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          <title>S.C. ranks high in heavy equipment thefts</title>
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South Carolina is ranked as one of the top 10 states in the nation for the number of reported heavy equipment thefts, according to the S.C. Insurance News Service.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Myrtle Beach mayoral candidates getting ready for runoff</title>
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Voters in Myrtle Beach will select leaders for mayor and city council in less than two weeks after Tuesday night&#8217;s unofficial election results ended in a runoff for mayor and two council seats.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Griffin sentenced to life in prison in CCU student shooting case</title>
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A judge sentenced a Myrtle Beach teenager to life in prison after being found guilty on murder charges.&nbsp; The jury found Keion Griffin, 19, guilty in the 2008 deadly shooting of a Coastal Carolina University student.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Junie White elected as new mayor of Spartanburg</title>
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Spartanburg City Councilman Junie White easliy defeated Mike Fowler in the race for mayor Tuesday night, while Cate Brandt Ryba defeated her opponent to win the District 4 council race.           ]]></description>
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          <title>3 &#8216;Hebrew Boys&#8217; trial underway</title>
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Three men accused of federal mail fraud charges deny any wrongdoing and say that their  work is faith-based and does not fall under securities laws. 
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          <title>Troopers: South Carolina teen killed after refusing ride with drunk driver</title>
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Authorities say a young South Carolina woman who was killed near Greer refused a ride with a drunk driver moments before the accident.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Pennington elected Hartsville mayor, runoff in Lamar mayor&#8217;s race</title>
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Businessman Mel Pennington won an overwhelming victory in Tuesday&#8217;s race for mayor of Hartsville with 65.5 percent of the vote to rival Pam Sansbury&#8217;s 34.5 percent.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rhodes, McBride to run off for Myrtle Beach mayor</title>
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Mayor John Rhodes and former Mayor Mark McBride received the most votes in Tuesday&#8217;s election.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Officials say pesticide in home likely killed infant in Anderson County</title>
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Anderson County deputy coroner Don McCown says at this point they believe the death was caused by inhaling pesticides.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:18:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>2nd teacher in one month at same school charged with sex with student</title>
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Authorities have charged a former South Carolina middle school teacher with committing sex acts with a student, the second time in a month that a teacher at the school has faced sex charges.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:04:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former SC middle school teacher faces child sex charges</title>
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Authorities have charged a former South Carolina middle school teacher with committing sex acts with a student, the second time in a month that a teacher at the school has faced sex charges.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Polce arrest Upstate carjacking suspect</title>
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A suspect sought after two carjacking in Greenville and Pickens counties have been apprehended after a daylong manhunt.            ]]></description>
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          <title>NCDOT: Four months to clear I&#45;40 rockslide</title>
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NC DOT now says it will take at least 4 Months to reopen 2 lanes of I-40 after the rock slide and it will take longer to get it completely reopened.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:37:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>South Carolina politician arrested in cemetery with strip club worker</title>
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A Columbia police says he found Assistant State Attorney General Rowland Corning and an 18-year-old woman down a one-lane dirt drive behind a cemetery.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:24:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Arson dogs help put arsonists behind bars</title>
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Arson is serious business in the United States. Each year billions of dollars in property are lost and hundreds of lives are lost due to arson fires.&nbsp; Proving arson can be difficult so investigators use dogs to help solve cases. 

