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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Shaw Air Force Base is canceling its annual Independence Day celebration because of automatic federal budget cuts.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed graduates of the University of South Carolina Friday.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Sparkleberry Country Fair kicks off this Saturday, and officials started the celebration with a tree planting ceremony.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Neighbors applaud, cheer after authorities capture Boston Marathon bombing suspect

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A celebration for the ages at Fort Jackson as the Army Reserves turns 105.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  The annual St. Pat's in Five Points festival is coming up this Saturday.

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

Monday, March 11, 2013  Richland One, mourning the loss of a longtime board member and community leader.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Here in the Midlands, St. John Neumann Church offered a special mass in honor of the holy father.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Columbia native J. Anthony Brown will be the grand marshal for South Carolina's first Cornbread Festival.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Students at Batesburg-Leesville High School got a personal visit from the Mayor of Westminster, England, Tuesday.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Benedict College is scheduled to host a two-day celebration for Black History Month that features workshops for students, a celebration dinner and special guest speakers.

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, December 31, 2012  The buoyant economies of the Asia-Pacific are prepared to party with renewed optimism despite the so-called fiscal cliff threatening to reverberate globally from the United States and the tattered economies of Europe.

Monday, December 31, 2012  The biggest New Year's Eve event in Columbia is throwing its second annual bash to ring in the new year.