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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina Republican group is putting on hold plans its plans to raffle off an AR-15 rifle amid concerns the event is an illegal lottery.

Friday, May 10, 2013  The Greater Bluffton Republican Club is looking for more members and money.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Columbia's First Family invited the public out for a family fun Easter Egg event Friday.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A bill specifying that sweepstakes machines are illegal gambling is advancing in the South Carolina House.

Friday, February 01, 2013  A Rock Hill man has won $200,000 in the South Carolina Education Lottery for the second time in four months.

Monday, January 21, 2013  A Powerball ticket worth $40,000 and sold in Fort Mill is about to expire.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The small town of Lake City is accepting entries for a big art festival.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  The freezing temperatures Saturday did not stop many brave people from jumping into cold water.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Three South Carolina Education Lottery tickets sold for the Wednesday night drawing came within one number of winning the Powerball jackpot, which hit a record $587.5 million.

Sunday, November 04, 2012  A tribute to missing Columbia teen Gabbiee Swainson was held Sunday evening at the Village at Sandhills.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Britain's Gurdon, Japan's Yamanaka share Nobel medicine prize for stem cell research

Friday, August 24, 2012  A recently retired Navy veteran and his family got a welcomed surprise to help them through a difficult time.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Exercise will become more interactive in the Midlands with the help of a new technology-forward track.

Monday, April 16, 2012  Late Manning Marable wins history Pulitzer; no fiction prize given for 1st time in 35 years

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is speaking at the University of South Carolina on investigating business and government. David Cay Johnston is speaking Wednesday evening at the auditorium in the USC School of Law on the Columbia campus.