Story archive for December 2007

Tuesday, Jan. 1

• Newspaper readers offer encouraging words

• Letters to the Editor

• Artist decries graffiti vandals

• Attention given controversial book on pro-Israel lobby questioned

• Book makes teens think about their value

• You can't hurry love, so stop pushing for affection from stepchildren

• Parents' resolutions for happy new year

• Renewing America

• Book reflects typical woes of teen girl

• Think twice before eating that candy bar

• On the Go

• Teen Calendar

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Ask Elsa

• Is 'cocktail culture' waning to interest in beer?

• Resolving to be better genealogist

• Teens learn to dazzle

• What happens in the man cave stays in the man cave

• Lawmaker calls for payday lending ban

• The green garden

• Hanahan might revoke club's license

• Man with gun robs pawnshop

• S.C. Lottery

• Clintons expected to attend King Day at the Dome rally

• Clemson at Alabama

• Clemson receives recruiting momentum heading into the new year

• Ex-Citadel coach hired at Arkansas

• Going 'green' can save green

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Resolutions for making or breaking

• Coupons to help millions convert to digital TV

• North Charleston shooting victim is OK

• Past year's big lesson

• Wall St. finishes year on low note

• CSU falls apart against Stetson

• Business briefs

• Second semester offers a new lease on life at school

• Forgo 'green guilt,' resolve to clean it up in new year

• Five questions about Iowa caucuses answered

• Woman wins royal honor for primate protection work

• Happy New Year, Charleston

• Who were 2007's winners, losers?

• 2 arrested in Mt. Pleasant robberies

• Rays undermanned but undeterred

• Dogs save fireworks for second-half rally

• Woman charged in pit bull attack

• Clemson report card

• Richardson misses meal, start

• Clemson's Davis not done yet

• Unhappy ending for Clemson

Monday, Dec. 31

• Mr. Flaps robbed at gunpoint

• Man shot in the head on Interstate 26, lives

• Soldier recalls best, worst times of past year of deployment

• 2 men killed as cars crash

• Among the worst, unless you're a captive penguin

• New Year's schedule

• Prisoners fight addictions in jail

• Running backs are getting frustrated as Clemson turns to the air inside the 20 more often

• Stingrays win their 11th straight

• Today's Games

• Chick-fil-A Bowl: Head-to-Head

• Clemson Bowl History

• Former Troy coordinator taking the reins of Auburn's offense

• Huckabee calls Romney dishonest 4 days before Iowa caucus

• Finding a lesson in local tragedy

• Faceoff: As a bowl site, Atlanta is...

• 'We do have a strong voice'

• Finding a lesson in local tragedy

• Noisette project a top green neighborhood

• Pioneer Boats nixes move to Ga. to relocate to Walterboro

• Calendar

• It's time to get smart about credit

• 2007 was eventful year for retailers

• State home sales take double-digit nosedive

• Inns, restaurants inspired by homes impress AAA

• Trip to the library better than dial-up for multimedia

• The year that was 2007

• Giving 3 weeks' notice earned one employee instant job loss

• Pushing the limit in '08

• Taking yoga time off is OK

• New Year's resolution solution

• Dr. Ann to go live

• Cream of the crop

• Is boss skimming cash from bartender?

• Executive Items

• Distinctions

• Week in Review

• Exercise helps COPD patients

• Austin as workout guru like the Energizer Bunny

• Test your knowledge of '07 pop culture

• Recalls this week

• V is now BlueFish

• Letters to the Editor

• S.C. Lottery

• Clemson optimistic about next season

• Women make up 42 percent of state's prison security

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Panthers top Bucs to end season on winning note

• Washington, Tennessee grab final playoff spots

• Cougars suffocate Dukes

• Cold smoking-ban comfort

• Invest in Conservation Bank

• 'We do have a strong voice'

• Unsung heroes of public health

• Reporter turns firefighter

• Man killed in club

• Coming up

• Good Cheer breaks record, brings in almost $33,000 more than last year

• Good Morning Lowcountry

Sunday, Dec. 30

• Author 'pushes the boundaries'

• Sunday Calendar

• January Arts Calendar

• 2008 travel

• Americans may stay near home

• Presidential politics begin dominating before '07 began

• Travel Q&A

• Story of the Year: Sofa Super Store fire

• PBS celebrating TV pioneers

• True leaders don't run 'job scared'

• There were memorable moments on tube

• Ancient Rome, Israel clash in well-written history

• Look, learn, prepare to be amazed

• More grunt work, less intrigue

• Fatter grocery bills expected as food prices increase

• Uranium exploration under way in Africa

• 'I just pray that he'll come back'

• Retired minister goes out of his way to help other seniors

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• This week's meetings

• 2 a.m. law: Now they mean it

• Want to talk God, or maybe guitar?

• Panthers fall to Gonzaga in Roundball Classic final

• Goose Creek captures Modie Risher Classic title

• Mirror images and vice versa

• The sports hero you never knew

• 2007 was quite a year for golf in the Lowcountry

• Tennis successes plentiful in 2007

• Modie Risher Classic

• Benoit incident marred pro wrestling in '07

• Festival will stage 45 productions, 140 performances

• A look back: The top stories of 2007

• Bitterweed stands up to drought

• Win a house, or two

• Remodeling kitchens popular after holidays

• Avoid seven sins of home renovations

• Real estate transactions

• Sharpening garden tools

• UPS can keep 'smart' system running

• Cheese biscuits are Folly flashback

• '60s-style New Year's Eve party always in vogue

• Sampson and Smokey dress up for the holidays

• Pet Briefs

• Pet calendar

• Delicate grays, 'green' recycling among the trends for 2008

• Letters to the Editor

• Remembering Lt. Gen. Henry Doctor Jr.

• Clear the air on S.C. State

• Give president more budget power

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Clemson defense offers sneak preview for 2008

• Spence will remain at Clemson

• Tigers turn back Samford

• Miller gets first win since split with U.S.

• Trotter adapts to role as backup

• Gardner-Webb cruises past Bucs

• Early strikes power Rays to 10th straight

• Sweet 16: Patriots go undefeated

• Copper shows its mettle in new home accents

• Saving mystery relics helps keep past alive

• Plan a perfect garden path with some handy guidelines

• Twining vine known to put on show

• Garden calendar

• Fed interest cuts don't mean lower mortgage rates

• Restoring artifacts from the H.L. Hunley is a slow, exacting process

• Sales soaring despite turbulence for stocks

• Hammond's 21-point second half lifts Cougars over Mercer

• Taking a break from politics

• Gadgets lift Ford Focus beyond its means

• Truly terrible TV makes the list

• Virginia bursting with wineries

• Triple queens

• 'Crazy Horse' grant

• Celebrating Bernstein

• Homophones make writers go 'a rye'

• Politicians need to think like poets when choosing words

• Best New Year's can be found on DVD

• Book points to paralyzing partisanship

Saturday, Dec. 29

• BRIEFLY2

• BRIEFLY

• BRIEFCASE

• Marshview to harbor Hunley Waters community

• Democracy must triumph

• S.C. Lottery

• Renaissance Weekend to tackle contemporary issues

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Give Berkeley strong tree protections

• Protester presses legal fight

• Spence likely to stay at Clemson

• Cody triumphs again at Pinehurst

• Big lessons from Big Dig

• Letters to the Editor

• The Carolina Open Classic marked one of the busiest car cruising years in the Charleston area

• McElveen adds Hyundai

• Asbestos slows demolition of Sofa Super Store

• Safety tips for New Year's Eve

• MRAP supplier under review

• White is the color

• Asian flew

• Speed and need

• Older drivers should look for safety, comfort

• Ask Elsa

• Car shows

• Airlift Wing serves vital role in wars

• Housing market had lousy year, but '08 promising

• Sweetgrass treasures gone

• Ford might not press for audit

• Del Webb's first community in the Charleston area caters to mature buyers at Cane Bay

• Suspect denies Mount Pleasant killing; police calm residents

• High Profile: BEN GRAMLING III

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Cardellini stepping from 'ER' to prequel

• Jeremy Sisto, Alicia Witt to step into new 'L&O' roles

• At airport, early bird gets the wait

• Blaze leaves 6 families homeless

• Huckabee backers on roll

• News flash

• Former drug addict finds season for second chance

• 'Rocky's Paulie tries a different canvas

• Driver: Wind caused accident

• Town councilwoman arrested

• Home prices fall, but would-be buyers are holding back

• Gas hits $3 mark; oil prices decline

• Growth funds withstand market volatility, outpace value funds in 2007

• Bowl picks are a real crapshoot

• Goose Creek, Burke set the stage for showdown

• Stingrays scramble after goalie Parley called up

• Pinewood Prep bounces Fort, advances to final

• Clyburn critiques first year

• Gamecocks survive Anteaters

• Assistants’ loyalty to Bowden paying off

Friday, Dec. 28

• Clemson offensive coordinator staying with Tigers

• Goodwill distributes gifts, prizes

• Court rules illegal workers eligible for workers' comp

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Audi strong with A6 Avant Quattro wagon

• Adwatch: Clinton plays to health care strength, military support in SC ad

• Romney camp fights ‘push-polls’

• New word 5

• The Fun Five

• New Year 5

• Dorchester now the road less taken, thanks to link

• Letters to the Editor

• Roadwatch

• S.C. Lottery

• USC self-reports 10 secondary violations

• New Clinton TV spot has S.C. connection

• Renewed hope for Morris Island

• Deaths Summary

• Troubles causing Sallie Mae shares to sink

• Today's Game

• Martyr for democracy

• Departure of Spence would influence Harper

• Deputies: Woman killed boyfriend on Christmas

• Man charged in Mt. Pleasant killing

• Delays pain air travelers

• West Ashley teacher accused of rape dies in crash

• Dreamliner continues to soar

• T's fuel Goose Creek in tournament opener

• Parks chairman focus of inquiry

• Uterine fibroid treatment gets payment boost from Medicaid

• Mount Pleasant might suspend home-building permit limit

• S.C. State lends hand to Zanzibar

• County community education top-rated

• Berkeley Alternative to get makeover

• Pastor's long walk takes him the way he is led

• Hinson supporting ex-husband's run

• Deaths & Funerals

• Citadel Square Baptist pastor Arnold dies at 87

• Voter rolls rise as primaries near

• Uncertainty over Pakistan

• BOA chief sees no deal in near future

• A salute to departing USC president, Dr. Andrew Sorensen

• Briefcase

• New bowl, new attitude

• Fourth All-State for Green

• Center starts library with donations

• Strathairn strayed far from circus

• Harry Connick Jr. sings not a peep in 'P.S. I Love You'

