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Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A new state historical marker identifies a church founded by former slaves 144 years ago in Rock Hill.

Sunday, March 10, 2013  About 50  Columbia residents went on a walking tour put on by  the Historic Columbia Foundation.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Wrestling is dropped from 2020 Summer Games in a blow for a sport as old as the Olympics

Thursday, December 27, 2012  Former President George H.W. Bush is being treated in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital after suffering "a series of setbacks," including a stubborn fever.

Thursday, June 14, 2012  The Third Army is celebrating the Army's 237th birthday with a three-mile run and a cake-cutting ceremony.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  Updated with video: Clark had a heart attack Wednesday morning at Saint John's hospital in Santa Monica, a day after he was admitted for an outpatient procedure.

Monday, January 23, 2012  The second-oldest Episcopal parish in South Carolina is celebrating its 300th anniversary.

Saturday, July 17, 2010  Baltic divers find what they claim is world's oldest champagne in wreck near Aland islands

Monday, March 08, 2010  Woman certified as oldest person in US dies in NH at age 114; Iowan now assumes mantle

Monday, October 27, 2008  Archaeologists and members of the public alike take part in a dig this week at Drayton Hall near Charleston, the oldest plantation house in the nation open to the public.