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Today at 4:55 PM  The 16th annual Black Expo of Columbia gave the community a chance to show their contributions.

Yesterday at 10:58 PM  What is it about mail carriers that gets dogs so riled up? The number of postal workers bitten by dogs so far this year in the state is inching very close to the total number of attacks last year.

Yesterday at 6:32 PM  Former Brookland-Cayce Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Abby Bray passed away Thursday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Yesterday at 3:55 PM  South Carolina's own Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison.

Yesterday at 2:15 PM  Friday, the Chief Medical Examiner for Richland County continued his testimony about the autopsies he performed on Tammy Jo Parker and Bryan Capnerhurst, who were shot to death in April 2012.

Yesterday at 1:40 PM  South Carolina's unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate in five years.

Yesterday at 9:05 AM  About 1,500 members of the South Carolina Army National Guard are taking part in five days of training involving potential responses to a natural disaster.

Yesterday at 9:00 AM  Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin are scheduled to hold their final reunion in South Carolina.

Yesterday at 8:55 AM  Two men have been sentenced to prison for their guilty pleas in the stabbing death of the uncle of one of the men in Murrells Inlet.

Yesterday at 8:50 AM  A Laurens County jury has found a Gray Court man guilty of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife.

Yesterday at 8:35 AM  Australian politician sorry he accidentally 'liked' Facebook photo of prankster exposing self

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Investigators say a man stabbed to death last weekend in Union County was killed by a group of people looking for a fight and wasn't the intended target of the attack.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Democrats accuse Gov. Nikki Haley of misusing the state's planes by taking her campaign-paid videographer with her on flights around South Carolina.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A truck traveling in the wrong direction on I-26 claimed the lives of 2 people Wednesday night near Broad River Road.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The man accused of shooting his wife and family friend broke down after the jury left the courtroom for an afternoon break Thursday.