• Briefly: Cross woman dies after car flips over

• Ana Ortiz has no fears of being a diva

• Iman's accent on busy woman

• Fashion Q&A

• Iraq duty leaves dog behind

• Berkeley Briefs

• Marker gets official nod, now needs funds

• Sewee events kick off 2008

• Five big (little) stories of 2007

Thursday, Dec. 27

• Police make arrest in Mount Pleasant murder case

• Presidential primaries Q&A

• Travelers encounter early morning headaches at Charleston International Airport

• Teacher charged with rape found dead after car crash in Florence County

• Pakistani opposition leader Bhutto killed in suicide attack on campaign rally

• Development of Grimball Farms OK'd

• Berkeley school district wants lawsuit dismissed

• Charter middle school wins state approval

• Oldest person in state dies

• Holiday season was very good to online retailers

• Height disparity no problem for unbeaten Burke

• Adwatch: McCain focuses on war record in latest South Carolina ad

• Only a junior, Jennings wise beyond his years

• Aquatics center needed

• Reclaim your figure after holiday revelry

• Cumberland's closing its doors with musical style

• Surprising 'Juno' a winner

• Mantra propels you through marathon

• Ambler carves out nice niche in these woods

• Train for 2008

• Post-holiday shopping could make retailers' holiday season brighter

• Authorities calling Mount Pleasant death a homicide

• Double Zero

• Hot Tickets

• Events

• This Week

• For some funny reason, Bryce thinks he's hilarious

• Will Hoge prepares for New Year's gig at Music Farm

• Sound off

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Bernal busy on both sides of camera

• ‘Debaters' vividly portrays racial divide

• 'Water Horse' touching story of friendship

• Head2Head Trivia

• Chew on This

• 2007 Year in Review: Berkeley

• Ring it in: Where to spend New Year's Eve in the Lowcountry

• Despite trouble with the law, R. Kelly tour rolls on

• 2007 Year in Review: Charleston

• 2007 Year in Review: East Cooper

• Deaths Summary

• BRIEFLY

• Deaths & Funerals

• 2007 Year in Review: Summerville

• Top of the Second Power Poll

• 2007 The Year in Review: James Island

• Jaguars peaking at right time

• S.C. Lottery

• DOT candidates to undergo screening

• Corporate lobbying throttles back

• Wal-Mart bucks trend, pours money into D.C.

• Panthers end Peppers' season by placing him on IR

• Prior joins hometown Padres

• Future of bond insurers comes into question

• Eco-friendly coffins make funerals green

• Parks duo posts best Parent-Child score

• Historic NFL game available to all of America, after all

• Search halted; no body found

• 4 students win artwork contest for Berchtold holiday cards

• Service award nominees accepted

• Townsend recognized for school board service

• Best Christmas lesson I ever had was from a 9-year-old

• International Piano Series

• Clubs

• Theater group to hold auditions

• Happenings

• Happenings

• Poetry Society

• Happenings

• Isle of Palms rec

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Center for Creative Retirement

• Library programs

• International Piano Series

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Center for Creative Retirement

• Clubs

• Summer in the City auditions set

• Poetry Society

• Happenings

• Roadwatch

• Alliance against terror

• Sending out an SOS

• Home prices fall in October

• A long life lived 'sweet and easy'

• Bruce, Dixon power West Ashley in opening round

• Letters to the Editor

• Dare to go (Polar) Bear

• Good Cheer prevails again

• New center aims to build most-functional hospital

• Ask Elsa

• YouthBuild still without school site

• Lieber locked down

• Cindy's a wonderful step back in time

• Wild Wing a Mount Pleasant staple for more than a decade

Wednesday, Dec. 26

• Authorities searching Wando River for possible jumper

• Lieber to remain on lockdown through noon Thursday

• Elderly man was killed by blow to the head

• A mess o' greens: For money or health they do a body good

• See New Year through rose-hued glasses

• Know your bubbles in time for party

• Clementines growing as holiday fruit choice

• Bite size

• Roasting alternative for sweet potatoes

• Ring in new year with black-eyed peas

• The Wine List

• Front Burner

• Cooking classes

• West Ashley Rec Report

• Charleston picks neighborhood park over housing development

• N. Chas. plans changes on towing

• Chamber, local officials team to help Gransfors

• Local officials team up to help plant

• Briefly in East Cooper

• Dorchester Rec Report

• Girl Scouts win ‘Most Creative' at Christmas parade

• Kids learn to shop themselves

• Animals get holiday attention

• Officers work to make kids' holiday brighter

• Wando students turn attention to animal society for holidays

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Crisis has officials scrambling

• Airline on verge of stellar growth

• Last-minute shoppers give retailers relief

• Skins vs. Cowboys: Big just got bigger

• Winningest trainer dies in car crash

• Gillispie era at UK off to shaky start

• S.C. Lottery

• 'Don't tase me bro' a part of 2008 forecast

• Roadwatch

• NFL going green

• Woman gets gift of eyesight

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Bryant, Bynum lift Lakers

• Death of man found in yard investigated

• Christmas blaze kills man

• Policy shift could end Castro era

• High schools creating buzz

• Fattening the farm bill

• Letters to the Editor

• Follow up on Berkeley school case

• TBonz continues holiday tradition

• Lift-off for New Orleans

• Without a trace: Missing woman's family fears worst

• Annual count of bald eagles drawing near

• Briefly

• Roundball welcomes back Cougars

• Charter school in works for N. Charleston

• C of C's Johnson gets points across by working hard around the basket

• Council at odds over attorney's pay

• Police wield new weapon against crime

• Clinton, Obama battle for black vote

Tuesday, Dec. 25

• In battle gear, amid war-scarred land, a sense of peace was found

• Letters to the Editor

• Furman to award more scholarships

• Briefly

• Briefcase

• Some snapshots of little ones who make this festive season so special

• A few tips to avoid germs this winter

• Dessert swap with ex-wife hard to swallow

• Troops' absences tough on holiday traditions

• All-Lowcountry Football Team 2007

• Wednesday deadline for Democrats

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Ask Elsa

• Holiday closings

• A year of breaking rules, not records, in sports

• Gift from sisters' estate puts Good Cheer Fund past $344,000

• Training debate goes deepFederal regulations require 40 hours for underground miners

• Health worries arise over water bottles

• Foreigners at home in U.S.

• Hiker-biker trails on way to Dorchester Road

• S.C. Lottery

• Berkeley County looks into protecting trees

• W. Ashley teacher charged with rape

• USC attracts, exports more foreign students

• Evolution debate reignited in S.C.

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Little green laptop a hit in Peruvian village

• South Carolina, Clemson in good shape

• It's frosty, but definitely not a silent night

• Steelers place Parker on IR

• Mother charged after girl takes donation box

• Tigers' Oglesby nets ACC honor

• Ole Miss, Rhode Island break into men's poll

• 3 state players on preseason list

• Michigan State benches 5 players for bowl

• Protected Vehicles is closing for good

• Charleston going greener

• Christmas 2007

• Blood donation still timely gift

• The kindness of strangers

Monday, Dec. 24

• Protected Vehicles layoffs to be permanent

• At noon, try dinner at Virginia's on King; have supper later

• It's easy to extend your frequent-flier programs

• Gifts that keep on giving

• Variety of tuners can bring TV programs to your laptop

• Recalls this week

• Letters to the Editor

• Benefit programs' urgent woes

• Rhetoric met reality at Bali

• Pentagon budget dilemma

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Hollywood man struck by car dies

• Panthers refuse to confirm report coach, GM will return

• Clemens repeats steroids denials

• Drought turns Waccamaw's black water clear

• Dogs sign 6 for 2009 baseball season

• Hill guides Niners past Bucs

• Rackers' kicks deal Atlanta tough loss

• Titans-Colts finale switched to prime time

• Pirates upend Boise State

• Sobs, gasps, hugs and happiness

• Studio taking indoor cycling to new level

• Has time taken toll on Folly edifice?

• Salvation Army thrift store to close

• Distinctions

• Executive Items

• Week in Review

• Port workers help out key customer

• Blackbaud employees contribute $25,000 to 2007 Good Cheer Fund

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• A right whale of a sighting

• Lowcountry's Wanted

• Seek a suitable teacher over the best studio

• Holiday closings and garbage collection schedule

• Resolutions may be problem behind holiday bingeing

• Army eyes former arms site for training

• Heading right into it

• Pair has comfort sewn up

• It's the shoes, silly

• United Wii stand in line

• Cochlear implants used in extreme hearing loss

• Patriots top Dolphins, one win from regular season perfection

• Sobs, gasps, hugs and happiness

• Cancer survival, insurance linked

• Jaguars hammer Raiders, secure No. 5 seed for AFC playoffs

• Clemson's line looking to make a name for itself

• Schools expand comics art studies

• West Ashley Earth Fare still healthy

• Employer has right to determine breaks

• Memos

• Calendar

• Riley to take over as president of Realtors' board

• In January, you can do a lot for $20

• Key S.C. insurance figures to remain mystery for a while

Sunday, Dec. 23

• DuPont looks at new product to trigger growth

• S.C. Lottery

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Cougars let USC off hook

• Family seeking answers, closure

• 2 S.C. political heavyweights to stay out of ring

• Christmas cactus needs some love

• Santa Claus spies on kids, but who's watching him?

• Books grow passions for gardening

• Movement teacher's way to help kids

• Quite a match

• Attorney claims racism

• Happenings

• Woman at center of exploration of 18th century

• 'Pigeon' captures loss, hope

• Author looks at humanity of immigrants

• Book has some vices of its own

• 'Upheaval' popular narrative history

• Writing set magazine apart

• Family's Civil War story brief

• Foreign shoppers prop up U.S. stores

• Biomass heating not a new idea

• Donation to Good Cheer can help sisters have happier holiday

• Real estate transactions

• Do some go howling mad at full moon?

• Down-home favorite gets some tweaking

• Preservation plan gets last-minute reprieve

• Rescued dog brings light of love into lives of couple

• Vigil calls on individuals to fight violence

• 4-car wreck on I-26 slows traffic

• Drawings may point to first tree

• Garden calendar

• Holiday closings

• Annual Christmas count for the birds

• Flurry of 3s helps USC overcome Charleston's 15-point lead

• Tree bears tough shell but tends to shed bark

• Ole Miss hands Clemson first loss

• First Grand Slam just three weeks away

• GM CEO: Firm positioned to tackle tough '08

• Airlines lower bar on experience to ease shortage of pilots

• To our readers

• Porter-Gaud takes second showdown

• New-look Wave rolls at Stratford Duals

• Family audiences can have a 'Blast!'

• Green, Ellington invited to national all-star game

• Test 'Christmas Story' knowledge, I triple dog dare you

• Luger puts famous face on addiction

• World's best

• Dirty pitch

• Kennedy Center honors local artist

• Don't bother sending 'Margot' an invitation

• Operating under the radar

• Professionals steer locally based film fest

• Grim Christmas, loving memories

• Sunday calendar

• Pet Briefs

• Exhibit traces Christmas tree story

• 'Back to You' brings Willard back to old-timey goofiness

• Write for clarity but expand horizons of your readers, too

• One family, divided over politics, prepares for son's Christmas homecoming

• Heroines today stronger, in charge of their destiny

• Global poll to pick natural wonders

• Hard work creates these holiday showcases in NYC

• More airlines offer good night's sleep

• Travel Q&A

• To act in movie, Denzel had to direct it

• Readers reveal what makes their collections so special

• Long ago, country school Christmas pageant was a pleaser

• Letters to the Editor

• McGinley's hopeful choice plan

• Addicted to earmarks

• An invaluable gift

• Harold J. Fallon awarded Golden Pen

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Movement teacher's way to help kids

• Donation to Good Cheer can help sisters have happier holiday

• Operating under the radar

• Department-by-department standards

• Attorney claims racism

Saturday, Dec. 22

• Man caught after escape

• ETV announce '08 election coverage

• Reservists retraining for Iraq

• Briefly

• Tips can keep crooks from stealing Christmas

• Analog to sign off soon

• Unemployment rate up slightly

• Stores hope to lure last-minute shoppers

• Skies mostly friendly for holiday air travelers

• Economic perils cut donations

• South Carolina shuts out Pensacola, wins eighth straight

• Cremins ready for a second homecoming

• Clemson overpowers DePaul, stays unbeaten

• Romo, 'Boys hope to bounce back

• Bishops shut down Gators in semifinals

• Cougars capture title

• 2 mothers facing eviction from public housing complex defend their efforts as parents

• High Profile: ERIKA HARRISON

• Gospel singer makes old-style holiday album

• How do you break the news about 'Zoey' to a 10-year-old?

• Black cast for 'Cat'

• From screen to stage

• Tourism secret exposed: Firetruck Museum

• Curious flock to posh Lexus outlet in Florida

• Taking a look at the three big sport utility vehicles

• Wheelin'

• Car shows

• Senate action pushes bills to assist cash-strapped

• Local builders construct moderate-size subdivision with larger lots

• Lowndes Pointe builds up neighborly appeal

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Letters to the Editor

• Ask Elsa

• No holiday from responsibility

• S.C. Lottery

• 'Flying Phoenix' helps China turn over new leaf

• PETA's attack brings sad end to Mepkin Abbey's egg enterprise

• Mt. Pleasant author gets Hollywood buzzing

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Late governor's daughter dies

• Group push-polling for Huckabee

• Shooting in Charleston Farms leaves man wounded

• 'Child's Christmas' celebrates season

• Bowden confirms Spence plans interview at Tennessee

• Picket lines, spurtability and Chipmunks

• S.C. State board gets Gov. Sanford's support

• Re-invest funds in City Market

• Teacher set to return to classroom

• Application process at Buist 'a joke'

• T-shirt memorial grows into gift

• Former drug addict seeks second chance with loved ones

• 3 officers' sons killed since '05

• Closed for the holidays

Friday, Dec. 21

• Berkeley teacher ends holdout, student to be moved from class

• Downed tree blocked Camp Road on James Island

• Housing crisis, seasonal layoffs blamed for increase in S.C. jobless rate

• Smoke Gets In Your Ayes

• Grobe No. 1, Petrino isn't

• Half-Moon to fly flag at South Windermere

• A review of the year's local sailing highlights

• Gabenit back on ice after 10-month injury layoff

• Clemson has no trouble with home team in Shootout opener

• Long trip, big loss for Citadel

• Last-Minute Christmas Guide

• Angel tree project near to law student's heart

• Little League gets $15,000 grant, but $5,000 in equipment stolen

• Angel tree keeps giving

• Mepkin to close egg farm

• 'Queen' Mirren turns into action hero

• Fashion Q&A

• Briefly

• A visit with Santa's stylist

• Briefly in Berkeley

• Berkeley Rec Report

• East Cooper Rec Report

• Briefly in West Ashley

• The Fun Five

• Space 5

• Solstice 5

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Volvo maintains safety in '08 station wagon

• 'You're a bad banana — with a greasy black peel'

• Letters to the Editor

• Awendaw solution needs regional plan

• Citadel finishes just out of final FCS polls

• Action toward an Awendaw solution

• Misplaced fire at new school head

• Long Savannah: Development plan based on principles

• CALGA caps year, names honorees

• S.C. Lottery

• Tyson, Colbrunn back for seconds with RiverDogs

• CARTA seeks more cash as board member pushes slower spending

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Maine trying to cash in on unused gift cards

• Al-Qaida's media campaign

• Moores win Picard titles

• Man convicted of killing 2, given 40 years in prison

• Thirteen arrests made after 2-month drug investigation

• Another injury scare for Clemson

• Affidavit: Grimsley implicated Canseco, Dykstra

• No Sony sponsor exemption for Wie

• Veeck to teach Citadel class

• Drought brings saltwater battle

• Changes sought at S.C. State

• Gift to Good Cheer Fund would help lift spirits of couple, disabled son

• Man shot to death on peninsula street

• Determining dependency not easy in Drayton case

• Man who ditched monitor sentenced

• DUI reform necessary, MADD says

• Wild Dunes aims to keep its sandbags

• Troopers prepare for 12-day blitz

• BRIEFCASE

• Briefly

• Briefly

• Bank to be open on holidays

• Burnette won't face charges

• Grave sites at risk

Thursday, Dec. 20

• Letters from the front

• Man shot in head, killed near Crosstown

• Jabez Batiste guilty of two counts of murder

• Bomb scare empties government offices at Four Corners of Law; no bomb found

• Mepkin Abbey to stop selling eggs under pressure from PETA

• 'Tis the season to be in a bad mood

• DO YOU KNOW: Judy Shoemaker

• Seven teens plead guilty in robbery

• DO YOU KNOW: Dale Wallace

• Charleston County Council revisits providing services

• Ask Elsa

• More than just sightseeing on Bulldogs' Seattle itinerary

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• S.C. Lottery

• Citadel finishes just out of FCS polls

• Your contribution can bring a little holiday joy into a grandmother's life

• Mormonism an issue for Romney in S.C.

• Charleston firefighters to be equipped with better air packs

• Bryans win Ford division in junior golf

• Spurrier: Relationship between team, Nix wasn't working

• Clemson has some rust to shake off

• Sanford outlines tax plan

• Former Kennedy speech writer touts Obama in Lowcountry

• S.C. Lottery

• 7 plead guilty in sex ring

• Police dept. Volunteer of Year named

• Riley to chair League of Cities council

• Panel OKs plan for Grimball Farms

• Jayhawks' Mangino AP Coach of the Year

• Defending champs overwhelm Bucs

• Stingrays rout Ice Pilots, streak up to seven games

• BRIEFCASE

• School program gets grant

• Preview's Staff Favorites for 2007

• Budig says baseball will survive

• Fiddler's Green Pub

• For newlyweds, it was best little Christmas party ever

• Last-minute gifts to get on the islands

• International Piano Series

• PSD, Folly to join consolidated dispatch

• Eugene Platt to run for District 115 House seat

• FYI

• Area teachers earn national certification

• International Piano Series

• Governor's School holds Teacher Appreciation Day

• International Piano Series

• Consolidated dispatch makes sense

• Happenings

• Clubs

• Plaque a memorial to player

• City rec update

• St. Andrew's Parks and Playground

• Happenings

• Bishop Gadsden unveils first Gingerbread Village

• Sewee volunteer describes rewarding time at center

• Clubs

• Blood drives

• Father uses baseball to honor son's legacy

• Clubs

• Happenings

• Center for Creative Retirement

• Lowcountry Senior Center

• Bishop Gadsden shows sweet village

• Leukemia Cup Regatta gets record-breaking funds

• Happy Days gets grant for wheelchairs

• Center for Creative Retirement

• Library programs

• Sewee Center

• Support Groups

• Nightlife

• Town employees 'adopt' families

• Mount Pleasant rec

• Isle of Palms rec

• East Cooper rec

• Dad uses baseball to honor son's legacy

• Library programs

• Today's Games

• OT Richardson graduates today

• Sovereign funds eager to invest

• Flights to, from major N.Y. airports to be cut

• There's still hope for all you last-minute holiday shoppers

• Briefly in Politics

• Good French food doesn't have to be pretentious

• Shelter to honor homeless who have died

• Briefly

• S.C. State ready to search for new president

• State NAACP to join lending lawsuit

• Sheriff's Office audit outlined

• Hot Tickets

• Letter to the Editor

• Events

• Planners oppose hotel plan resisted by Brickyard Plantation residents

• This Week

• SOUND OFF

• Film critic spins tops for 2007

• Pentagon orders 358 Cougars

• Friends nearly spoil good date movie

• Head2head Trivia

• Sir Lancelot's Restaurant & Lounge

• WINING

• 20WINING2

• Iraq-based soldier stuns family with arrival

• Merchants association to host 'Holiday Champagne Open House'

• Teens driving force behind establishing sport

• Metal showcase

• Goose Cr. woman sees rescuers as guardian angels

• Get ready for the gore in Burton's latest

• Mom, daughters come to Goose Greek woman's rescue

• Mount Pleasant dancing to tune of 'Fiddler's

• A Camellia Christmas

• DO YOU KNOW: Suzette Holmes Santiago

• Ready for New Year's

• Weavers collect seed to keep Lowcountry tradition alive

• Hunting Island State Park

• Man finds late wife's ancestor owned plantation

• Virtual sports let disabled compete

• Barbers honored for service to community

• Mark your calendar

• New sign marks Varner family's place in history

• USC blows 20-point lead as Baylor storms past Gamecocks

• Spurrier gets his 'proven' coordinator

• For whom bad judgment tolls

• Busiest air travel days right around corner

• Letters to the Editor

• McGinley shuffles principals

• Senate accepts progress in Iraq

• Counter S.C. gang growth

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Sign places Varners in history

• DO YOU KNOW: Judy Shoemaker

Wednesday, Dec. 19

• Gamecocks hire defensive coordinator

• Seven Wando High students plead guilty to armed robbery

• Cougars collapse in final minute

• Mitchell Report scorecard is in

• PERSONAL SIDE: The '08 candidates name their favorite gadgets

• Awards announced for Christmas parade's best

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• What's best for fire site?

