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Monday, April 15, 2013  A company that wants to open a plant to process jellyfish for Asian seafood markets is looking for another site in Beaufort County.

Friday, March 29, 2013  North Korea's Kim orders rockets on standby after US sends B-2s to South Korea for military drills

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A seafood processing company wants to bring a jellyfish processing plant to Beaufort County creating as many as 250 jobs.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Ahead of UN sanctions vote, North Korea vows preemptive nuke strikes against US

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  A man facing weapons and conspiracy charges in a string of Lowcountry holdups over several years has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Monday, December 31, 2012  The buoyant economies of the Asia-Pacific are prepared to party with renewed optimism despite the so-called fiscal cliff threatening to reverberate globally from the United States and the tattered economies of Europe.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  The White House called it a "highly provocative act that threatens regional security."

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A weakened U.S. economy combined with stronger enforcement has resulted in a decline in illegal immigration.

Monday, November 19, 2012  In historic visit, Obama tells Myanmar US will befriend any nation that respects human rights

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Soldiers, civilian employees and families of the Third Army are celebrating their 94th birthday with a ceremony of the unit's battle streamers, cake-cutting and chili cook-off.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  A Gaffney teen is charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of her infant son.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  With illegal immigration slowing, Asians migrants to US now surpass newly arrived Hispanics

Thursday, May 03, 2012  Fewer and fewer americans are tying the knot. In 1982, 44 percent of women were in their first marriage. In 2010 the percent dropped to 36. So where are the wedding bells?

Friday, April 13, 2012  Amid international condemnation, North Korea admits failure of much-anticipated satellite

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  A USC professor and speech pathologist is conducting a stroke trial for people who have impaired speech after experiencing a stroke.