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Today at 11:15 AM  A 61-year-old Lee County man is getting two years' probation after pleading guilty to four counts of the ill-treatment of 1,000 animals.

Yesterday at 11:15 AM  A Boone inspector says a motel pool heater that leaked carbon monoxide and killed a Washington state couple and later a South Carolina boy was installed without the knowledge of the town's inspection department.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  North Carolina police point to a faulty pool water heater as the source of carbon monoxide that killed an 11-year-old South Carolina boy last weekend and a Washington couple who slept in the same Boone motel room about two months earlier.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Inspectors checked a North Carolina motel where three people are presumed killed by carbon monoxide fumes from a pool water heater, but the local health department says the inspection doesn't include checking for the poisonous gas.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Search for 1st Web page by European physicists is as elusive as mysteries of the universe

Monday, June 10, 2013  North Carolina investigators are checking whether potentially lethal carbon monoxide was found in a motel room where an 11-year-old South Carolina boy died this weekend and two other guests were found dead almost two months ago.

Monday, June 10, 2013  Federal investigators say in a new report that the pilot of a small plane over central Georgia reported a slight loss of oil pressure, then said his engine had stopped.

Monday, June 10, 2013  North Carolina police are investigating why an 11-year-old South Carolina boy died and his mother was injured in the same motel room where two elderly guests were found dead almost two months ago.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  A former South Carolina death row inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for strangling a woman in 2006.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  The Bibb County Coroner has identified two men who were killed in a small plane crash in middle Georgia.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  A missing Clemson student has been found dead.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  A Clemson University student is reported as missing from Newberry.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Senate's 2013-14 budget could buy $15 million worth of new school buses for South Carolina's aging fleet.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Authorities say a motorcyclist traveling at speeds of more than 100 mph died in a crash near Camden as he fled Kershaw County deputies.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Newberry County deputies are looking for a suspect accused of attempted sexual battery.