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            <title><![CDATA[Airport High School Charity Drive to benefit dozens of Camp Kemo campers]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dozens of children will benefit from the fundraising efforts of a Midlands high school.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Some school buses could soon display ads]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Carolina's school districts may be able to sell advertisements on activity buses next school year.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wofford College announces its new president]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Wofford College has chosen its new president.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[USC graduates hear from a special speaker]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Country star and Gamecock Alum Darius Rucker was the keynote speaker at Saturday morning's graduation for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Honors College.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Pentagon chief Gates addressing USC graduates]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed graduates of the University of South Carolina Friday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Budget must be smarter]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there are smart ways to reduce the size of the nation's defense budget.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Art collector to donate $30M in materials to USC]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A New York collector and seller of historic maps and natural history art work is donating $30 million worth of materials to the University of South Carolina.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Some Clemson grads to don recycled caps, gowns]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some new graduates of Clemson University are going green while getting their degrees.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Clemson honoring O'Dell of 'Entertainment Tonight']]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Number of college grads making minimum wage up by 70%]]></title>
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            <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[Furman president leaving after less than 3 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 10:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Furman University's president is leaving after less than three years in office.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[80 acres at heart of SC State probe up for auction]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Land at the center of an alleged kickback scheme involving former South Carolina State University officials is up for auction.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brennen teacher being investigated for altercation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Ryan]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 14:23:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Richland One School district is investigating a report of a physical altercation between a student and a teacher at the Brennen Elementary School, according to district spokeswoman Karen York.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haley discusses funding reform with educators]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 15:50:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Nikki Haley met with school administrators from across South Carolina as part of continued talks on education funding reform.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[And the 2013 teacher of the year is...]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Ryan]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 07:51:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Pickens Elementary School is proud this morning, as one of their own has been named South Carolina Teacher of the Year.]]></description>
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