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High-tech gifts: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup

A guide to what’s fresh, ranging from “netbooks” to super-sized “all-in-one” desktop computers. Read More

Analysis: Econ. 101 by way of a toy hamster

How the Zhu Zhu Pets’ craze tells us a lot about the state of the economy. Read More

Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover

A deal would bring the network of Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope and Milton Berle under the corporate control of the company that owns the Golf Channel and E! Entertainment Television. “This is highly symbolic,” a TV historian says. Read More

Bill clears Senate hurdle ... barely

WASHINGTON -- Invoking the memory of Edward Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare. Read More

Citadel grad astronaut takes first spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the international space station on Saturday. Read More

Summerville claims AAAA state title

COLUMBIA -- Summerville placed first in the Class AAAA division at the South Carolina High School League's Competitive Cheer Championships on Saturday at Carolina Coliseum. The Green Wave bested runner-up Northwestern in AAAA. In Class AA, Liberty took top honors, with Palmetto se... Read More

Bishops realize dream with charity game in Big Apple

It was only an exhibition game, but the members of the Bishop England basketball team will remember Friday's 34-31 victory over Ridge View for the rest of their lives. Read More

Suicide: Despite stigma, survivors not alone

When Kathy Ward's husband committed suicide in 2005 after a history of substance abuse and depression, she got mad. Then she vowed to educate people not to be judgmental. Read More

Man tries to flee despite zaps from stun gun

The electrical buzz can be heard a block away. The Piggly Wiggly security guard is trying to subdue a suspected shoplifter in the alley behind the Meeting Street store. A zapping charge and then a yelp. And then another. Read More

Officials continue to probe shooting

WALTERBORO -- Colleton County authorities are continuing to investigate a shooting incident in which a man showed up at a truck stop at Interstate 95 and S.C. Highway 61 outside Walterboro on Friday evening with gunshot wounds. Read More

Doctor criticizes new guidelines

A local gynecologist says the likely unintended consequence of new guidelines on cervical cancer screening, or the "Pap" test, will be that women may forgo annual checkups that detect other problems, such as sexually transmitted diseases and ovarian cancer. Read More

Smoking on the rise

Critics: South Carolina doesn't take problem seriously

After decades of government-issued health warnings on the dangers of smoking, the message still isn't strong enough to get College of Charleston student Brittany Connor to stub out her cigarette. Read More

24 hours aboard a carrier

SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC -- One bronze propeller for the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is 25 feet tall and weighs 66,200 pounds. And the "Ike" has four of them. Put the pedal to the metal of this nuclear-powered, Nimitz-class ship and she'll go from zero to more than 30 knots in five lengths of the carrier. Read More

Judge's ruling under scrutiny

Ethical question arises during divorce case

In her 16 years as a family court judge, F.P. "Charlie" Segars-Andrews has presided over the state's first drug court aimed to get young offenders back on track. She has quietly handled hundreds of divorce and custody cases and rarely has made news. Read More

Noisette: The future of the old Charleston Navy base and a look at the deal that never happened

On July 7, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey strode into a conference room in North Charleston City Hall. Two of the state's most powerful lawmakers, Glenn McConnell and Hugh Leatherman, were waiting, along with Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor. The meeting was secret. Read More