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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Last year's election in Richland County was a day of extremely long lines and wait times and npw the election day voting mess is going to cost you a pretty penny to clean up.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A self-styled street preacher accused in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers in Ohio and then rob them has been found guilty of aggravated murder and could face the death penalty.

Monday, September 24, 2012  South Carolina's graduating seniors posted lower scores on the SAT college entrance exam for the fourth consecutive year.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Federal authorities have indicted 18 Beaufort-area residents in a drug ring accused of selling cocaine and prescription pills.

Friday, July 20, 2012  South Carolina's jobless rate has gone up for the second month in a row.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Memorial Day weekend travel in South Carolina is expected to increase more than 3 percent this year in part because the state has the lowest-priced gas in the country.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  Columbia-Richland Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins and Executive Director of the Midlands Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Tara Heil announced Tuesday that this years Boot Drive was another great success by bringing in $132,758; nearly $5,000 more than last years total.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Home sales and prices were down last month compared with a year ago, but last year's figures got a boost from a federal tax incentive for homebuyers.  The South Carolina Realtors Association released home sales figures Monday that showed an 18 percent decline from April 2010, which was the last month of the incentive program that let new homebuyers claim a credit on their income tax.

Friday, April 08, 2011  U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 48-year-old Elizabeth Smith pleaded guilty to conversation of public money in Charleston Thursday.

Friday, January 29, 2010  Officials with SCE&G say customers should expect their bills for this month to be double what they were this time last year. The utility company says the high bills are due to a winter record set for electriciy use on January 12th.

Friday, August 21, 2009  What happened at the Bush River Road exit ramp off I-26 one year ago is still very much a mystery. Investigators say 23-year-old was Natasha Warren shot and left for dead in her car.

Friday, May 29, 2009  Meltdown 101: With US automakers hurting for months, why not file for bankruptcy sooner?