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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Investigators say a man stabbed to death last weekend in Union County was killed by a group of people looking for a fight and wasn't the intended target of the attack.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Union County sheriff's investigators say the suspect in a stabbing death last weekend had been found in a Charlotte, N.C., hospital.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  The Food and Drug Administration is closely watching the marketing of caffeinated gums and snacks and wants to know more about their safety.

Friday, April 12, 2013  A Columbia man is the third person arrested in the deaths of two people found in a house fire two years ago.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Five people want to be the next leader of South Carolina's embattled unemployment agency.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The House has dealt a blow to a bill strengthening South Carolina's public records law.

Monday, March 04, 2013  A second person is charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed the women's basketball coach at Kingstree High School.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The South Carolina Forestry Commission says it still has plenty of seedlings available as tree planting season comes to an end.

Thursday, February 21, 2013 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  The Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned indictments against three Midlands men Tuesday in connection with an illegal gambling business.

Monday, February 18, 2013  A 44-year-old man has died and his 5-year-old daughter has been hurt after they fell at a Greenville County waterfall.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A man is accused of exposing himself in front of a father and his 10-year-old daughter on Sunday in Columbia.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Officials at Spartanburg Methodist College say a baseball player at the school accused of assault has withdrawn from classes.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Sumter County investigator's say the Sheriff's Department made a huge bust involving massive amounts of drugs, guns, copper. More arrests are pending.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  South Carolina's highest court has ruled that police did not violate the constitutional rights of a man they stopped on suspicion of dealing drugs.