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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A judge in St. Maarten has convicted three men and issued prison sentences in the killing of a South Carolina couple who owned a home in the Caribbean country.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Department of Veterans Affairs is being sued over a missing laptop officials say contained personal information of thousands of veterans.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A 35-year-old man from Lugoff is accused of having sex with a teenage girl, according to the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  President Barack Obama's proposed budget includes more than $1 million to continue studies for the $300 million deepening of the Charleston Harbor shipping channel.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A lawyer for a Jamaican man accused of killing a U.S. couple in their St. Maarten vacation home urged a judge to convict him of a lesser crime than premeditated murder.

Friday, April 05, 2013  The William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center is offering free credit monitoring to the nearly 7,500 veterans whose information may have been breached after a laptop went missing in February.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A former deputy police chief in Columbia has sued the city, saying she was discriminated against by city officials.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Boeing expects to finish testing its battery fix for the 787 within the next week or two. Then it will be up to the Federal Aviation Administration to decide when the planes fly again.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Gov. Nikki Haley says 32 business leaders from across South Carolina have volunteered to help her raise money for a potential re-election campaign.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The director of South Carolina's Emergency Management Division is stepping down from his post and the group's chief of staff is serving as interim director.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Airplane production continues normally at Boeing's South Carolina 787 assembly plant although federal authorities have grounded planes now in service while onboard batteries are checked.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The two sides in a federal lawsuit over the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel say progress is being made toward reaching a settlement.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  A former Conway pastor has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a Ponzi scheme in which people were bilked out of $2.5 million.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Officials of the Diocese of South Carolina have filed a lawsuit against The Episcopal Church, saying it needs to protect its property from the national body.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Residents of Richland and Lexington counties have a chance to check out animals and attractions at the Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens without paying.