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Wednesday, March 13, 2013  William Fitzhugh,67, of Columbia, a retired corrections officer with the Lexington County Jail,is accused of having downloaded images of children engaged in sexual activity on to his computer.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  South Carolina's top prosecutor says the state would be safer under a proposal to share mental health information with the federal government.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  The federal health care law, terrorist threats to America and the nation's financial situation are among the topics up for discussion at the South Carolina tea party convention.

Friday, January 04, 2013  A freelance journalist from Newberry has sued South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, saying he has intentionally withheld public records she requested in the fight over entertainer James Brown's estate.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  South Carolina's top prosecutor says he supports the public's right to know what its government is doing. But he draws the line when releasing information might jeopardize a criminal investigation.

Friday, November 30, 2012  Attorney General Alan Wilson says the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force is held its second meeting on Friday morning at his Columbia offices.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  October is National Anti-Bully Month.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  High School students at one Columbia school got a reminder to be safe on social networking sites like Facebook.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  South Carolina's attorney general is asking the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation into potential voter fraud.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  South Carolina's attorney general has agreed to represent the Savannah River Maritime Commission in its opposition to Georgia's plans to dredge the river channel shared with South Carolina.

Monday, September 19, 2011  A spokesman for Attorney General Alan Wilson says his office recommended Monday that John Moses Ragin be returned to Virginia. Ragin is accused of stabbing to death his wife and her three children, ages 6, 10 and 15. Their bodies were found in their burned Newport News, Va., apartment Aug. 19.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  In March, at least three dogs were shot to death at a shelter in Chesterfield County. State law permits shooting of animals for euthanasia in only narrow circumstances.  The county shelter workers have since been fired.  Do you agree?

Thursday, June 09, 2011  Prosecutors in South Carolina, Texas and 14 other states say a federal lawsuit over a Boeing Co. manufacturing plant in South Carolina is against federal law and hurts states' abilities to keep jobs.

Thursday, February 24, 2011  A spokesman says the President has concluded the administration can no longer defend the federal law that defines marriage as a union only between a man and a woman.  The Justice Department had defended the Defense of Marriage Act in court until now.