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Thursday, June 06, 2013  Onlookers cite concerns over demolition safety in Philadelphia collapse that leaves 6 dead

Friday, May 03, 2013  A ceremony Friday recognized the police officers who make sure large vehicles and drivers around them are safe and legal.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A company that wants to open a plant to process jellyfish for Asian seafood markets is looking for another site in Beaufort County.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  The Universty of South Carolina is making big changes to Assembly Street.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Help wanted: Airspace and business smarts to become 1 of 6 federal sites for drone testing

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Women who live in the Charleston area have access to free breast cancer screenings this week.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Ministers from across South Carolina gathered at the Statehouse Thursday for Clergy Day at the Dome.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Engineers are working to seal cracks at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County.

Friday, August 17, 2012  The Columbia Blowfish will have the option to play in Capital City Stadium for another season.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  South Carolina State University is considering cuts, including in sports, as it deals with an accrued $6 million budget deficit.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Columbia city council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve the sale of the Capital City Stadium property to a Walmart developer. The study, conducted by AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, concludes that a proposed development could be implemented "without significant impacts" to the Rocky Branch Watershed.

Friday, January 27, 2012  Privacy advocates worry about government efforts to expand computer security protections

Monday, October 03, 2011  Executives of Duke Energy and Progress Energy say they'll need only about two weeks to address federal regulators' concerns that their merger will too heavily concentrate the Carolinas electric power market.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  The last thing a nervous consumer and a fragile economy needed was a confidence-killing nosedive on Wall Street Monday, but, that's exactly what happened.

Monday, June 20, 2011  Still-struggling economy, rising food prices, food safety concerns keep gardening boom going