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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Top Boston cop to tell Congress he's OK with more cameras, not 'police state,' after bombings

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Military policy officials and local chamber members allocate base-preservation funding amid federal spending reductions.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  A former Spartanburg teacher pleaded guilty to child porn charges Tuesday.

Friday, March 02, 2012  A tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m. in the Greenville-Spartanburg area, according to the National Weather Service.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division's new chief Mark Keel took the time to speak to a group of Midlands utility workers Thursday at Ryan's Steakhouse located on Bower Parkway.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Security to ramp up nationwide in preparation for 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

Friday, August 19, 2011  US shift on deportation priority eases risk for those immigrants not convicted of crimes

Thursday, August 11, 2011  House Homeland Security chairman and Obama administration feud over movie on bin Laden hunt

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  The Kershaw County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigators arrested 63-year-old Norman Elliot at his home in Lugoff Monday.  Sheriff Jim Matthews says customs officials stopped a package set for delivery to Elliot coming from Nigeria.  The package included almost 200 counterfeit checks worth over $550,000.

Monday, June 06, 2011  Students at The Citadel's graduate school can now learn how to deal with threats to the nation's security.

Friday, May 27, 2011  South Carolina officials say federal rules on employment verification records have idled the state's illegal immigration inspectors for a month and now their jobs could be eliminated.  Gov. Nikki Haley and the state's top labor official said Friday the state might have to lay off two dozen inspectors because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security won't let employers share electronic employment verification information. What do you think?

Friday, May 06, 2011  Fighters from McEntire Joint National Guard Base will the patrol the skies to ward off airborne threats in the Southeastern United States.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011  The man who once was director of national intelligence and who directed the National Security Agency is speaking at a conference on the South Carolina coast.

Friday, April 08, 2011  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to issue terrorist warnings through social networking services.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  US gov't may use Facebook, Twitter to announce new terrorism warnings to public