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Friday, March 29, 2013  The South Carolina State Museum is getting a facelift, the popular educational attraction is spending more than 20 million dollars to bring cutting edge technology and science to South Carolina.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  In the new school building in the neighboring town of Monroe, police remain a presence. Signs ask people to close doors softly and not to drag objects across the floor.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  The University of South Carolina School of Music is honoring a long-time band director by naming a building in his honor.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Attorneys for a man serving a life sentence for raping and killing his 12-year-old daughter say the conviction should be tossed because a trial judge didn't let jurors hear statements from another man.

Saturday, June 23, 2012  Motorcycle riders are suiting up to raise money to help with hospital bills for a new South Carolina mother battling flesh-eating bacteria.

Monday, June 11, 2012  Aimee Copeland's dad Andy visited his alma mater Monday for a blood drive in his daughter's name, who is hospitalized with a rare flesh eating infection.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  An Orangeburg man has been arrested following a response to a call of shots fired in a residential area of Cope according to the Orangeburng County Sheirff's Office.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  The USC Music school received a generous donation Thursday.

Saturday, December 17, 2011  North Carolina scored 20 unanswered points early in the second half to win the 75th annual Shrine Bowl game 26-19.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  Robert Ariail said Tuesday he donated his more than 200 astronomy instruments and 5,000 documents because he wanted to keep his collection intact. It includes 63 telescopes spanning 300 years and the first printed star atlas printed in 1540.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Seven people and the shooter killed during the Sunday rampage in Copely, Ohio.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  New study finds three times as many stars as scientists previously calculated: 300 sextillion

Sunday, October 31, 2010  Wisconsin unit that lost 3 in Fort Hood shootings says Afghanistan deployment helped them cope

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and asked investigators why the bomb he built failed to go off.