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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:33:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Atlantic Beach Police Chief arrested</title>
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According to an incident report, an officer observed Chief Randy Rizzo, staggering around in a parking lot.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:16:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Death threats mailed to Upstate solicitor Trey Gowdy</title>
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For a person who&#8217;s made a career out of putting criminals behind bars, threats have become about as common as the courtroom for Solicitor Trey Gowdy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:26:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Body of missing woman found in Anderson County</title>
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Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper has a news conference planned on Thursday morning to give more information in the case.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:20:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Mystery letters found inside trolley car</title>
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The Roundhouse takes visitors back into Savannah&#8217;s past by letting them ride the rails.&nbsp; But for one Preservation Society worker, restoring the original Savannah Streetcar unveiled more than just wood and paint.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:54:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Chamber holds off on Elmer Fudd case, plans tourism tax presentation</title>
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In a midmorning board meeting Wednesday, Brad Dean, President of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce said there will be a board action against the Elmer Fudd case but not until after city elections.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:27:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Man accused of kidnapping a family expected in court Tuesday</title>
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Jerry Douglas Case is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday in Charlotte. Investigators say he threatened to kill Gastonia resident William Payne, his adult daughter and two grandchildren.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:21:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Family Of Murdered Greenville Man Invited To White House</title>
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The mother who said her son was beaten to death for being gay, is headed to the nation&#8217;s capital. Elke Kennedy and her husband James Parker have received an invitation to the White House            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:08:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Police lookin for suspect in robbery, shooting at Upstate Bi&#45;Lo</title>
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Someone was shot during a late night robbery and police began looking for a suspect Tuesday morning.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Possible voter split in Myrtle Beach</title>
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In just eight days, voters will head to the polls for local elections across the eastern Carolinas.&nbsp; In Myrtle Beach some political experts said that city voters are equally divided between the incumbents and their opposition.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rockslide shuts down I&#45;40 on North Carolina&#45;Tennessee border</title>
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A rockslide on Interstate 40 in Haywood County has shut down a portion of the interstate at the North Carolina-Tennessee border, potentially for months.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>Teacher&#8217;s Assistant Hit And Killed After Wren Football Game</title>
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Friends and a school family are mourning the loss of a teacher&#8217;s assistant who died in a crash. The Anderson County Coroner said Gretchen Randall passed away Friday night           ]]></description>
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          <title>Two wounded in Greenville County robbery, shootout</title>
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Two people were shot during a robbery and investigators say it may be related to two other robberies in Greenville County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fiery tractor&#45;trailer crash kills Hartsville man</title>
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A wreck involving an 18-wheeler truck killed one person and shut down a road in Florence County Friday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>School bus driver alerts police to student with gun</title>
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Greenville Police are crediting an alert school bus driver, for keeping a student with a handgun, and bullets off campus.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Man drives 80 miles to give explosives to authorites</title>
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Union County Sheriff David Taylor said Thursday the man found materials including dynamite and black powder in his deceased uncle&#8217;s home.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Suspect dies after being shot by Spartanburg deputy</title>
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Sheriff Chuck Wright sayst Steven Satterfield, Jr was shot in the chest after threatening a Spartanburg County deputy on Wednesday.

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          <title>Plans for banquet honoring Tuskegee Airmen</title>
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Three hundred people are expected to attend the banquet honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. The keynote speaker will be Lloyd W. Newton, a retired four-star general.&nbsp; Col. John Wood, Commander of the 437th Airlift Wing at the Charleston Air Force Base will introduce Gen. Newton.&nbsp; The Charleston Air Force Base and Colleton County High School Chorus are assisting with the banquet.           ]]></description>
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As the holidays inch closer, prices at big box stores like WalMart are dropping.            ]]></description>
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Sheriff Chuck Wright says Deputy Brandon Bentley was responding to a disturbance call Wednesday afternoon in the Hillbrook neighborhood.           ]]></description>
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A woman has been killed after being hit by a train in Garden City early Thursday morning.
