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Thursday, January 03, 2013  A judge has approved a settlement giving $175,000 to the family of a Carolina Forest High School student shot and killed by a school police officer in 2009.

Monday, October 08, 2012  The family of a New York woman who disappeared more than three years ago in South Carolina has held a candlelight vigil to mark her 21st birthday.

Friday, October 05, 2012  US unemployment rate falls to 7.8 pct., lowest since 2009, giving Obama a potential boost

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Tuesday, in Richland County, Jabari Harding pleaded guilty to two counts of Reckless Homicide and was sentenced to prison for a term of ten years on each charge, to be served concurrently.

Thursday, November 03, 2011  Two Summerville women have been sentenced to life in prison in the death of a 3-year-old girl in their care.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  First Social Security increase since 2009 coming next year; size announced Wednesday

Thursday, August 11, 2011  A man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a Columbia pastor more than two years ago.  Forty-five-year-old Frankie Lee McGee was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after a Richland County jury convicted him of murder.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  The figures from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism show tourism was off 8 percent in 2009. Tourism had an impact of $14 billion after years of generally steady growth. The impact was down from about $15 billion the previous year.

Monday, April 04, 2011  French officials say that specialists could start pulling up bodies and wreckage from an Air France plane from the Atlantic Ocean floor within a month.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  Some Horry County parents spoke at school board meeting over concerns about the graphic book "Push" that was turned into an Academy Award winning movie.  What do you think about keeping the book out of school libraries?

Tuesday, February 22, 2011  Homeowners say they're on edge after a wildfire destroyed part of the neighborhood two years ago.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  Former House Republican leader Tom DeLay says his conviction on money laundering charges was a politically-inspired case brought by prosecutors in "the most liberal county" in Texas.

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.