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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A judge in St. Maarten has convicted three men and issued prison sentences in the killing of a South Carolina couple who owned a home in the Caribbean country.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A lawyer for a Jamaican man accused of killing a U.S. couple in their St. Maarten vacation home urged a judge to convict him of a lesser crime than premeditated murder.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Republican activist says private South Carolina citizens should be able to make cases against their elected representatives in court.

Friday, February 08, 2013  A former Secret Service agent who authorities say plotted to kidnap a former judge so he could not testify against the man wants his case thrown out because he was arrested improperly and has not been given all the evidence against him.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  The campaign spending by House Speaker Bobby Harrell has recently come under fire and the criticism is increasing calls to overhaul state ethics laws.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Vatican tells bishops to report sex abuse but non-binding guidelines fall short of US norms