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Wednesday, May 11, 2011  Bill Collins won a three-way race Tuesday to replace longtime mayor Berlin Myers who retired. Collins is the retired publisher of The Journal Scene in Summerville.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  Summerville has approved a ban on indoor smoking in most businesses in the Charleston suburb.

Friday, December 31, 2010  2011 enters with a big bang in Australia as millions gather worldwide to celebrate new year.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Suspicious package found at German chancellor's office after wave of mail bombs in Greece

Monday, August 09, 2010  A Hamburg mosque once frequented by some of the Sept. 11 attackers was shut down Monday because German authorities believed the prayer house was again being used as a meeting point for Islamic radicals.

Sunday, July 25, 2010  Death toll from German music festival rises to 19

Tuesday, November 03, 2009  German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming.