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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina man will serve the next 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing two Orangeburg women.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Authorities say a 3-year-old girl has died after she was run over by an abandoned car.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  Investigators in Anderson County have determined the identity of a toddler abandoned at a local home and have arrested her parents.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Authorities say a 39-year-old man has died trying to steal copper from transformers at the old state mental hospital property near downtown Columbia.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A bill that lawmakers hope will help turn abandoned buildings across South Carolina into bustling commercial space has advanced to the Senate floor.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A lawsuit brought by property owners along an abandoned Lowcountry rail line has been settled for $33 million.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  A mother who abandoned her newborn in the toilet of a South Carolina sports arena has avoided prison time.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  The Diocese of South Carolina is ending its affiliation with the Episcopal Church after the national church said the South Carolina bishop has abandoned the national church.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  The South Carolina mother on trial in the case of her missing son told police she needed a break from parenting.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  Prosecutors say the South Carolina boy missing since last fall is the crux of a case against his mother.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Columbia officials are destroying abandoned homes that have been known to house vagrants and criminal activity.

Thursday, August 09, 2012 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  A baby boy was delivered and left at a local hospital under "Daniel's Law" Monday, accordiing to the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS).

Monday, April 30, 2012  A suspect in a hit and run incident involving a pedestrian Saturday has been arrested.

Sunday, April 15, 2012  Authorities say a woman whose body was found near an abandoned homeless camp in Columbia was in a relationship with a man charged in another death.