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Friday, December 28, 2012  The man who became known as “Stormin’ Norman” after leading the international coalition in Kuwait that drove out Saddam Hussein in 1991, has died of complications related to pneumonia.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.

Monday, March 28, 2011  SC State University announced former secretary of state and retired U.S. Gen. Colin Powell will address the school's graduating class this May.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  Rumsfeld admits a few mistakes during Pentagon tenure but finds plenty of blame for others

Monday, January 19, 2009  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says if Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive, he would be at Tuesday's inauguration, beaming with pride as Barack Obama takes the oath of office.