• Briefly

• Welcome fuel-efficiency victory

• Letters to the Editor

• Music and the hermit kingdom

• Sedgefield students get 'the gift of reading'

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Fire claims life of Mount Pleasant woman

• Meth lab found

• Police say store had counterfeit shoes

• Watkins, Billie and Capote all ineligible

• Stingrays' rookie Pinizzotto is 'the Total Package"

• Rosa de Parma - a tenderloin to remember

• Re-creating nostalgic cookies brings back family memories

• Demand up for humble cranberry

• Bite size

• Spirits give gifts a potent boost

• Treats made with cranberries are the stars of holiday season

• Three milks are better than one

• The Wine List

• Briefcase

• Front Burner

• Cooking classes

• Berkeley plant to make Kevlar

• Briefly in East Copper

• An unsimple plan

• Garden Club holiday doorway winners named

• Turner is Outstanding Librarian of the Year

• Web sites of the week

• Web sites of the week

• Briefly in West Ashley

• Feeding kids over holidays

• Unified Sports uplifts athletes, provides outlet

• Roger Clemens: I never took banned substances

• Help provide holiday meal for a family

• Special vote could cost $20,000

• S.C. Lottery

• Porter-Gaud tourney back in holiday fold

• Appeal sought for S.C. teen

• Illinois town chosen for pollution-free coal plant

• Fed proposes home buyer protections

• Hutson sworn in to S.C. House

• FCC overturns media ownership rule

• UConn's Greene set for surgery

• Russian tennis star Chakvetadze robbery victim

• Ex-Berkeley prosecutor lands 2 jobs

• Voters honor Taylor

• Tennis stars' relationships full of twists

• Security guard sues Kahne

• Spurrier hires Terps' special teams coach

• Gamecocks speak to benefits of nearly two weeks off

• Charleston residents face higher taxes

• County attorney's pay capped

• Women who face eviction appeal to City Council

• Bleecker rescinds campaign proposal

• Panel seeking photos of early stages of fatal fire

• Yoder shielded from suits

• Presidential campaigns gain steam as primaries near

• Judge named permanent fire chief in N. Charleston

• Report: S.C. health-emergency plan lacking

Tuesday, Dec. 18

• Armed robber gets away with $600 in early morning holdup

• DuPont investing $500 million to make more Kevlar here

• Ask Elsa

• S.C. Lottery

• Sea life suffers in ethanol era

• Donations deliver more than food, toys, money to needy

• Charleston Southern's Caldwell just never gives up

• Four Cougars all-region in men's soccer

• 4 local schools get huge gift, thanks to BP employees

• Another win for the scrapbook?

• College of Charleston at Florida State

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Law school rumors untrue, officials say

• Wheat prices climb above $10 a bushel

• DuPont to expand Berkeley site

• Crooks can steal holiday joy

• Mays will be 'playing it by ear'

• Bleecker pushes for campaign ethics

• Rivera supports Pettitte, finalizes deal with Yanks

• Eagles' Spikes suffers torn rotator cuff

• Trial in January double shooting begins

• Council repeats vote to buy land

• Hairston to get first start at right tackle

• Peterson gets going late, leads Vikings

• Co-op putting new fee on new houses

• Getting a grip on gangs

• Holiday hustle, bustle abound in nerve center for snail mail

• Briefly

• 'Holiday shutdown' affects 100 at American LaFrance

• Mississippi State defensive coordinator talks with Spurrier

• Propane users watching their money go up in flames

• Business Briefs

• Loggerhead threat status questioned

• The gift that keeps on giving

• Keep up Annapolis momentum

• Exercise your political clout

• Russia-Iran intriguing new deal

• Deer chase was sad, not merry, story

• Letters to the Editor

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Use baseball steroid accusations to teach life lesson

• Working moms must maintain balance of job, kids, husband

• News flash

• Craft books bring families together

• When overindulging is just too much

• Family search tools increase

• Beware of transition man

• The perfect gift

• Presents Mom, Dad will love

• Learn to give by putting 'get' in past

• News flash

• Teen girls embrace new modesty trend

• Flags of our Forefathers

• Children of divorced parents face holiday stress

Monday, Dec. 17

• American LaFrance temporarily lays off workers today

• Some City Market vendors fear changes might put them out of business

• Memos

• Week in Review

• Executive Items

• Distinctions

• Calendar

• Charleston challenging Private Escapes in court

• Zagat eyes Charleston dining scene

• Find local homes for sale with a click of the remote

• Check homeowners policy to ensure gifts are covered

• Dump your bank escrow account, earn some interest

• For joyful giving, choose your charity

• UnitedHealth CEO to pay back $420M

• Recalls this week

• Office gift can be simply delicious

• Charitable giving a family tradition at holidays

• When, exactly, is an employee late for work?

• Adult vaccines need shot in the arm

• Exercises to do when exhausted

• Step lively

• Know your protein

• The feeling is mutual

• Reminder call helps exercisers

• Homebuyers should test for radon before closing

• If results same, choose older drug over new one

• Study: Honey calms kids' cough at night

• Family of strangled inmate sues state Corrections Dept.

• Prisoners help blind children learn through braille textbooks

• Letters to the Editor

• Holiday cheer comes even to Iraq, despite dangers all around

• Major step for new port

• North Korea's acid test

• Iraq surge is paying dividends

• S.C. Lottery

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Finally, it's a win for the Fins!

• Patriots survive the Jets

• Rodriguez takes coaching job at Michigan

• Hokies coordinator turns down Spurrier

• Shuttered Radar Club to be razed

• Berkeley schools bursting at seams

• Closing park difficult despite building another

• Single mother needs help to make holiday season bright for 3 children

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Reader's Digest featuring Veeck

• Holy City to gain new steeple

• Anchorman makes slow recovery after roadside bombing

• With battle near, nurses soldiered on

• Mount Pleasant mayor pro tem backs Brock

• Open It ideal for breaking bonds that hold Christmas gifts captive

• PERSONAL SIDE: The '08 candidates name their favorite presidents from the other side

Sunday, Dec. 16

• How you can garden 'smart' way

• Home swap solves space woes for single woman and family

• Keyless deadbolts solve security issues

• The city's a hero

• Milk glass' enduring charm lures collectors

• China's Catholic Church to ordain bishop

• Happenings

• Short stories on being trapped in two worlds

• Science-fiction novelist at his best

• Sebold's follow-up an 'almost'

• Man tries to live life by the book

• Man in the middle

• 'Gum Thief' will stick to reader

• Have checklist when hiring contractor

• Real estate transactions

• Hollywood's new male lead usually gets his start on TV

• Dancer Tracy Phillips helps link 'War' to its Texas roots

• Wall repair alternative that you can do yourself

• Parachute-like plant kin to sunflower family

• Toys R Us CEO vows to push toy safety amid slew of recalls

• Delta offers videos on air etiquette

• Night watchman tour guide star of medieval German town

• Lee takes role opposite Alvin

• Fast food can be healthy

• Del Webb welcomes first wave of residents

• Letters to the Editor

• Revenues needed for DOT progress

• Turning point for baseball

• Rally behind Good Cheer Fund

• McCain decries push polls

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Rep. Whipper, mother support Hillary Clinton

• Tigers may be without 4 starters in Atlanta

• Holiday Pops brings excitement of season to Gaillard

• In topsy-turvy year, state GOP's streak on the line

• S.C. Lottery

• BOWLING

• National parks this season's White House theme

• Spanning the globe

• Hard to imagine life without joker, lover

• What to do if cat scratches up the wrong tree

• Pet calendar

• Pet Briefs

• Magnet school appeals heard

• Add a sweet touch to the holidays

• Family remembers Doctor

• Stirring it up with ... Michelle Lackey

• Fund helps man get back on feet after divorce

• Volunteer dedicated to delivering

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Notes and events

• Pair's new volume focuses on colony's property records

• Seacoast's Dream Center

• A verdant quest

• This week's meetings

• Show blends walking tour, comedy for maximum laughs

• BRIEFLY

• Veteran actor will star in holiday classic

• Border Patrol puts out the call

• TV classic 'megasets' lead '07 DVD gift parade

• 'SN' but not so 'L'

• Ray Charles honored

• Mounce, Green lift Sandlappers

• Variety show a holiday treat

• Pettitte admits HGH use

• Young artist holds the spirit of poetry

• Cougars die by 3-pointer

• Sunday calendar

• Many reasons for thriving league tennis

• Hargitay may have to make it up to Chad Lowe

• Ford-Picard junior starts Wednesday

• Waring, Smith grab 6-A football honors

• Firm tied to local redevelopment takes part in green building

• Jericho fills in for Cena

• Heirs of well-off boomers may be given short shrift

• Win, loss for Citadel

• Trees felled in error provide winter heat for poor families

• Distinctive VW Touareg fails to impress

• 2008 Volkswagen Touareg

• Good stuff merits blue ribbons

• Firefighters' 'cross' lost

• Gifts go green

• Loopholes and lapses in immigration enforcement

• Scleroderma research needs support

• L&L client list a who's who of area businesses

• 'I Feel Abused'

