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Thursday, May 23, 2013  South Carolina is celebrating its 225th birthday as a U.S. state.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  In Kentucky, child shooting spotlights urban-rural gun debate when 5-year-old kills 2-year-old

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Six people are charged in the death of a man who was attacked at a birthday party in Greenville.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The mother of a New York woman who disappeared while on a vacation to South Carolina is visiting the state four years later.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Greenville will be getting a trampoline park attraction this summer.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  May Williams wasn't happy with her bowling score. She couldn't even make her age. Maybe it was because of the hubbub around her 102nd birthday party.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A 17-year-old man has been charged with murder in a shooting that killed a teen and wounded four others at a weekend birthday party in Greenwood.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  Two people were taken to the hospital after a shooting at a birthday party Friday night.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Myrtle Beach's 75th birthday celebration is officially under way.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  The original Emancipation Proclamation is going on display in Nashville as the Civil War-era document that changed the lives of countless African-Americans makes its only stop in the Southeast on a 150th anniversary tour.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  The 200th anniversary of the birthday of Germany composer Richard Wagner is being marked by a symposium and a silent film showing at the University of South Carolina.

Monday, January 21, 2013  South Carolina civil rights leaders paused their celebration of Martin Luther King Day to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office for his second term.

Friday, January 18, 2013  South Carolina's infant mortality rate is steady.

Monday, December 24, 2012  Two decades ago, then-South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell stood at the Greenville-Spartanburg airport and announced the BMW plant being built just up the road would be a benchmark in the state's history.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Soldiers, civilian employees and families of the Third Army are celebrating their 94th birthday with a ceremony of the unit's battle streamers, cake-cutting and chili cook-off.