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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Water cannon, legions of police bolster French Assembly building for final gay marriage vote

Friday, January 25, 2013  The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of all readers who felt misled by Armstrong's denials of drug use in "It's Not About The Bike," published in 2000, and "Every Second Counts," published three years later.

Friday, January 18, 2013  In what Oprah has called the most important interview of her television career, she couldn't be accused of burying the lead.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  An anonymous source says that Armstrong admits to doping during an interview to be broadcast Thursday.

Monday, January 14, 2013  International biking phenomenon Lance Armstrong is expected to reverse course and apologize and offer a limited confession about his doping scandal.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Soldiers, civilian employees and families of the Third Army are celebrating their 94th birthday with a ceremony of the unit's battle streamers, cake-cutting and chili cook-off.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Armstrong will remain on the cancer charity's board

Friday, October 12, 2012  Armstrong's Livestrong fighting for future at 15 years amid doping allegations

Thursday, October 11, 2012  USADA lays out Armstrong evidence with more than 200 pages, 26 witnesses

Monday, July 09, 2012  Jasper County authorities have released the names of two Columbia women killed in a wreck on Interstate 95 near Hardeeville.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Armstrong sues USADA in federal court to block doping charges

Friday, June 08, 2012  A Midlands World War II veteran was selected to receive the Legion of Honor award from France.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  Thousands of people will travel to Camden Saturday for one of the biggest social events of the year for South Carolina, the Carolina Cup. The Springdale Race Course hosts the Carolina Cup and the Colonial Cup two days of each year, but many do not realize that it stays in use as an ideal place to train thoroughbreds year-round.

Monday, March 19, 2012  A motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two small sons and one other child, the prosecutor's office said.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Jocelyn Jennings Nelson says she still thinks her grandson, Amir Jennings, is alive and she prays that wherever he is, he is being cared for.