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Friday, June 14, 2013  South Carolina lawmakers have confirmed the appointments of two members to the state's Board of Paroles and Pardons.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  In the last week, prescription drugs were recalled in states including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, and Georgia where drugs were reportedly distributed to doctors' offices in South Carolina.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary says South Carolina's high court should overturn a multi-million-dollar penalty over deceptive drug marketing, in part because no one in the state was hurt.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary says South Carolina's high court should overturn a decision ordering the company to pay the state hundreds of millions of dollars for deceptive drug marketing.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Officials say a pharmaceutical company is creating about 300 new jobs with an investment in Clarendon County.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  State police have officially begun investigating an ethics complaint against House Speaker Bobby Harrell.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The head of a think tank for limited government says emails from 2006 show House Speaker Bobby Harrell used undue influence to get a permit for his pharmaceutical business.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Two teens accused of spraying a 62-year-old woman in the face with mace and stealing her purse were arrested Wednesday.

Monday, September 10, 2012 

Saturday, September 08, 2012  The Richland County Sheriff's Department is looking for two robbery suspects

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  An arrest has been made in a Newberry County shooting incident that happened almost three years ago.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley is taking part in a ceremony to break ground on a pharmaceuticals plant in Lexington County. Haley is joining University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides and Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. CEO Lou Kennedy for the event set for Thursday.

Friday, October 28, 2011  Orlando-based Nephron Pharmaceuticals is expanding to Lexington County.

Friday, June 03, 2011  A judge in South Carolina says a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary must pay the state $327 million for deceptive marketing of an antipsychotic drug.  Spartanburg County Judge Roger Couch on Friday ordered Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. to make the payment for violations of the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act.

Friday, April 02, 2010  South Carolina is getting $11 million under an agreement with Pfizer Inc. over the company's illegal sales tactics.