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Thursday, March 21, 2013  An unemployed man suspected of faking his own drowning at a New York beach to collect on life insurance has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Military policy officials and local chamber members allocate base-preservation funding amid federal spending reductions.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  Six sea turtles will begin their journey back to the wild by being loaded on the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island in Atlantic Beach.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Authorities have recovered the pilot's body and found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in a marsh outside Savannah and are working to determine the cause.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to abandon another air search because of green lasers along the South Carolina coast.

Friday, June 01, 2012  The Chaplins school at Fort Jackson now bears the name of one of the Navy's Heroes

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Coast Guard crews and a private contractor are removing oil and other hazardous materials from a yacht that sank in the Cooper River near Charleston Harbor last weekend.

Monday, December 05, 2011  A Coast Guard cutter based in Charleston has seized almost 2,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $24 million in the Caribbean Sea.

Friday, November 11, 2011  In the middle of downtown Columbia, Memorial Park is a 7 acre memorial dedicted to the men and woman who have served America since World War 1.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011  New evidence cites more BP oil spill mistakes as panel prepares to release its report

Sunday, July 24, 2011  The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued three people from the Charleston Harbor after a 21-foot recreational boat struck a submerged cable marker.

Friday, July 22, 2011  The Pentagon is expected to certify the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell later today.  What is the impact?

Monday, July 04, 2011  The U.S. Coast Guard in Charleston was put on alert early Sunday morning, when some unexpected visitors came crashing through their gate.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  The Coast Guard has rescued two boaters who were stranded off Folly Beach when their sailboat overturned.

Monday, January 24, 2011  The Coast Guard searched for a third day Sunday without finding three boaters who didn't return from a fishing trip off the South Carolina coast.