• Growers can liberate Venus flytrap

• McCain gains retired brass backing

• Cosmetic surgery gets nip and tuck

Saturday, Dec. 15

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Rainy days in store

• Stonewall Dems come to Carolina

• School bus catches fire on I-26

• Huckabee ahead in S.C. polling

• PERSONAL SIDE: How the presidential hopefuls spend their down time

• Some billed as if they never left public service district

• Sheriff's deputy dies of heart attack after chase

• Friend to pets has new name

• S.C. smoke signals

• Letters to the Editor

• Graffiti vandals harm neighborhood

• Mt. Pleasant's election jitters

• New president's first mistake

• 3 Ala. teenagers charged with defacing monument

• FedEx driver takes holiday rush in stride

• SPA helps whale trackers

• Google working on own Internet encyclopedia

• Sudden Impact

• Cougars' road trip rolls on

• Spurrier hopes for quick hire

• Jenkins' last-second 3 lifts Gators

• Struggling schools might get to 're-create' themselves

• Business Briefs

• Dixon's watch offers no clues

• Low scores help meet mortgage modification test

• Sorensen to retire from USC

• Centex Homes builds novel neighborhood boasting settled appearance of older, wooded subdivisions

• Name for Ladson townhome community fits

• Owner of an East Cooper fixture welcomes change in her landscape

• Life, legacy of soul icon Redding

• Hef helps film school

• Red-carpet Regis

• Anderson's 'Masterpiece'

• Mustaches make comeback in the movies

• Remembering 'deer' Rudolph

• Santa Claus takes a dip

• Twins turn from photos to steam car

• Technology could save lives

• Audi going back to the Super Bowl

• Three-wheeler

• Need for speed

• Limited edition makes a move in field of luxury sports cars

• Car shows

• Adviser: Obama can restore faith in America

• S.C. Lottery

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• E. Cooper Montessori school to keep upper grades

• D'backs get Haren, deal Valverde

• Puncture wounds killed toddler, autopsy shows

• Force Protection stock does U-turn

• BRIEFLY

• Reinstate Hugine at S.C. State, says Ford

• Beloved Chris Daughtry a true idol to music fans

• Kid Rock to bring 'Revival' to North Charleston Coliseum

• Ex-player pleads guilty

• Ford feels comfortable among stars

• Couple with medical issues needs holiday cheer

• City revises firefighters' pay

• McCain speaks out on terror, Iraq, Iran

Friday, Dec. 14

• USC President Andrew Sorensen to announce retirement

• City revises firefighters' pay

• 2 local CPA firms to merge with larger Upstate company

• Clemson's Vincent won't miss bowl

• The Mitchell Report

• Bert's Bar to go ahead with appeal

• Letters to the Editor

• No peace as long as Hamas rules

• Christmas Elves eager to help kids

• Clear air on threat to teacher

• Crack down on human smugglers

• PERSONAL SIDE: Two presidential hopefuls with a common treasure

• Personal Side: The senator, the slugger and a tale of two baseballs

• Charleston Graffiti

• Julie Christie dreads all that Oscar buzz

• Akil has a game plan for CW's 'Girlfriends'

• This season, have fun with plaids

• Fashion Q&A

• Chevy moves to front row with new Malibu

• Golf Channel spotlights Kountryside

• Late Blue Ridge coach not forgotten

• Rec Report

• Rec Report

• Rec Report

• Single-gender classes spotlighted

• Awendaw board in new hands

• Seven certified to put safe spin on cycling

• Mellow Mushroom tries again for patio

• Rec Report

• Rec Report

• Principal appointed for new Ashley Ridge High

• Fuller, Corcoran sign to remain with Battery

• S.C. Lottery

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Wild Dunes beach may soon be public

• Beating Michigan sweet, but 3rd title App State's top goal

• Furyk leads by one in Target Challenge

• Development plan gets initial OK

• Frequent lottery player wins $1M, still playing

• Fire destroys Summerville plant

• SPA kicks off terminal work

• Wildcats too strong for young Bulldogs

• S.C. State University dean to be interim president

• BRIEFLY

• Hanahan raid nets poker machines

• Midnight ride turns deadly for teenager

• Legislators pile on bills for January

• Deadline looms for S.C. voters

• Gift can provide hope for teenager who has known only foster homes

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Charleston County Council advances stray-pet fees

• Woman to go to jail for theft from law firm

• Student accused of violent e-mail threats

• Study: Plant would bring millions

• India's thriving economy

• Murdoch's Dow Jones deal gets OK

• Clemens most noteworthy of players named in report

• What discipline, if any?

• 2007 was naughty and nice

• Business Briefs

• Pit bull kills toddler

Thursday, Dec. 13

• Clemens, Tejada named in Mitchell report

• Sources: Mitchell Report to name MVPs, All-Stars, won’t address amphetamines

• Construction to begin on new North Charleston terminal

• Authorities descended on popular Hanahan restaurant looking for video gaming machines

• 13-year-old killed after taking parents' SUV for ride

• Two-year-old mauled to death by grandmother's pit bull

• PERSONAL SIDE: How the presidential candidates take their coffee, when they do

• Tiger charged with DUI

• DO YOU KNOW: Oliver Sendall

• Popular student named Mr. Wando

• Health program gives kids' tastebuds a workout

• DO YOU KNOW: Jennifer Fox Holmes

• Alcoa gives $60,000 to nonprofits

• Pinewood involved in youth program

• Group names Cantrell top energy manager

• FYI

• Class reunions

• School menus

• Happenings

• Daniel Is. Rotary Club makes ducky donation to charities

• Clubs

• 'Explore Oakbrook' tours businesses

• Clubs

• Chamber tours 16 businesses during 'Explore Oakbrook'

• Blood drives

• Club hosts cross-country meet

• S.C. Aquarium

• Lowcountry Senior Center

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Happenings

• Blood drives

• Rotary gives $90,000 from Duck Race

• Support groups

• Community service nominations sought

• Mt. Pleasant Track Club hosts cross-country meet

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Nonprofit brings Christmas to seamen

• How to help

• Letters to the Editor

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• World aviation group lowers 2008 profit outlook

• S.C. Lottery

• Sharing a recipe and some political observations

• Fed acts to give squeezed banks new way to get cash

• Sources: Mitchell report to name MVPs, All-Stars

• Clemson unfazed by hire

• Tiger charged with DUI

• Lakers' Bryant now backing big man Bynum

• IOC strips Jones of five Olympic track medals

• It's rocket science for astronauts club

• Farst named to fill police opening in Lincolnville

• Competing with chains all about finding niche

• Real v. fake — the great Christmas tree debate

• Bishops' Daniel steps down

• Bill may alter whom clinics can treat

• High-tech outerwear offers better protection against elements

• City offers orange flags to keep pedestrians safe

• Bridge jumper identified as C of C student

• DO YOU KNOW: P.J. Johnson

• Folly Exchange Club hosts prayer event

• Garden council helps make holidays bright

• Great gifts for the Lowcountry gardener

• Garden club hosts Arbor Day at school

• School menus

• FYI

• PACT to offer classes for parents, children

• Family education program plans 10-week session in Jan.

• Achievers

• Community service nominations are sought

• Community service nominations sought

• School menus

• Clubs

• First Baptist senior gets full scholarship to swim at USC

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Lowcountry Senior Center

• City rec update

• Sewee Center

• Holiday Pops to feature area talent

• Town rings in Red Kettle Christmas

• Airman helps shape strategic base

• Angel trees help children in need

• Gibbes sets Community Day

• Airman helping to make island a strategic outpost

• Happenings

• Wireless firm joins toy drive

• Mt. Pleasant Track Club hosts cross-country meet

• C of C's first black graduate to speak

• High school swimmer signs at USC

• Americans need to be more content, thankful for blessings

• Gift, car thefts seasonal crimes of opportunity

• Lowcountry Senior Center

• Library programs

• Local talents join forces for Holiday Pops

• Isle of Palms rec

• C of C's first black graduate to give address

• Pet Helpers

• Is figure skating on thin ice?

• Task force urges changes in way state funds schools

• Wii will, Wii will, rock you

• Friday will mark last call at Bert's

• Hot Tickets

• Events

• Working couple striving to get by could use a little help for the holidays

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Area-wide power outage affects 70,000

• Daughtry earns four Grammy nominations

• Solicitor targets repeat offenders

• Tree law might be amended

• Reed will celebrate 'Soul' at Pourhouse

• Briefly

• Sound off

• Missing man found dead in van

• Old 'Sheep' to soon be in theaters

• Former Democratic chairman backs Obama

• 750 convicted of crack charges in state could see sentence cuts

• Keeping the Chipmunks franchise a family business key to success

• Letters to the Editor

• Wounded troops to get mail after all

• Home-schooler to lead state school board

• Briefcase

• This Week

• Nelson could miss Davidson game

• Opening Here

• State plans new shellfish regulations

• Group to fight litter with clip-on ashtrays

• Parents have problems with Seaside Lane

• Vandalized building to be razed

• Top of the Second Power Poll

• Looking ahead

• Head2Head trivia

• Berkeley teacher rejects transfer

• Depth key factor in Rays' surge

• Wining

• Maria's

• Which artists have been naughty and which have been nice?

• No time for complacency

• Nashville newcomer simply rock 'n' roll

• Potholes are the pits

• ‘Perfect Holiday' is warm and fuzzy, if not exciting

• DVD releases

• Splitsville and the environment

• Last man on Earth saga shot beautifully, but turns cheesy

• Sister Hazel enjoys the ride at Hot Rod Run

• ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks' still cute after all these years

• Local artist Bart Parnall will show works Monday

• This is no place for GPS

• Big John's Tavern an irreplaceable part of scene

• Take a walk in the woods

• Ginn downsizes tract plan

• Christmas bird count

• Hobby soaring in popularity, even among birding novices

• Green outdoor products putting new spin on sports gear

• Mark your calendar

• DO YOU KNOW: Ella Deych

• Student adds Mr. Wando to honors list

• High-tech van gives man independence

• Lincolnville names officer to one-member force

• Students earn places on Blaney school dance team

• Christian nonprofit Seafarers' Ministry goes into high gear at Christmastime

• Ocean Room rides high on culinary wave

• Local crew out for day of billfishing winds up capturing offshore angling's Holy Grail

Wednesday, Dec. 12

• Power restored in James Island, West Ashley, North Charleston and Goose Creek

• State school reform recommendations released

• Body found in submerged van is that of missing Johns Island man

• Berkeley Middle School teacher who said she was threatened in class refuses to return

• Bridge jumper identified as 20-year-old College of Charleston student from New Jersey

• Driver killed in Johns Island crash

• Charter's appeal dismissed

• USC's Nix hired as Rebels' defensive coordinator

• Deaths Summary

• Phillips talks about Bowden's contract

• Deaths and Funerals

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Second suit filed in sofa store blaze

• College of Charleston has an application explosion

• Rotary clubs remember Charleston 9 firefighters

• Briefcase

• KGB still rules in Russia

• States should fairly share water

• Winning chili gets homey accent

• Pastry dishes playful for the holidays

• Bite size

• Bewitching absinthe now in U.S.

