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Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A town of Prosperity police officer has been arrested on two counts of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute.

Monday, September 17, 2012  A female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo is a mother for the second time, giving birth to a cub.

Saturday, October 29, 2011  Part of the history of the world can be found in the teeth and bones left behind millions of years ago, and some of them will be on display in an annual South Carolina fair.

Thursday, February 24, 2011  Final voyage: Space shuttle Discovery on way to space station; huge crowds watch last launch

Friday, November 12, 2010  Lorenzo Dow Turner's research in the 1930s was first to show that people of African heritage retained and passed on their cultural identity and language, despite slavery.

Sunday, February 15, 2009  A double portrait of Presidents Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln faces the prospect of being eaten away -- not by the ravages of time, but by visitors to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington .

Friday, November 21, 2008  Renovated American history museum reopens

Sunday, November 16, 2008  Gunfire at a Midlands gas station sends a man to the hospital.