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Thursday, April 04, 2013  A man who spent more than a decade on South Carolina's death row for killing three women has died.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A man who prompted a nationwide manhunt after a pair of South Carolina killings in 2005 has lost the appeal of the second of two death sentences.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  South Carolina's highest court has overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of strangling an Anderson woman in 2006.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Lawmakers insist they've fast-tracked a government restructuring bill, even as Gov. Nikki Haley criticizes what she calls a stalling tactic.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  A South Carolina prosecutor plans to seek the death penalty against a man charged with abducting and raping a woman and fatally beating her with a baseball bat.

Thursday, February 11, 2010  Columbia actor Kendrick Cross is living out a dream: Appearing in a feature length film as the lead character.  The local screening of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is Friday, February 12, 1010 at the Columbia Museum of Art.

Thursday, December 17, 2009  Convicted murderer Quincy Allen, 30, is set to be executed January 8 after the S.C. Supreme Court ordered Thursday that his execution be carried out.

Thursday, April 23, 2009  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Prosecutors in South Carolina are seeking the death penalty for a man who they say tortured an acquaintance before killing him three years ago.

Thursday, February 19, 2009  A South Carolina bill that would bar people from identifying members of a state execution team has advanced.