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Saturday, June 01, 2013  Two award-winning children's authors are being featured at an event intended to encourage summer reading across South Carolina.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  Jenny Sanford has donated her scrapbooks, emails and letters to the College of Charleston.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  More than 2,000 people took part in a Read-In at the South Carolina Statehouse Thursday.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Dozens say they are concerned about not receiving money owed to them.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  The former candidate for governor was at Books on Broad in Camden Sunday; signing copies of his new book The Right Way: Getting the Palmetto State back on track.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  As education leaders and state legislators are considering approaches to fixing South Carolina's education system, several people are already hard at work shaping the future of education.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Community leaders will take time to read to third grade students in Richland School District One on Thursday.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Google is adding a new touch to its line of Chrome laptops in an attempt to outshine personal computers running on software made by rivals Microsoft and Apple.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Keep the Midlands Beautiful is working with the City of Columbia and officials in Lexington and Richland counties to recycle old telephone books.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Columbia residents live in one of the top 10 most romantic cities in the United States, according to Amazon.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Old books, new tricks: Harry Potter books get new US covers, 'Sorcerer's Stone' set for fall

Monday, January 28, 2013  Monday marks the anniversary of one of the space program's biggest tragedies.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of all readers who felt misled by Armstrong's denials of drug use in "It's Not About The Bike," published in 2000, and "Every Second Counts," published three years later.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Wednesday is National Reading Day and students from Gonzales Gardens Head Start took part in a thirty minute storytime at the University of South Carolina's South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  South Carolina schools chief Mick Zais wants more money for textbooks, school buses, and teacher supplies.