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Monday, February 18, 2013  Authorities say a second person has died from injuries suffered in a December mobile home fire in Seneca.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  A South Carolina hospice company will pay the federal government nearly $1.3 million for filing false claims to Medicare.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Columbia City Council has passed the first reading of a proposed ordinance that would ban "bath salts" and synthetic marijuana. Should synthetic drugs like "bath salts" and synthetic marijuana be banned because of the health danger the pose, or should they be legal since they are marked "not for human consumption"?

Sunday, February 13, 2011  Commanders at Beaufort Marine Corps bases have ordered sailors and Marines to stay away from six local businesses that sell a synthetic marijuana.

Monday, January 31, 2011  South Carolina's Medicaid agency will back away from plans to halt adult hospice services and cuts in home-delivered meals but will still eliminate a third of its adult home health care visits and scrap adult dental and vision services to deal with a $228 million budget deficit.

Friday, November 12, 2010  It's a green, leafy substance that looks and acts similar to marijuana, but it's not pot; rather, it's synthetic marijuana and it's legally sold across the state. A Clemson University professor invented it in the 1990s as part of a chemistry experiment.

Saturday, February 27, 2010  According to Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies a former hospice nurse and her boyfriend are in custody for breaking into a 74 year old man's home.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009  The William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center is celebrating a new addition to their medical facility.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009  In response to the sagging economy in South Carolina, the Department of Health and Human Services has eliminated the Medicaid Hospice Benefit effective the end of February. For