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Tuesday, May 28, 2013  A Charleston firm has started a new social networking site to help people check off their bucket list items.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Why does one hospital charge 40 times more than another? New data underscore cost mysteries

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  The South Carolina House unanimously approved a bill designed to prevent residents deemed mentally ill from buying guns.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A House panel has advanced a bill designed to prevent people who have been declared mentally ill from buying guns.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The hacker who reportedly accessed millions of South Carolina tax returns apparently breached state databases via two different paths.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  South Carolina officials say 200,000 more tax returns were hacked than originally reported.

Friday, November 02, 2012  One of the world's leading cyber security experts says information from a hacking incident like the one in South Carolina is usually sold quickly on the Internet black market.

Monday, October 29, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley says South Carolina used the same standards as banks and other private institutions when it decided not to encrypt Social Security numbers and other information on a database of state tax returns.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  The public is getting another opportunity Saturday to rid home medicine cabinets of unused, potentially dangerous medications.

Friday, August 31, 2012  South Carolina's unemployment agency is yanking benefits from thousands of people who are not searching for work through its online database.

Sunday, March 18, 2012  A loophole in South Carolina's immigration law exempts farmworkers and private maids and nannies from a mandatory immigration status check.

Monday, December 19, 2011  Concerned about computer hackers, Iowa GOP take steps to protect caucus results

Monday, March 07, 2011  AP exclusive: Priests accused of sexual abuse live unmonitored in communities across California and throughout other states.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Documents show local-federal immigration program only voluntary until a city says 'no, thanks.'