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Tuesday, April 16, 2013  University of South Carolina officials are investigating after a Clemson Tiger paw was spraypainted at the 30-yard line inside Williams-Brice Stadium.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Purple was the color of choice on the front steps of the South Carolina Statehouse on Friday; to remind people about a dangerous disease.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Brittnee Caldwell was announced as missing earlier Wednesday.

Friday, August 10, 2012  Maj. Walter Gray was an Air Liaison Officer and flight commander attached to Fort Carson through the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. He was commissioned as an officer in October of 1997. He was previously an enlisted Airman and was one of the Air Force's first career Air Liaison Officers.

Friday, June 01, 2012  The Chaplins school at Fort Jackson now bears the name of one of the Navy's Heroes

Wednesday, November 23, 2011  Williams-Brice Stadium will be a crayon box of garnet, black, orange, and purple Saturday night for the annual Carolina-Clemson football game.  This year, they'll be adding some green.

Friday, September 30, 2011  Police say it wasn't hard to find the teens that stole Sassy the Hippo from an Aiken miniature golf course.  Authorities say the teens tried to cover the bright purple hippo head with a sheet in the back of their pickup truck around 3 a.m. Thursday, but the sheet shifted enough so the hippo's large white teeth could be seen by an officer on patrol.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The Drug Enforcement Administration says it will temporarily outlaw possession and sale three synthetic stimulants as dangerous chemicals that pose an imminent hazard to public health.

Friday, May 06, 2011  Kasey Kahne wins the pole for Saturday's Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.  Kyle Busch is the winner of the Nationwide race, the Royal Purple 200.

Friday, March 25, 2011  James Boozer celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends.

Sunday, March 13, 2011  Eight soldiers receive awards for their courage and sacrifice to America.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  An Air Force explosive ordinance disposal technician from Shaw Air Force base has been awarded a Bronze Star with Valor and a Purple Heart.

Monday, August 03, 2009  A National Guard soldier who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan has drowned in a lake along the Georgia-South Carolina border.