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Tuesday, April 03, 2012  A Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2007 deaths of a Richland County mother and daughter.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  A protest outside the Westminster dog show aimed at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew about a dozen demonstrators and a few pooches Tuesday.

Friday, January 27, 2012  The company that provides security at a shopping mall in Columbia has agreed to pay $530,000 because of a shooting death in 2007.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Judge to hear testimony on whether Virginia Tech should pay fines related to 2007 shootings

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  Lexington Middle School eighth graders learned the dangers of driving Wednesday during a "Shattered Dreams" presentation.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Complete story re-write: US fines Virginia Tech maximum $55,000 for response to 2007 mass shooting

Monday, October 11, 2010  The jobs crisis has brought an unwelcome discovery for many unemployed Americans: Job openings in their old fields exist. Yet they no longer qualify for them.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  A government investigator says 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  After the recession began in 2007, the suburbs continued to post larger increases in the number of poor — adding 1.8 million, compared to 1.4 million in the cities.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The government's giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren't buying it.

Monday, October 04, 2010  Though most economists think it helped avert a second Depression, the $700 billion program was as despised as any in U.S. history.

Friday, October 01, 2010  President Barack Obama's $800 billion-plus economic stimulus law may not be earning good grades with the public, but the White House claims it's on track to produce the promised 3.5 million jobs.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  A South Carolina man has been arrested in the shooting death of a restaurant employee as he left work three years ago.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010  A 51-year-old registered sex offender in South Carolina acquitted of rape charges in 2007 has won a new sentencing hearing on a federal gun charge.

Thursday, February 05, 2009  A man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and her mother.  He shot them while there was a baby in the room, but the baby was unhurt.