• The Wine List

• Front Burner

• Cooking classes

• Letters to the Editor

• Dorchester Rec Report

• St. Andrews PSD eyes joining center

• Briefly in Berkeley

• Briefly in West Ashley

• Web sites of the week

• Miracle League organizers working to build ball park

• Miracle League working on ball park

• Web sites of the week

• New rural bus service is already expanding

• That annual holiday letter is a good way to assess progress

• From Howe Hall to Iraq

• Live oaks, Arbor Day teach kids

• Guard to add company in Lowcountry

• N. Charleston girls still eye title

• Single mom needs help with utility bills, some holiday gifts

• S.C. Lottery

• Boeing reaffirms current schedule for Dreamliner testing, deliveries

• Stores kick it up a notch

• Markets dive after rate cut

• PERSONAL SIDE: In the '08 field, here's Johnny. And another Johnny, and Barry and Bird Legs

• Immigration battle builds

• Tennis is growing in Serbia

• Vandy's Johnson withdraws from Duke coach search

• Rays trade for all-star defenseman

• Local Methodist minister the Rev. Willis Goodwin dies

• Lo Duca, Nationals agree on 1-year deal

• Teacher makes case to Floyd

• Council rejects home sprinkler request

• Attorney: Stabbing was self-defense

• Fire likely started by heater displaces family

• CARTA offering shopping spree

• Kinard surfaces as a possible solicitor hopeful

• S.C. State president's contract not renewed

• Petrino resigns, heads to Arkansas

• Peninsula gets unexpected visit from doe

• Is it hot enough for you?

• Brickyard residents upset at building plans for hotel nearby

• Regions Bank unveils its new look

• Briefly

• Republican group's focus is conservation, really

Tuesday, Dec. 11

• South Carolina defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix accepts job with Ole Miss

• Doe that darted around downtown finally dragged in

• Home lead test kits receive poor grade

• Housing authority postpones Gadsden Green evictions

• Gift can help keep elderly woman warm

• Florida man receives 45 years in slayings

• Ex-newspaper mogul gets 6 1/2 years for pilfering $6M

• Kiawah Island couple dies in plane crash

• Utility plans gas plant

• Another rate cut expected

• $500,000 gift to Citadel to impact history

• Man pleads guilty to death of 3-year-old

• Rising defaults cause student-loan market to feel strain

• Angelou: Hillary is 'my girl'

• Suspects in slaying arrested in Minn.

• Alcohol overdose blamed in death

• Gagne, Brewers finalize $10M, one-year deal

• Much of Mitchell report is easy to predict

• Dems need backbone, Edwards says

• McCain touts U.S. energy autonomy

• Pacers' Tinsley happy to be alive

• Charter school backers push Rivers renovation

• USC's Downey collects SEC honor

• Ravenel's lawyers ask for probation on coke charge

• Dorchester 2 growth curbed

• Panel OKs zoning shift at The Lakes

• IOC delays reallocation of Jones' 5 Olympic medals

• Couple arrested outside mall

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Bridge jumper's identity mystery

• No disciplinary bias found

• River Oaks Middle is on rebound after rocky start

• Briefcase

• Charities fret over tainted toys

• Home lead test kits receive poor grade

• Berkeley teacher stays home in safety dispute

• On the Web

• Area home prices take big dive in November

• Report: State education goals still far off

• Briefly

• Governor seeks budget increase for conservation

• CSU freshman Warren makes instant impact

• Higgins gets one-year contract extension

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Charities fret over tainted toys

• Gunman had been kicked out of mission school

• Berkeley teacher stays home in safety dispute

• The personal side: Presidential candidates had a first car, too

• Canadian Brass delights Charleston audience

• Christmas story never gets old

• Letters to the Editor

• Support more conservation funds

• Orwellian Human Rights Day

• The eternal verities

• Yo Quiero Tax-Free Guns

• Recalling Joe Bessinger and Piggie Park

• How to handle Christmas morning meltdown

• Safety as vital as popularity in toy shopping

• See holidays through eyes of children

• We want your baby photos

• Spanning the globe

• News flash

• Kids' comments become loving memories

• Including ex in new life serves higher purpose

• On the Go

• What's hot this Christmas in digital stocking stuffers

• It's still important to be educated about HIV and AIDS

• Moving Messenger

• The Wright stuff

• Painting the town

Monday, Dec. 10

• Mom and son suspected in fatal stabbing nabbed at Minnesota rest stop

• Vick gets 23 months for dogfighting

• Researchers trace body's communication in bloodstream

• Doctor warns of Christmas tree mold

• Being free to become a total babe

• Every woman faces risk of heart disease, experts warn

• Preventive antibiotics debated

• Parent site offers food allergy advice

• Week in Review

• Vought struggling to meet deadlines

• Calendar

• Company scraps downtown hotel plan

• Settlement to benefit many credit card users

• Future North Charleston business park celebrates

• AM radio station WLTQ sold; future format unclear

• Drive time should be paid

• Guys, get gift help at the Men's Holiday Stroll

• We're heading toward financial chaos

• 401(k) plans subject to hidden costs

• Lead in fake Christmas trees poses minimal health risks

• Should you pay extra on mortgage?

• How small business can cope with worker illness

• Tax refund scams seek personal information

• Executive Items

• Distinctions

• Memos

• Paying for time off if quitting

• When seeking new position, be alert for toxic workplaces

• Enticing e-mails could be scams

• Riley, family drop request for variance

• Another S.C. gun dealer sues NYC mayor

• Iraqi residents help troops in small successes

• Harbor Pilots' base takes flight

• Good Cheer can ease couple's financial hardships this holiday season

• USC's Lindsey has neck slashed during altercation

• Home-school mom up for state board

• Stingrays win sixth straight

• There's only one Mayweather

• New England remains undefeated, routs Pittsburgh

• Defense dominates as Jaguars thump Panthers

• Newsflash

• Ocean crimes lab faces cuts

• Grants, discounts encourage owners to upgrade storm resistance

• Police seek help finding suspects in fatal stabbing

• Lowcountry's Wanted

• Obama, Oprah take the field

• Adult education bringing hope to young dropouts

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Progress for nuclear security

• Will it be pragmatism or politics?

• Georgia-S.C. ports authorities merger worth considering

• Letters to the Editor

• Inspiring student initiative

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Borderline diabetes calls for changing habits

Sunday, Dec. 9

• New devices help apply irrigation in right amount

• Victoria's new secret

• Drops in the bucket

• Got snow globes?

• Simple changes can help homeowners age in place

• Real estate transactions

• Pet calendar

• Unusual leaves, aromatic scent set apart large, adaptable tree

• Thermostat you can program best choice

• Follow 'Man's Manual for Holiday Lighting'

• Readers shell out their walnut recipes

• Stirring it up with ... Lucille Keller

• Severely injured dog finds loving home

• Home calendar

• Put sparkle back into holiday decor

• Safety of pet products has some buyers worried

• Floor options have their pros, cons

• Lincolnville gets new full-time officer

• This week's meetings

• Questions arise as more teens pushed into adult court system

• Local fans infuriated by decision to pull Flair from Raw

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Old Waders reveal why we love the outdoors

• Following up on PGA Tour Q-school

• Help abused child have a brighter holiday

• S.C. Lottery

• North Charleston attorney arrested on cocaine charge

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Harper, Hamlin voted permanent captains

• 'Santaland Diaries' offers truthful view of holidays

• Fort Dorchester boys off to a 5-0 start

• Ballet adds a little Lowcountry to 'Nutcracker'

• It's Popeye the sailor man

• Tackling racial disparity in prison

• Rex's positive 'bolt' for school choice

• Resolve energy bill impasse

• Good end to condemnation dispute

• Letters to the Editor

• E. Cooper Montessori may drop, limit classes

• Aces

• Kiawah Island winners include familiar faces

• Police arrest man in fatal stabbing

• Gershon law school legacy phenomenal

• Powerful conservation motivation: Electric-bill elevation

• Providers race for position to build hospitals in East Cooper

• Florida sophomore Tebow wins Heisman Trophy

• Parents reveal favorite places to stash holiday gifts

• Show provides vroom service

• Clinton touts wife's health care plan, its benefits for S.C.

• Franklins dedicated to helping aged

• Holiday special to swing with music, dance

• Davis no lock to return as senior

• 'Holding the string to the kite'

• Stingrays record rare home victory

• North's stars again brighter than South

• One-on-One with George Hyams

• Porsche 911 GT2 ready for open road

• Italian kids pen hopes on higher power

• Beyond simple answers

• Local triplets reach milestone

• Presbyterian Church funds self-help projects

• Latest large-format gift books speak volumes

• Canadian Brass will perform in series

• News flash

• 'Everything' explores life as architect

• Memoir brings genealogy to life

• Pops tweaked for new generation

• A portrait of small-town life

• 'Dead' has shortage of life

• Jezebel profile more preachy than personal

• Plenty to think about

• Rock icon leaves you wanting more

• Patent expirations will slice profits as industry produces fewer new drugs

• Technology using stem cells from bone marrow could save limbs from amputation

• Moms rally against ouster

• Delays at Philly airport caused by poor design, bad weather

• New toilets meeting conservation needs

• First novel contest to end Jan. 2

• Travel Q&A

• Humble mumble for bumble

• Happenings

• Luxury gifts can enhance travelers' adventures

• Roots show in 'Christmas City'

• Ritchie takes shot with 'Revolver'

• Group's music fills holidays

• Dance tours grueling, perilous

• Used as ads, tattoos lose their edge

• Harambee to fight HIV in Kenya

• Audiences loyal to Barry Manilow

• Adkins takes 'Personal Stand' with candid book on his life

Saturday, Dec. 8

• High-seas law enforcement

• Wahoo vets honor namesake

• In S.C., it's still anyone's primary

• School gets tough on unpaid meals; kids left in tears

• Businessman realizes passion for cinema with The Terrace

• Winds of change

• Letters to the Editor

• Boys & Girls Clubs unit deserves support

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• DUI deaths: S.C. ranks 2nd worst

• There's no clear winner in automotive battle of sexes

• Corvette legendEnthusiast working to keep classic car's track heritage alive

• Bill Clinton hits town for Hillary

• Car shows

• Church Christmas tree dilemma

• Politicians jeopardize surge success

• Ask Elsa

• A blue Christmas for Canadian tree farms

• Missed Opportunity

• S.C. Lottery

• N.C. prison escapees nabbed in Summerville

• Town Council delays discussion on Brock

• Edwards stresses voter connection

• Police ready for DNA testing

• Lewis postpones MUSC benefit due to illness

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Benefits of mortgage rate freeze not quick

• Good Cheer donation can cheer holiday for homeless teenager

• Man evading police causes school lockdown

• Coming up

• Future of TV Guide gets even fuzzier

• Cougs' Harrington on baseball watch list

• Adversity marks Carl Edwards' season

• Cultures clash before bout when Hatton's fans hit town

• Oprah-Obama called a 'stunt'

• Brewers deal for reliever Torres

• Ford leads City Senior by one shot

• Man accused of sex crimes

• Legislators' wish list

• State students see gains on physical science test

• Laid-off Protected Vehicles workers show up only to find locked doors

• THE WINNER IS ...We'll find out who wins the Heisman today. Here's who it should be.

