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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Two small central Kentucky cities top a list of what one business magazine considers the best small cities in the United States.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Store officials at the Best Buy Harbison location announced they will be giving away free gift cards and other promotions this month to first responders.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A week before the special election in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, House Democrats launched another ad attacking former Gov. Mark Sanford's personal indiscretions. Sanford, meanwhile, picked up the endorsement of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who is considering a run for president.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A creative team from the New York advertising office Anomaly is coming to the University of South Carolina to receive the Cocky Award for the best Super Bowl commercial of 2013.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A Columbia soldier is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious Best Warrior Competition in Florida.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  As beaches across the country get ready for college kids to take holiday vacation, this movie came out just in time to remind the rest of us to head for the hills. There are few things in life more annoying than a loud crowd of college drunkards. The movie Spring Breakers turned out to be one of those things.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Five South Carolina schools are being honored as South Carolina's best.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  An effort to put a police officer in every public school in South Carolina has hit a financial roadblock.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The deputy whose life was saved by a bullet proof vest in a shooting Tuesday is out of the hospital and resting, according to Richland County Sheriff's Department officials.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  U.S. Sen. Tim Scott wants the students at his old high school in North Charleston to dream big.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  An early morning obstacle course, a Sergeants Major board, combatives, weapons qualification, a physical fitness test and knowledge of basic soldier skills were just the beginning of what soldiers went through when competing to win the 2013 South Carolina National Guard Best Warrior Competition.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  An editor in Iowa who helped his newspaper get national recognition for print and online journalism has been chosen as the new editor of The Post and Courier of Charleston.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Beauty can be found anywhere if you're looking, even in an isolated community on the edge of Earth. Some call it the swamp. Some call it the bayou. A little girl named Hushpuppy called it home.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Paris in the early 1800's was a real drag for princes and paupers alike, making the perfect backdrop for a story of redemption for one man, and the socio-liberation of Frances wretchedly poor from bourgeoisie high society.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  In a world with global positioning satellites and technology that can literally find a needle in a haystack, the decade long hunt for Osama Bin Laden finally came to an end thanks to gut instincts and pure tenacity.