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Thursday, April 18, 2013  A Ladson woman has been arrested and accused of causing her 17-month-old child's death last year.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  The Senate Finance Subcommittee met with Clemson University leaders to discuss the Clemson Enterprise Act. If passed, the resolution will create a new Enterprise Division at Clemson that will ease regulatory and procurement restrictions.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston is celebrating Earth Day as well as its efforts to help the environment.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford and his Democratic congressional opponent Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch are scheduled to meet in a debate later this month.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Georgetown County authorities say an Andrews woman has been found shot to death in her apartment.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  State Sen. Vincent Sheheen says South Carolina lawmakers should put political ideology aside and allow expansion of Medicaid under the federal health care law to thousands of additional adults.

Monday, January 14, 2013  A state lawmaker is proposing that state health officials offer the HPV vaccine and educational material to seventh graders in South Carolina

Friday, January 11, 2013  A Clemson fan is the new owner of a Gamecock fan's kidney.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  The City of Charleston is imposing a new smoking ban for outdoor areas in the city's hospital district.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Two people have been killed in a wreck in Beaufort County where a car was going the wrong way on state Highway 170.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  North Charleston police say a man who shot and killed another man in a store will not be charged because he acted in self-defense.

Monday, November 05, 2012  Police say a number of people were involved in a weekend fight at the Coastal Carolina Fair outside Charleston that sent one man to the hospital with stab wounds.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Police in North Charleston have arrested two suspects after one person was killed and another wounded in a shooting.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Beaufort County sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a man found on a road on Hilton Head Island.

Monday, October 15, 2012  Peatsy Hollings, the wife of former South Carolina U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, has died of complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 77.