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Tuesday, April 30, 2013  'Why not live truthfully?': NBA's Jason Collins comes out, prompted in part by Boston bombings

Monday, April 15, 2013  A company that wants to open a plant to process jellyfish for Asian seafood markets is looking for another site in Beaufort County.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  One person was taken to the hospital after a mid-morning car fire on Wednesday.

Friday, March 08, 2013  A 27-year-old Orangeburg man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man who bumped into him on the dance floor of a Calhoun County nightclub.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A seafood processing company wants to bring a jellyfish processing plant to Beaufort County creating as many as 250 jobs.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Investigators say they heard a single gunshot from within the cabin just before the structure was engulfed in flame.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Story updated with new photos: Christopher Dorner is barricaded in a cabin in the California mountains.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A soggy pattern is headed for the Midlands.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  It's known to most as the old Dunbar Funeral Home or the Whaley House.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 

Monday, September 24, 2012  Three people have been arrested after an investigation into a body that was found in Columbia last week, according to police.

Monday, August 20, 2012 

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Jeremy Lin headed to Houston as Knicks pass on matching Rockets' offer to free agent guard

Monday, June 25, 2012  A Chapin man drowned in Lake Murray Saturday evening.

Friday, June 08, 2012  Nearly three dozen additional candidates have been disqualified from the South Carolina primaries next week. More than 200 people have now been disqualified.  Some of them are fighting back to stay in the race.