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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Cholesterol, cancer, even infectious diseases: our blood can help doctors detect them all.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The president of the South Carolina Bankers Association says his group has created a way to detect fraud on customers' bank accounts following last fall's hacking of taxpayers' filings with the Department of Revenue.

Friday, January 11, 2013  In these troubling times, it's difficult to ascertain whether we need more or less medication to soothe the savage beast, and now director David O. Russell makes a film that puts some meat behind the phrase "take a chill pill".

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  South Carolina law officers who are distressed after killing someone in the line of duty aren't entitled to workers' compensation.

Friday, April 06, 2012  An employee at an Aynor daycare is facing a cruelty to children charge after police say she was caught on tape assaulting an infant with a chair.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  The best short-term solution for bottling up the oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be arriving today.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  Anxiety is high among residents and business owners along the Gulf Coast as oil from an exploded BP oil rig inches toward shore. Meanwhile, engineers are using a range of tactics to stop the leak. Read on for more about the Gulf Coast oil spill.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  People along the Gulf Coast have spent weeks living with uncertainty, wondering where and when a huge slick of oil might come ashore, ruining their beaches — and their livelihoods.

Monday, April 27, 2009  Strong quake sways tall buildings, adds to swine flu anxiety in already-tense Mexico City