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The South Carolina Ethics Commission is investigating Governor Mark Sanford&#8217;s use of the state plane, his reporting of private airplane rides and his use of campaign funds.&nbsp; Now the South Carolina Supreme Court is asking attorneys for Sanford to explain why a letter Sanford signed opening to the public an Ethics Commission probe into his travel should no longer apply.           ]]></description>
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Goodyear says &#8220;to improve efficiencies and optimize our manufacturing footprint, we will consolidate Spartanburg&#8217;s production into other Goodyear U.S. facilities.&#8220;&nbsp; The move will eliminate 90 jobs.           ]]></description>
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol says 50 year old Billy Powell Jr drove his truck into a Greer pond.            ]]></description>
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There&#8217;s good news for the Grand Strand when it comes to tourism. In a press conference held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Tuesday, members of the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association said the area faired much better compared to other popular vacation destinations so far this year.           ]]></description>
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A couple is behind bars and their three children are in protective custody after investigators say they found very little food and no beds inside a Spartanburg home.           ]]></description>
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A memorial service for Zion Mills was held Monday night at the Calvary Chapel in Greer.            ]]></description>
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Greenville City Council has made a teenage curfew permanent after a second reading of the ordinance Monday.           ]]></description>
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A former South Carolina teenage beauty queen will appear in a new commercial poking fun at her confused, mangled pageant response which drew nationwide attention several years ago.           ]]></description>
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Piedmont Park Fire Chief Tim Cobb says a 16 year old boy was burned over 40 percent of his body.            ]]></description>
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Anderson, South Carolina plice are searching for the person who shot a 16 year old girl at a birthday party at an Anderson hotel early Sunday morning.           ]]></description>
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A Spartanburg County man, his wife and baby granddaughter escaped a raging house fire in Wellford, early Thursday evening.            ]]></description>
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A robber, armed with a handgun, walked into the Rx Care Pharmacy at 2510 Boiling Springs Road, Boiling Springs Wednesday morning and robbed the place.            ]]></description>
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Dan Edge says he&#8217;s not much of a fighter, but something about Greenville&#8217;s teen curfew lit a fuse.            ]]></description>
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It happened Tuesday night after the students went to CareerQuest at the Spartanburg Expo Center.            ]]></description>
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Nearly a dozen Union County pastors organized a prayer service Wednesday evening at the Union County Courthouse.            ]]></description>
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A moped is blamed for the fire that caused damaged to the Wacheshaw Place Apartment complex in Murrells Inlet Tuesday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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I-385 is back open after a major accident Wednesday night. According to Lance Cpl. Bryan McDougald of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, four vehicles, including two 18-wheelers were involved.            ]]></description>
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The trial is now expected on the week of October 26th.           ]]></description>
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Black landowners Thomas and Meeks Griffin died in the electric chair 94 years ago after a jury convicted them of killing a 73-year-old Chester County man.           ]]></description>
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The lawmakers are considering a bill to put DHEC under the control of the governor.            ]]></description>
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In February, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Four days later, President Obama signed the legislation into law.
Federal officials said the act&#8217;s three main goals are to create and save jobs, spur economic activity and invest in long-term economic growth.
The $787 billion recovery plan includes federal tax cuts and incentives, an expansion of unemployment benefits, and other spending on social entitlement programs.           ]]></description>
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A man accused of fatally shooting a man outside a Spartanburg convenience store was arrested in Columbia Tuesday.

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Flooding is still a concern in Augusta&#8230;19 years after the big one, when the city waterways overflowed its banks in October 1990.           ]]></description>
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Authorities charged with driving under the influence after ordering food from a fast-food drive-thru widow on a riding lawnmower.            ]]></description>
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Julia Lewis is only 13 and a Girl Scout, but she says one is never too young to spread the news about avoiding breast cancer.           ]]></description>
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Father Andrew Trapp, an assistant pastor and priest at St. Michael Catholic Church in Garden City Beach, won $100,000 on a poker television show.           ]]></description>
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The co-owner of the Myrtle Beach speedway has been found not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident in the death of a pedestrian three years ago.           ]]></description>
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With most of their life now in a motel room, Misty Brewington and her daughter are still counting their blessings.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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Recycling is easy when in comes to items like paper and plastic, but the process can be a little more challenging with large items like household appliances.            ]]></description>
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Police say Timothy Kelly used a hammer to carve through hundreds of pounds of concrete and drywall to rob a Greenville gas station.           ]]></description>
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The order states an officer of a political subdivision of the State who has been indicted by a grand jury for a crime involving moreal turpitude may be suspended by the Governor until acquitted.
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North Carolina is set to become the second state in the country to raise insurance costs for obese state employees; and smokers in both Carolinas will pay higher costs in the coming years.           ]]></description>
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The number of arrests have increased in the Dillon gambling operation since Tuesday, according to SLED Capt. Kin McKenzie.            ]]></description>
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Two locations in Horry County that see and serve thousands of people everyday are the libraries and Coastal Carolina University.&nbsp; And both are taking steps to prevent employees, students, staff, and customers safe from contracting the flu.           ]]></description>
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Jury was selected shortly after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday for a trial involving the co-owner of the Myrtle Beach Speedway.           ]]></description>
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Captain Chad Murray of the Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s office says two women, one of them the 2008 Polk County Teacher of the Year, were arrested Tuesday on drug charges.           ]]></description>
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Spartanburg Co. Sheriff Chuck Wright says a deputy went into the &#8220;First Cash Pawn Shop&#8221; to go after a theft suspect who allegedly shoplifted from the nearby Dollar General.           ]]></description>
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In 2008, the Depot building celebrated the end of its first 100 years. To commemorate this milestone, the chamber board felt that setting up a marker would be a lasting tribute to the building.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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The fall bike rally is officially over and even with clear skies and warm temperatures not enough bikers came to the Grand Strand.&nbsp; This year, the crowds were noticeably smaller.           ]]></description>
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Scott Ramsey from coroner&#8217;s office says the fetus was an 18 week old female fetus.            ]]></description>
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The attorney says his client has received death threats following the news that she removed American flags that were placed on the bank&#8217;s property lining the road to honor Lance Corporal Christopher Fowlkes.
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More than 200 veterans on motorcyles paid tribute to Lance Cpl. Chris Fowlkes of Gaffney.&nbsp; His death caught the veterans&#8217; attention after hearing that a Bank of America branch removed American flags placed in front of the bank for his funeral procession.           ]]></description>
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The fall Harley-Davidson motorcycle rally, or fall pilgrimage, as it is known, comes to an end on the Grand Strand.           ]]></description>
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It was an armed robbery that turned into a double murder; two innocent people shot and killed.           ]]></description>
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The Greenville County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and Greenville County Coroner&#8217;s Office are investigating the remains of a fetus that was found in a hopper at the Pelham Wastewater Treatment Plant on Sunday morning.            ]]></description>
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A high school teacher and coach resigns and is later arrested, accused of sex with an underage student.
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A conservative North Carolina group is spending $10,000 to air ads in South Carolina next week saying President Barack Obama is pushing socialist health care and freeing terrorists to Bermuda.           ]]></description>
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An autopsy showed Specialist Christopher Hogg developed pneumonia due to the H-1-N-1 virus.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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The Highway Patrol says that Troy Jones&#8217; motorcycle went off the right side of the road, hit a ditch, and threw Jones off the bike Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
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Spartanburg County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies are looking for two men they say were involved in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night at a apartment complex.           ]]></description>
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At a meeting of the Westview-Fairforest Fire Commission Tuesday evening, the decision to dissolve Rescue 3 was made.            ]]></description>
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The collision occurred on SC Primary Highway 39 in the Waterloo-Cross Hill area in Laurens County on Saturday, September 5th at about 3 am.           ]]></description>
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Officials from the South Carolina Dept of Commerce joined officials in Marion on Tuesday morning to announce a new investment into the community.            ]]></description>
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Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say the 34-year-old jumped off a boat on Lake Monticello in Fairfield County on Saturday night and and never came back up.           ]]></description>
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Sunday night, a Singapore based tank ship, the Stolt Vision ruptured one of their fuel tanks when lowering the anchor.            ]]></description>
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol is seeking information on a Hit and Run collision involving a moped and possibly a Chevrolet pick-up truck.            ]]></description>
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More schools in South Carolina will meet federal education goals under a scoring system that has received initial approval. A subcommittee of the Education Oversight Committee voted Monday to align passing scores on the state&#8217;s new standardized tests with what the state considered passing on the 10-year-old Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests.           ]]></description>
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Laurence Manning Academy shut its doors last week after almost 30 percent of its students stayed home with flu-like symptoms.           ]]></description>
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Dean Allen, who&#8217;s man running for South Carolina&#8217;s Adjutant General, decided to use machine gun fire to get votes.           ]]></description>
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Disaster Action Team members of the Coastal South Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross responded to a mobile home fire this weekend in Horry County, making it the third mobile home to be destroyed by fire this week in the Conway area.           ]]></description>
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Police say a man hung a six year old boy by his shirt to a pole on Saturday.           ]]></description>
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Divers and deputies started work to pull a car from Lake Cooley late Sunday night.&nbsp; They Spartanburg County Sheriff says divers found the body of an older woman in the vehicle.           ]]></description>
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Bond has been set for four South Carolina college students arrested after setting off homemade bombs in a dorm. WIS-TV reported that bond of $5,000 each was set Friday for four Newberry College students on state felony charges of possession and manufacturing a destructive device.           ]]></description>
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The University of South Carolina in Columbia is showcasing its new $48 million dorm that was built to be environmentally friendly. School officials led tours of the Honors Residence Hall on Friday.            ]]></description>
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