Home video networks are nothing new, but today they’re getting smarter, cheaper, and wireless.

Gov. Mark Sanford says a new $6 million security system at the Statehouse is a “colossal waste” and has ordered state police away from some checkpoints.

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Backers of the school, which would be called Social Justice Solidarity High School, have pulled their proposal.

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