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Thursday, April 11, 2013  Man who provided voice of Charlie Brown of 'Peanuts' fame arrested on threat, stalking charges

Friday, March 01, 2013  Army GI says he leaked secrets to WikiLeaks to expose US 'bloodlust' in 2 wars, spur debate

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Northeast Ohio school community remembers 3 students killed by teen gunman 1 year ago

Thursday, November 15, 2012  BP agrees to plead guilty and pay a record $4.5 billion over Gulf spill; 3 employees charged

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  The former town administrator in Gaston has pleaded guilty to taking money and supplies from the town for her own use.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  An Army master sergeant has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors during his deployment to Iraq as a field ordering officer at a forward operating base.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  From the latest on a missing Columbia teenager to a proposal to name a street after former USC baseball coach Ray Tanner, here's a look at some of the stories we're working on for tonight.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  The outcome was welcomed by some victims, including Giffords herself, as a way to avoid a lengthy, possibly traumatic trial and years of legal wrangling over a death sentence.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  Prosecutors say a 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to taking entry exams for other people at Piedmont Technical College.

Friday, March 16, 2012  Shaquan  Duley pleaded guilty in an Orangeburg Courtroom for suffocating her two sons in 2010.

Friday, March 16, 2012  A South Carolina mother has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the deaths of her two young sons whose bodies were found in a car in a river in 2010.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell says he won't run this year to reclaim his seat in the South Carolina Senate.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Federal prosecutors say a Darlington man has pleaded guilty to operating an illegal gambling business at his home.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  A 33-year-old Piedmont man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after admitting he killed his girlfriend in 2009. Solicitor Walt Wilkins says Willie James Poole pleaded guilty this week to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 31-year-old Talibah Allen.

Monday, October 25, 2010  Updated with new text, AP video included