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Today at 5:09 PM  The annual South Carolina Book Festival continued Saturday.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A ceremony Friday recognized the police officers who make sure large vehicles and drivers around them are safe and legal.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Two scholars are scheduled to discuss the pursuit of peace during lectures at the University of South Carolina.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  The West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater hosted the Kirkin of the Tartans; a traditional Scottish worship service.

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.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Law enforcement officers from North and South Carolina are scheduled to be in Spartanburg this week for training on K9 techniques.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  It is Consumer Protection Week and identity protection has been a hot topic in Columbia.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce is offering small business owners a chance to get more information about filing their taxes.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  A meeting at the University of South Carolina School of Law is exploring the intersection of law and technology.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Attorney General Alan Wilson said Joshua N. Williams, 20 of West Columbia is charged wwith disseminating obscene material to a minor.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  Highway 521 was blocked off for several hours Wednesday after a log truck rolled, spilling a full load onto the roadway.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Fontana Unified School District police purchased 14 of the Colt LE6940 rifles last fall, and they were delivered the first week of December — a week before the Connecticut school shooting.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A sperm donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  William Spengler, who killed two firefighters, typed out a goodbye, stating his desire to "do what I like doing best, killing people" before setting the house where he lived with his sister ablaze.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Since July, there have been at least four mass shootings that killed 47 people and wounded dozens more in Connecticut, Colorado, Oregon and Wisconsin.