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Yesterday at 8:15 AM  Google is holding an event to give teachers, entrepreneurs, and employees of nonprofits a chance to learn how to use the Internet company's tools at the Trident Technical College campus in North Charleston.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  South Carolina's pension fund investments are expected to post double-digit earnings for the current fiscal year.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  A Charleston firm has started a new social networking site to help people check off their bucket list items.

Monday, May 27, 2013  Researchers and archaeology students are getting ready to break new ground this summer at Camp Lawton, a Civil War prison camp that stayed virtually undisturbed for nearly 150 years before it was discovered in southeast Georgia.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  The storm's death toll was corrected and lowered to 24, including 7 children.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A new tech project designed to show off Charleston's technology efforts to residents and visitors alike is taking off.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  PeopleMatter, a provider of human resources software for service industries, is opening its world headquarters in Charleston.

Friday, March 29, 2013  The South Carolina State Museum is getting a facelift, the popular educational attraction is spending more than 20 million dollars to bring cutting edge technology and science to South Carolina.

Friday, March 08, 2013  An archaeological dig at a South Carolina historic site is into its third year revealing more aspects of the past.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Former basketball coach Gregg Marshall and longtime university president Anthony DiGiorgio will be among seven people to be inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  China hacking reveals outsourcing to private US firms in international cyberwar

Thursday, February 21, 2013  104-year-old Michigan woman stays forever young(er) on Facebook, as site can't handle 3-digit age

Monday, February 18, 2013  If you didn’t know they were married, you'd think Roberto and Holly Digiovine were the wonder twins. They do everything together; live, work and play.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Sign companies now have permission to put up digital billboards around Florence County, although a new county ordinance governs their use.

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.