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2 hours, 31 minutes ago  At least 20 children are among the more than 50 reported dead so far in Moore, the Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by Monday's tornado.

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Friday, May 17, 2013  South Carolina's own Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison.

Friday, May 17, 2013  South Carolina's unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate in five years.

Friday, May 17, 2013  The commission working to preserve the culture of slave descendants on the Southeast coast is holding its quarterly meeting. The Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission meets in Conway.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The elections director in Orangeburg has been selected to take over elections in Richland County.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Deputies are searching for a suspect in a shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Legislature elected a House member's father to the Medical University of South Carolina board after he agreed to pay higher property taxes at his beach home.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina man will serve the next 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing two Orangeburg women.

Monday, May 13, 2013  A plan to preserve the culture of slave descendants of the sea islands on the Southeast coast has been approved by the Department of the Interior.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A Mount Pleasant man has been arrested and charged with the death of a 2-year-old boy he was watching earlier this year.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Pilots from the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort are conducting takeoff and landing exercises that could disturb residents near the installation.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  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.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Women held captive in Ohio endured lonely, dark lives; kidnap suspect due in court Thursday

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  After meeting for two hours Wednesday afternoon, a decision to hire a new Executive Director will have to wait a little longer.