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            <title><![CDATA[Why you should check your old lottery tickets]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew Stewart]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 14:07:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Someone's lucky day could end-up unlucky if they don't claim their winning lottery ticket by  May 28.  According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, two Powerball tickets, purchased in different locations expire a week from Tuesday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GE Healthcare investing $17M in new Florence plant]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AT&T hiring 120 people, including 70 new jobs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[WACH Fox News Center]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T is hiring 120 people across South Carolina as it expands its wired and wireless network nationwide.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Are consumers ready to spend more?]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In survey, economists say consumers are poised to boost spending, offset government cuts]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Richland County funds major apartment renovations in the northeast]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivory Hecker]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 23:08:32 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Twenty-four families in northeast Richland County now have much nicer and earth-friendly homes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC unemployment falls to lowest rate in 5 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 13:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[South Carolina's unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate in five years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers creating taxpayer protection fund to help hacking victims]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zoheb Hassanali]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 17:49:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Kershaw Co. Senator Vincent Sheheen and State Treasurer Curtis Loftis want to go one step ahead to help victims from last fall's hack at the state Department of Revenue.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ready to buy a car?  A behind the scenes look at the process]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Ryan]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The car buying process can often one that is among the most stressful of situations, between selecting the right car, figuring out payments, and of course, the stereotypical car salesman who will do most anything to “put you in a car today.”]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Number of college grads making minimum wage up by 70%]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/money/story.aspx?id=896032]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivory Hecker]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 22:38:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Getting a good job after college could be harder than college itself. There were 284,000 college graduates working for minimum wage in the past year, according to the Labor Department.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC Gov. Haley signs film incentives bill]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 19:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill that supporters say could expand the film industry in South Carolina.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Late-payment rate on mortgages tumbled in first quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 08:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[TransUnion: Improving housing market helps lower rate of late payments on US mortgages in first quarter]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emergency responders get gift from Best Buy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zoheb Hassanali]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 May 2013 19:40:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Store officials at the Best Buy Harbison location announced they will be giving away free gift cards and other promotions this month to first responders.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SC Senate tries to find money for crumbling roads]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[WACH Fox News Center]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 May 2013 11:01:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A showdown is looming in the South Carolina Senate over efforts to find extra money for the state's crumbling roads and bridges.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haley picks NYC lawyer as SC unemployment director]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 15:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Nikki Haley has named a New York City labor lawyer who worked previously for President George W. Bush as the new leader of South Carolina's unemployment agency.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Start saving early for your financial future]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/money/story.aspx?id=892473]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Starkey]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 21:09:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA["Make a decision that I'm going to save and start small - maybe one percent of your pay check, two percent of your paycheck - but make a commitment to save," said Kevin Skipper, financial adviser.]]></description>
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