• Luxury car dealer sets new course

• Investors throttle back on lukewarm jobs report

• Ravenel co-defendant back on house arrest

• Wild Dunes owners in 'potential violation'

• Prank was tall order for graffiti vandals

• Nervous lenders put squeeze on homebuyers

• Area home sales off but prices still have muscle

• Popular comic book character gets new voice

• Applegate takes good with the bad

• 'Lou Grant' landmark TV drama

• Strike leaves late-night humorists speechless

Friday, Dec. 7

• The personal side: Or don't ask them to tell a joke

• Jerry Lee Lewis show postponed

• Former president to campaign in SC Saturday

• Forecast calls for 7 hurricanes in '08

• 2 inmates who left work crew are caught in Summerville

• Pilot killed in synagogue crash had 'bright future'

• S.C. Lottery

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Another toxic Chinese toy

• Guillen, Gibbons get suspensions

• Jones, Dodgers reach deal

• Dept. of Interior wants coal-fired plant on hold

• Truck driver a hero, victims' parents say

• Sanford says extra funds sent to state

• Sanford's son has mad tractor skills

• Timing questioned in Shem Creek buy

• Public input period extended for proposed Pee Dee coal-fired power plant

• Ford going for 6th City Senior golf title

• College kids may receive bigger grants

• Lighthouse Schools inspire others

• Illegal immigrants no longer sent to Charleston County jail

• Dallas hooks big ones

• North Charleston man shot, killed

• Briefly

• Edwards, Belafonte drop in at George Street restaurant

• Former ambassador campaigns for Clinton

• Protected Vehicles might seek protection

• Hotel planned for Midtown

• Housing winners, losers shuffled

• Coke CEO announces plan to step down in 2008

• Briefcase

• Stingray's long wait finally over

• A fruitful bowl game for Clemson

• High expectations come with new deal

• Local sailors mourning young star

• Woman was there when the bombs fell

• Schoolhouse Rock

• E-mail detailed plan to downplay fire report

• Brother gave his life in service to country

• City tax increase wins initial OK

• Long Savannah drafts revealed

• Putting the 'pal' in principal

• Brother gave his life in service to country

• Dept. of Interior wants coal-fired plant on hold

• Woman was there when the bombs fell

• E-mail detailed plan to downplay fire report

• City tax increase wins initial OK

• 'Compass' points the way to an impressive fantasy

• Shopping With Friends will benefit AIDS agency

• Briefly

• Ex-champion returns to take a slice out of 'Lady in Black'

• The Fun Five

• Geek 5

• 5 follow-up

• Turturro finally takes his 'Romance' to screen

• Mannix was '70s cool, but too bad he's nowhere on DVD

• 'Sopranos' actor tackles new holiday film of Albom work

• Holiday gifts that make 'scents'

• Redesigned ’08 Saturn Vue melds style, safety

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Briefly

• Habitat has happy holiday

• Briefly

• Cruise turns to ship rescue

• Chef studio teaches cooking

• Briefly

• Rec Report

• We need a little Christmas

• Letters to the Editor

• Sanders-Clyde gets blue ribbon nomination

• Wrong criteria for judges

• Private sewer system hazards

• Bringing Christmas dinner home to widow with diabetes, limited income

Thursday, Dec. 6

• The personal side: Presidential candidates are a pack of carnivores

• Armored vehicle maker shuts down

• Man dead after early morning shooting

• Kiss the cook(off goodbye)

• A legend in country and rock, Lewis endures

• Lyme disease still a threat

• About 150 floats will be featured

• Awendaw deserves benefits of sewer and water system

• School menus

• Residents, police meet to curb island crime

• Residents give input into Long Savannah design

• Ella Deych

• Letters to the Editor

• Mary Ford welcomes area author

• Goodwin instructor named top reading teacher

• School menus

• Coffee-shop owners open a second location West Ashley

• School menus

• On Campus

• Parent workshop series planned in December

• First Baptist School welcomes new faculty

• Area student events honor veterans

• School of the Arts

• Arbor Day events

• School menus

• Laurie Clarke

• 'Hermy' writer celebrates book

• Make grant money less 'free'

• Happenings

• Food service worker seminar is planned

• Support Groups

• Happenings

• Clubs

• Happenings

• Buddy Walk draws over 3,000

• Young sportsman lucks into very best catch with cast net

• Poetry Society

• Burke High band concert set Dec. 13

• Gibbes receives $25,000 NEA grant

• Town's Dec. 9 parade to highlight Santa

• Isle of Palms rec

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Shop locally during annual search for a Christmas tree

• City rec update

• St. Andrew's Parks and Playground

• Military notes

• Christmas tree lot relocated

• Family Circle Tennis Center

• Fort Johnson Honor Rolls

• 2 men claim to have more powerful solar panel

• Bush mortgage plan will freeze certain subprime interest rates for 5 years

• Looking for a climate consensus

• Eat, drink and be merry

• Hot Tickets

• Events

• Gold status making singer feel 'Bubbly'

• Long-standing Charleston music venue will shut its doors

• Sandinistas! are on target with Clash impersonation

• Sound off

• Sayles' work sweet as 'Honeydripper'

• Head2Head Trivia

• Italian Bistro

• Johnson's Pub serves up the perfect slice of nightlife

• Chew on This

• We love a parade

• Hike or paddle

• Physical activity among adults increases slightly, survey finds

• Plant a tree on S.C.'s Arbor Day

• Mark your calendar

• Going to a Christmas tree farm becomes family tradition

• Mysterious 'cathouse' sign has some residents riled

• Looking ahead

• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Play it safe while shopping online

• Library programs

• Goodwill to benefit in sweater swap

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Folly to vote on plan

• Clubs

• FYI

• FYI

• Holiday Pops concert to welcome musical guests

• SPA makes first payment toward $4.08M promise

• Autopsy shows gunshot killed man in hotel

• S.C. Lottery

• Battery trade lands midfielder

• ServSafe plans course for food service workers

• Arkansas closing in on Wake's Grobe

• Solicitor clears 3 officers in deaths of suspects

• New senior recreation center on convenient site

• Squads sought for Mount Pleasant Cheerleading Competition

• Nix withdraws from USM search

• Dorchester schools rank as top heart fund givers

• Builder's angels help needy children

• S.C. first lady sponsors healthy living contest

• Officer breathes life into newborn

• Ravenel co-defendant back in federal custody

• Cutting trees to improve intersection big concern for James Island residents

• Briefcase

• Top of the Second Power Poll

• Sprinkler bill would ban extra connection fees

• Ask Elsa

• Fire Department chooses uniform

• Lucille needs a little help as she provides for 2 grandchildren

• Obama-Winfrey moved to stadium

• Obama writes article for Charleston Law Review

• Secession again likely to be a hot topic in the Holy City

• Rex shifts focus of plan on school choice reform

• 3 nominated for judgeship

• Successful spring rockets Khris Middleton up recruiting rankings

• Twenty years without any anonymity

• USC coach unhappy with slumping Gamecocks' defensive effort

• Today's Game

• Williams makes Gators a force

• Stingrays address penalty kill issue with defensemen

• Pinewood again a title favorite

• S.C. first lady sponsors healthy living contest

• Niema Gantt-Brown

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Books about Iraqi war make filming the subject difficult

• Art Institute the place to get 'Hurt' this weekend

• Club wants more eco-friendly lunchroom

• Town to pay $6M for land

• Ravenel co-defendant back in federal custody

• The personal side: Presidential candidates talk about their unforgettable worst jobs

• Updated 'Med' still feels like home

Wednesday, Dec. 5

• Thomas Ravenel's cocaine dealer arrested again

• Boil advisory lifted for residents west of Rantowles Creek

• Airlines cutting growth, costs to offset fuel prices

• High-precision bearing plant set for N. Charleston

• The new assessment of Iran

• Remove charter-school rent issue

• Oprah power for Obama

• Wrong standards for preservation plan

• Letters to the Editor

• Cookbooks offer feast of variety as gifts

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Briefcase

• Culinary stars to cook up excitement at festival

• Get original with dips and spreads

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Bite size

• NFL could strike it rich in cable war if Patriots remain perfect

• Briefly in Berkeley

• Briefly in Summerville

• Briefly in West Ashley

• Briefly in East Cooper

• Tech center to open for public access

• Well-loved locks lopped for lovely donation

• Lighthouse to float through four Christmas parades

• The Wine List

• Front Burner

• Cooking classes

• Coach Kendle returns to Green Wave basketball

• S.C. Lottery

• Family struggles to pay bills after auto accident leaves woman disabled

• 3 finalists chosen for S.C.'s top court

• Pastors rally for Obama

• Hutson victor in Dist. 94

• Bowden and Clemson are better off

• Munnerlyn, Cook among 4 Gamecocks named All-SEC

• Today's Game

• Chick-fil-A Bowl a quick sellout

• Students rewrite mission statement

• Pinewood Prep coach collects 600th win

• Hospital infection report lagging

• Marine cutback on armor likely to drive competition

• Doctors urge DHEC to test people for mercury

• County building named for first female magistrate

• Four mothers fighting ouster from Gadsden Green state their case

• Truck driver accused of fleeing scene

• From here to there tough challenge for blind couple

• North Charleston strives to save old structures

• Clemson coach gets lucrative extension after flirtation with Arkansas

• Wining

• Town wants $8.75M for project

• County court named for first female magistrate

Tuesday, Dec. 4

• Blueprint for failure

• Tractor trailer driver charged in fatal Awendaw wreck; U.S. 17 reopened

• Boil advisory issued for residents west of Rantowles Creek

• Bowden to stay at Clemson

• Happy Trails To You

• Ex USC pitcher pleads guilty in campus thefts

• Democracy fights back

• License plate message to remember

• Three local schools big-time scorers

• Save Morris Island heritage

• Nursing's growing complexity requires increased education

• Letters to the Editor

• Reviews of what's fun, what's foolish in new games

• Holiday baby photos wanted for Dec. 25

• Young friendships not always child's play

• Files peek into family history

• Books about giving offer a lasting gift

• Young environmentalists say little actions can make big difference

• The 'griping' overachiever has reasons

• Renaissance rewards improvement

• On the Go

• Teen Calendar

• News flash

• Ask Elsa

• BCS selection process stinks, just ask Al Gore

• 'Tis the season to savor college football again

• S.C. Lottery

• Recovering alcoholic gets support he needs to make a fresh start in life

• Pinewood credits invitation for success

• 'Two Gloves' Gainey gets PGA Tour card

• Chernoff Newman, ASA merge

• Deaths Summary

• Rescue near for homeowners in jeopardy

• Retailers push home decor

• Virtual gifts cost real cash

• 2 file in Berkeley Dist. 2

• Brock to be focus of session

• Battle for sand gets even grittier

• Where to vote

• Auto sales down 2% for November

• Online comments no 'delight'

