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Wednesday, April 25, 2012  A former employee of the South Carolina Hospitality Association who admitted she embezzled nearly $500,000 from the group pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Prosecutors say that a hearing has been scheduled for Rachel Ducan in Columbia on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  A former employee of the South Carolina Hospitality Association has admitted she embezzled nearly $500,000 from the group whose director killed himself earlier this year.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  A former senior official from the Columbia Police Department who was fired in the wake of the search for a missing Columbia executive says she was on vacation in the opening days of the investigation. Personnel records released by the city dispute the claim.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  FBI confirms authorship of manifesto that investigators say shows the pilot intentionally crashed his plane into a building that had an IRS office