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Friday, May 17, 2013  Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin are scheduled to hold their final reunion in South Carolina.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A Mount Pleasant man has been arrested and charged with the death of a 2-year-old boy he was watching earlier this year.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A judge in St. Maarten has convicted three men and issued prison sentences in the killing of a South Carolina couple who owned a home in the Caribbean country.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch says she feels positive and encouraged in her U.S. House race against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch are campaigning into the final hours before election day in the state's 1st Congressional District.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  An An Alaska-based soldier from South Carolina will serve nearly 12 years in a military prison and be dishonorably discharged after killing a fellow soldier on Christmas morning.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  It will cost less than projected to clean hazardous chemicals and liquids from the aging aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A North Charleston man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the strangulation death of a Mount Pleasant man last year.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is campaigning again, attacking his Democratic opponent for running what he calls a stealth campaign in which voters don't know where she stands

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The National Republican Congressional Committee says it's not spending any additional money to support Mark Sanford's bid for a congressional seat in South Carolina.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is not commenting on the most recent dust up between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his ex-wife.

Friday, April 12, 2013  People in North Charleston now have a place to swim year-round.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A lawyer for a Jamaican man accused of killing a U.S. couple in their St. Maarten vacation home urged a judge to convict him of a lesser crime than premeditated murder.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Jamaican security guard accused in the stabbing deaths of a South Carolina couple at their Caribbean vacation home repeatedly rebuffed a judge's questions at the start of his murder trial.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford says stimulus funds are no way to create jobs.