• DB Simmons commits to Gamecocks

• Berkeley GOP funds in question

• Pettitte accepts $16 million offer to pitch for Yankees in 2008

• McNair set for surgery NFL Notes

• Man's body found in North Charleston hotel room

• Inability to save crash victims haunts man

• Plan to rebuild East Side in works

• Building that echoes loss, pain is coming down

• Briefcase

• State economy expected to slow

• Bucs fall in final seconds

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Leaders build Charleston's future, one Lego at a time

• OSHA to lower fines, redefine violation

• Bowden talking with Arkansas

• Deaths and Funerals

• After 6-1 start and No. 6 ranking, six reasons why USC crumbled

Monday, Dec. 3

• City, OSHA reach settlement on fines over handling of sofa store fire

• SEC champ LSU picked to battle Buckeyes

• Distinctions

• Memos

• Executive Items

• Legacy of SEC's Cox on the line

• Calendar

• The lowdown on what's good and bad for you

• Deal with stress of shopping

• Exuberant Simmons everywhere

• Make smart choices for 'fast' food

• News flash

• Recalls

• Audits help homeowners keep a lid on energy costs

• Seven reasons to snack by Dr. Ann

• Signs of dementia go beyond memory loss caused by aging

• Tips can make year less taxing

• Married worker tempted to start romance with boss

• Laid-off worker finds out bonus was a 'loan'

• Study: Companies, politics don't mix

• Will big spenders pinch pennies?

• Air travel express lanes moving slowly

• Even in digital age, VHS tapes still usable

• Week in Review

• Decorating with LED lights saves energy but costs more

• New Orleans inspired by Holy City's success

• PCmover a handy tool for your new computer

• Visitors bureau gets $1M in state cash

• Seminar set to explain how BAR process works

• 15 more grants awarded in Safe Home program

• Communication key to success in Iraq, soldier says

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• Sisters search for a normal Christmas after child abuse, constant moves

• Mullen, Zumalt-hosted talks seek solution to crime problem

• Wife ordered to repay $1.5M

• Gunbattle leaves Union teenager dead

• 87-year-old fights for environment, against nuclear ambitions

• Man killed in fireworks explosion

• Task force weighs plans on use of killing site at Virginia Tech

• Montel offers on-air apology

• Colts up to challenge

• Joe Bessinger, restaurateur, dies at 82

• Two Cougars set school records in meet

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Plane returns after gear door jams

• Police reach out to teens

• 3 men, pregnant teen killed after I-95 crash

• Old Slave Mart Museum restored and reopened

• Chick-fil-A pits Clemson versus Auburn

• Gamecocks staying home for the holidays

• Panthers end hex at home

• Rex to detail findings on fair funding

• Coming up

• Small-town America alive and well

• ’Tis the season for shopping, giving

• County might alter rules on strays at large

• Critical Mt. P. planning issue needs further legal attention

• Lebanon at the brink

• Letters to the Editor

• Coming up

• Old Slave Mart Museum restored and reopened

• Sisters search for a normal Christmas after child abuse, constant moves

• Schools funding overhaul kicks off

Sunday, Dec. 2

• French plot Champagne expansion

• Utility-room savings

• New Shoney's CEO seeks to revive chain

• Fresh as a daisy

• Color my kitchen

• Happenings

• Author wants America to lead race for innovation

• 'Conquests' takes look at spread of Islam

• 'Fire in the Blood' sates the heart

• Changing metropolis examined

• A world of spiritual options

• The Onion lampoons century

• How to find the bad lights

• Hiding places

• In slow market, minor preparations help sell home

• Real estate transactions

• Simple solar heaters offer cheap energy

• Entrance hall speaks to owner's interests

• Kitschy World's Fair trinkets big sellers

• Soy wax candles popular

• A Christmas past

• Create beautiful bar for serving holiday drinks

• Christmas conservation tips for the holiday season

• Poor fruitcake's bad rap dispelled by readers' recipes

• Decorate holidays with edible art

• Stirring it up with ... Ross Lipman

• Puppoose to dog wigs: Presents for pampered pets

• 'Sit' gives owner and pet control

• Pet calendar

• These 'big babies' get lots of love from owners

• Birds need help to survive in S.C.

• Native grass common in Southeastern woods

• Mums care not complex

• Garden calendar

• Living Christmas trees warm reminders of family holidays

• Dancer hopes performance inspires young ballerinas

• 'The Killer' to get Charleston shakin' at benefit

• Dancing with history

• Book it to signing

• Ted's story

• Opera lovers get new outlets

• Unraveling a raveled sleeve in writing

• Poems have a certain power that other writing does not

• Memoir engaging tale of life with Asperger's syndrome

• 'Santaland' remedy for overload

• Pittsburgh celebrates birthday

• Disney's Christmas party has begun

• Sunday Calendar

• German plant to rev up expansion

• Shipping industry faces rough seas over role in air pollution

• Mercedes trusts it made a smart choice

• When a vacation isn't just a vacation

• Church one of nation's largest

• First Night sheds light on Hanukkah

• 'Mr. Kennedy' endures pitfalls

• New Youth Waterfowl Day set Saturday

• Persuasive school-choice voice

• Rays of hope from Annapolis

• Teenager accused of throwing items at cars

• Deaths Summary

• Terriers can't stop Spiders, Hightower in FCS quarters

• Drought may be key to Carolinas' 'water war'

• Finding your way around Medicare

• Florida Atlantic victory bad for South Carolina

• C of C holds off Western

• Bucs have little trouble with Florida Christian

• Hightower, Spiders surge past Terriers in second half

• Empty seats at ACC title game boost Clemson

• Upstate power crushes Wave in I-AAAA final

• She gives the gift of caring

• Ailing mom wants kids to still enjoy Christmas

• Good Morning Lowcountry

• This week's meetings

• Senate panel to revisit DNA bill

• Hunley garners global honor

• Chili cookers, tasters help to build new animal society facility

• Little chance at parole for rapist

• A final Green wave for Summerville star

• South Carolina no match for Clemson

• Undermanned Dogs can't stay with Mocs

• Terriers overachieve once again

• Behr, King capture Pro-Pro title

• Bowers named S.C.'s top football player

• Officer: Those looking to get gun should think twice

• After attack at florist shop, victim becomes 'the victor' by getting a permit to carry

• Lowcountry holidays

• Give commuter rail local support

• S.C. should take the lead on public-school choice

• Victim of house fire still feels blessed

• Letters to the Editor

• Deaths and Funerals

• Cassia adds splash of winter color

Saturday, Dec. 1

• The line in the sand

• Democracy, Putin style

• Glad tidings of holiday 'green'

• Let public see lighthouse restoration

• Letters to the Editor

• Jeep back to rough-and-tumble basics with 2008 Wrangler

• Save money on insurance premiums

• German-style car racing can get you hooked

• Wheelin'

• Sit back and enjoy the BCS madness!

• Gasoline expansion boon for sellers

• Car shows

• TV's 'Tin Man' offers new take on classic 'Oz'

• Mom Keri Russell down-to-earth and loving it

• News flash

• Once-rowdy Grace Slick, 68, still an outspoken ex-rocker

• Long writers strike could put strain on soap operas

• Traditional, sturdy-framed houses from Ryland Homes sprout in lower Dorchester County

• Regulators crack down on housing-related schemes

• Quiet setting draws attention to townhomes

• High Profile: JIM KIRWAN

• Yummy treats feed a gift-giving need

• SPA chief envisions merger

• Ask Elsa

• Correction

• N. Charleston bar law in effect now, but no fines yet

• Wife and mother has to choose between food, medicine

• S.C. Lottery

• Bulldogs ready for long SoCon road

• Awendaw residents unsure of sewer plan

• Jury recommends death for burying couple alive

• Google confirms plans to bid on coveted wireless space

• Upper King hotel plans halted

• Bones discovered in Adams Run identified

• Radioactivity normal at Lejeune

• FBI decision upsets NAACP

• Police: Mother, daughter killed midhug

• Young guard learning on the fly for Tigers

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Gamecocks holding on to slim bowl hopes

• Cougars open at WCU

• Man faces prison in date rape drug case

• N.C. responds to lawsuit over river

• Police arrest 4 in Taylor case

• 'Tuna Christmas' very funny

• Charleston Stage's 'Beauty and the Beast' a delight to behold

• Arrest made in W. Side

• Patriots ward off Wildcats

• Berkeley GOP's missing funds could become criminal case

• Fighting fat: Study finds obesity rates leveling off

• A pet project that works

• Academic Magnet wins gold

• 20 acres near Daniel Island up for auction

• Brock states surprise over council reaction

• 5 families vow to fight possibility of eviction

• Briefly

• Briefcase

• Born to coach, Summerville legend John McKissick not about to stop

• College Basketball today: South Carolina at Clemson

• Long Savannah developers seek public opinions

• GOP transplants offer views

• Good Morning Lowcountry