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Yesterday at 3:22 PM  Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a winning Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Businesses along the Grand Strand are excited about the upcoming motorcycle rally.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  The price tag on a South Carolina project intended to turn weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear reactors has gone up.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on legislators to put additional revenue toward fixing South Carolina's roads and bridges.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  State officials say a three-year effort to evaluate and upgrade computer security systems at state agencies should begin in March.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  A woman who was rescued from a house fire in Columbia Thursday morning died at a local hospital.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Police say a drug investigation in coastal Georgia and South Carolina resulted in a whopping bust with 39 suspects charged and an estimated $2.7 million worth of cocaine seized.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  Authorities say arson is suspected in a fire that destroyed dozens of golf carts on Hilton Head Island.

Monday, November 26, 2012  The state Commerce Department says it spent $134,000 on economic development trips to London and Tokyo earlier this year. That's $26,000 below the agency's initial estimates.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency is warning legislators that the numbers of already-eligible residents signing up for the government program through 2014 could exceed estimates, further eating into state revenue.

Thursday, August 23, 2012  South Carolina's insurance plan for public employees expects to spend about $70 million to provide the preventive services that federal health care law requires insurance plans offer at no out-of-pocket cost to workers.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  A man accused of throwing a fire bomb into a window at the Department of Probation, Pardon and Parole Services on Gregg Street Wednedsay morning has been arrested.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  Columbia Fire investigators  along with SLED are looking at fire damage to the department of Probation, Pardon and Parole services on Gregg Street in downtown Columbia. No one was injured in the fire.

Friday, March 23, 2012  An attorney says mentally ill inmates are falling through the cracks of South Carolina's prison system.

Monday, December 05, 2011  A Coast Guard cutter based in Charleston has seized almost 2,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $24 million in the Caribbean Sea.