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Tuesday, December 11, 2012  One student was sent to the hospital with injuries after a school bus overturned in Oconee County.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered her Cabinet agencies to use state-provided computer monitoring, as taxpayers' cost for responding to a massive security breach at South Carolina's tax collection agency continues to climb.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  The 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a trailblazing prosthetic leg that's controlled by his thoughts.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  A man trimming a tree with co-workers in North Columbia collapsed and died Tuesday afternoon, according to the Richland County Coroner.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  SC unemployment agency paying $106M toward debt

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Authorities say one of two inmates who escaped from the Anderson County jail by chiseling away concrete blocks in their cell has been recaptured.

Monday, May 28, 2012  Deputies say two men have escaped from the Anderson County jail after chiseling through concrete blocks.

Monday, May 28, 2012  Authorities say a 2-year-old boy has been killed after he was mauled by dogs.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  Authorities say it appears a 23-year-old College of Charleston student was climbing down from a roof after stargazing when he fell three stories to his death.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  The president of the South Carolina Club for Growth has died in a rock climbing accident in North Carolina.

Monday, May 23, 2011  The 2nd Fight For Air Climb in Columbia is helping the American Lung Association raise money to fight lung disease.

Sunday, October 17, 2010  Colorado climber killed in fall at Rocky Mountain National Park; rangers rescue 2 others

Thursday, July 22, 2010  Crews on the ground and in the air plan to resume the search at daybreak Thursday for a climber missing in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  13-year-old California boy's sets off on quest to climb Mount Everest

Tuesday, February 16, 2010  Wash. state rescuers plan new effort to save climber who fell into Mount St. Helens crater