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Agency to sponsor hurricane forum

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

MOUNT PLEASANT — East Cooper Community Outreach will sponsor its fourth annual Hurricane Preparedness and Awareness Day from 9 to 11 a.m. today at Seacoast Church, 750 Long Point Road.

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James Is. residents find fliers

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Neo-Nazi fliers that upset residents of a Hanahan neighborhood also were left in driveways on James Island.

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Shooting suspect named

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Police have named a suspect in the April shooting of a College of Charleston student in downtown Charleston.

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COLUMBIA — South Carolina Republicans, many ready for Gov. Mark Sanford's head last week, are now out to take the heat off him after his sex scandal, state Democratic Chairwoman Carol Fowler said Tuesday.

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Fire destroys restaurant

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A thick cloud of smoke hung over downtown Charleston on Tuesday as fire sparked by construction ravaged a 36-year-old restaurant and scorched parts of the historic Riviera Theatre's exterior.

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Litterers have done it this time

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

We've got a trash problem on Folly Beach. Not the beer cans and chicken boxes and coolers left lying in the sand over the weekend — no, the real trash is the people who carried in all that crap and left it lying there.

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Verdict for former warden upheld

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

COLUMBIA — A federal appeals court has upheld a $510,000 verdict for a former South Carolina prison warden who sued two top officials at the state Corrections Department.

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Killer 'had a violent streak'

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

COLUMBIA — The South Carolina serial killer who terrorized a small community was well-known to authorities as a bully, so intimidating that a scared man once refused to testify against him, and extortion charges were thrown out.

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Boeing: In for a landing

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Boeing Co. is stretching its wings in the Lowcountry with an acquisition putting the area in line to land a full-scale assembly plant.

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Ex-band director on probation

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SPARTANBURG — A former band director at a South Carolina high school has been placed on probation after being accused of molesting four members of the color guard.

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Man reports East Side robbery

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A man was robbed Friday morning in front of a church on Charleston's East Side.

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Flight chapter organizing

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

If things go as planned, the first Honor Flight taking veterans of the second world war from Charleston to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., will take wing this November.

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Shriners hospitals get a reprieve

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SAN ANTONIO — Six Shriners hospitals targeted for possible closure, including South Carolina's, won an initial reprieve this week.

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Doctor: Survivor will need lifetime of therapy

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The sole survivor of a fireworks explosion that killed four people on North Carolina's Outer Banks will recover from burns on his arms and face but will face a lifetime of therapy, his doctors said Tuesday.

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Midlands solicitor charged with DUI

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Midlands solicitor who prosecuted one of South Carolina's most famous homicide cases was arrested recently in Charleston and accused of drunken driving.

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Faith & Values captures honors

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Post and Courier's Faith & Values section was named third best in the U.S. by the Religion Newswriters Association.

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Closing The Gap receives awards

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Closing The Gap in Healthcare Inc., a media venture run by Charleston physician Thaddeus Bell and Citadel Broadcasting, received two National Health Information Awards from the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health information. The award program recognizes the nation's best consumer health information projects.

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Jackson's human side focus of his memorial

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon both triumphant and troubled, a dazzling performer who transcended barriers, transformed the music world and transfixed fans and nonfans alike in every corner of the Earth.

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Housing agencies buy efficient bulbs

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Charleston city and county housing authorities have used some federal stimulus money to purchase 8,232 compact fluorescent light bulbs, which should reduce energy use in nearly 1,800 public housing units and also increase revenue for the authorities.

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Tasers effective, research finds

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Tasers and other stun guns have proved effective in limiting injuries to police and suspects, but officers need to guard against potential abuse.

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Wando reunited with her brother

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Wando, the 7-week-old kitten who halted traffic on the James B. Edwards Bridge over the Wando River on June 16, has been reunited with her brother in foster care.

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Leaf-burning ordinance put to rest — for now

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

That smoke in the eyes from burning leaves isn't going to go away. But a controversial law to ban it seems to be.

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State to get 4 hybrid school buses

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

COLUMBIA — The federal government will give South Carolina more than $550,000 to put four new hybrid-electric school buses on the road and help cut pollution from old diesel buses.

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Man jumps to his death

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A retired Medical University of South Carolina doctor leaped to his death Tuesday afternoon from a six-story hospital parking garage in downtown Charleston, authorities said.

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Man sues over Taser use

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Dorchester County man has filed a lawsuit against Summerville police, alleging that an officer used excessive force in shocking him multiple times with a Taser during a May 2007 traffic stop.

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