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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  An historian and an archaeologist are holding a program about the graveyard that was discovered in Charleston's historic district earlier this year.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged as a civilian and will be tried in federal court for conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property resulting in death.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Authorities say a body found in woods in Spartanburg County was an 18-year-old man killed in a robbery almost five months ago because he had $1,000 in his pocket as he went looking to buy a car.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  In July of 2012, the remains of Master Sergeant Ernest Grainger were unearthed in Korea.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Authorities are working to identify skeletal remains found along a creek bed near Pauline.

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.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  In the new school building in the neighboring town of Monroe, police remain a presence. Signs ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Workers have found at least 27 graves at the site of a construction project in downtown Charleston.

Friday, February 15, 2013  With fugitive ex-cop confirmed dead, focus shifts to how Dorner died in burning mountain cabin

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Berkeley County sheriff's deputies have found the remains of more than 200 dogs behind a home in Goose Creek.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Authorities say a Georgia man who was stabbed to death and his body dismembered was seen alive in a video surveillance tape from a South Carolina hotel on New Year's night.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A Greenwood woman has been sentenced to prison for hiding her grandfather's body so she could keep cashing his Social Security checks.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Despite signs of economic recovery, hiring remains too weak to rapidly reduce the number of those unemployed.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Robust hiring in manufacturing and construction fueled the December job gains.