Monday about Bryan Capnerhurst, one of two people the state believes Brett Parker shot and killed at his Ascot Estates home in April 2012.

Yesterday at 1:55 PM  Newly installed U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is out doing the business of a congressman, meeting and greeting constituents in his South Carolina district.

Yesterday at 1:50 PM  A 50-year-old man fishing in a Greenwood pond has drowned after he fell out of a boat.

Yesterday at 1:40 PM  GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging.

Yesterday at 12:30 PM  A 16-year-old boy accused of breaking into a restaurant in Gilbert is being charged as an adult.

Yesterday at 12:05 PM  AT&T is hiring 120 people across South Carolina as it expands its wired and wireless network nationwide.

Yesterday at 12:00 PM  Lexington County Senator Katrina Shealy hosted a luncheon Monday for seven of South Carolina's soliders who gave their lives while serving our country.