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Wednesday, May 22, 2013  More than 80 military veterans from World War II and the Korean War are flying to Washington, D.C., for a tour of memorials erected in their honor.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Duke Energy is airing the deals the country's largest electric company has made with local groups to gain South Carolina support for a new dams operating license

Monday, May 20, 2013 

Friday, May 17, 2013  The commission working to preserve the culture of slave descendants on the Southeast coast is holding its quarterly meeting. The Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission meets in Conway.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Cholesterol, cancer, even infectious diseases: our blood can help doctors detect them all.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Some Furman University graduates who have gone on to become prominent scholars in their fields are returning to campus to honor a retiring religion professor.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Authorities say a former Orangeburg County coroner stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the funeral home he worked at for nearly 30 years.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Doctors say the country is in the midst of a different kind of drug war, fighting to get the ones many people need.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Sirens have been repaired at a nuclear power plant near Seneca after a 24-hour outage.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Crews are working to restore electric service across South Carolina after a powerful winter storm moved across the state.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  A Duke University scholar is offering a lecture on the Emancipation Proclamation to open a series of lectures on the Civil War at the University of South Carolina.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  State officials plan to highlight nature's gems to expand tourism in South Carolina.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Federal regulators say they will increase oversight of a South Carolina nuclear plant after it lost power in April.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Federal nuclear regulators are meeting with Duke Energy officials about apparent violations at a South Carolina plant that lost offsite power in April. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a conference Tuesday in Atlanta on the Catawba Nuclear Station, which is located on Lake Wylie in York County. The public is invited.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Honor Flight South Carolina, a group that has sent over 2,000 South Carolina World War II veterans to Washington DC for free tours of memorials which honor them is expanding their search for vets.Bill Dukes, Honor Flights organizer says they are now accepting applications from vets who