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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Department of Veterans Affairs is being sued over a missing laptop officials say contained personal information of thousands of veterans.

Friday, April 05, 2013  The William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center is offering free credit monitoring to the nearly 7,500 veterans whose information may have been breached after a laptop went missing in February.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  He is almost 200 pounds and has spent many hours in the company of those who can use some comfort.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  BWM is opening a new health center for its workers at its plant in Greer.

Friday, November 30, 2012  A California law prohibiting mental health providers from counseling gay minors on how to become straight faces its first legal test Friday.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A volunteer organization is promoting health and wellness in the community one wag at a time.

Sunday, September 16, 2012  Emma Boughman overcame a two year battle with leukemia, and is helping others do the same.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Veterans wounded while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are returning to the South Carolina coast for the Lt. Dan Weekend. About 75 wounded vets and their caretakers are spending the week at Palm Key near Beaufort.

Friday, June 15, 2012  Stephen Baldwin awarded nothing in lawsuit against Kevin Costner over lucrative BP contract

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  Last week the Food and Drug Administration told the New York Times the drug Methotrexate is in short supply nationally. The drug is used to treat leukemia.

Monday, February 13, 2012  Beth Phibbs was searching for answers and a cure for the painful arthritis affecting her 12-year-old Boykin spaniel Maggie.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  According to the American Red Cross, each day in the United States, there is a need for a blood transfusion every two seconds, which means 22,000 blood donations are needed everyday to meet need.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Autism strikes an estimated 1 in 110 children and roughly 42,000 people in South Carolina are impacted by the disorder.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  The Newberry County Sheriff's Office says 36-year-old Angela Ann Chapman told many people that the child was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments and told the officers investigating the case that they had received treatment at both St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, and at a local hospital.

Friday, June 03, 2011  One man's success revives hope of curing AIDS, 30 years after first cases appeared in the US