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Gamecock Guarantee Program assists low-income students

The University of South Carolina's Gamecock Guarantee program guarantees free tuition and fees for four years for South Carolina students from very low-income families who meet all of the university's entrance requirements. Read More

East German industries thriving in West 20 years after wall falls

Many people feared it would take several decades for East to catch up with West after the wall collapsed on Nov. 9, 1989. But today, economic output of eastern Germans has surpassed 70 percent of that of western Germans — up from one third in 1991. Read More

A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay

John Donahoe, eBay’s CEO, has said he expects PayPal to surpass the marketplaces business in revenue simply because PayPal targets all of electronic commerce while eBay is one of many online sales sites. Read More

Corporate giants like Nucor sitting on piles of cash

Nucor doesn't trust the government to reinvigorate the economy. “We’re keeping our powder dry,” says the steelmaker's CEO. Read More

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This one's for you, Harry

WASHINGTON -- The seat next to me was empty. As the first Lowcountry Honor Flight carried about a hundred World War II vets to the nation's capital to visit their long-overdue memorial, one of them couldn't make it at the last minute. Read More

Bishop England wins its 10th in a row

LEXINGTON -- The Bishop England volleyball team swept its way to another Class AA state volleyball championship by topping Gilbert 25-4, 25-12, 25-19 on Saturday afternoon at White Knoll High School. Read More

2 killed in crash of fleeing vehicle

MCCLELLANVILLE -- A high-speed chase that began with gunfire outside a club here early Saturday ended when the driver of a fleeing vehicle lost control on a country road and crashed into a tree. Read More

Car wash manager still driven to keep local customers happy

It's car wash weather on this fine Saturday morning -- cloudless skies, about 70 degrees -- and Perry Capers is holding court at the In & Out, as he has for 50 years. "Clean that up a little better, Ricky," Capers says, as he muses on the changes he's see in the car wash business and the world during the past half-century. Read More

Berkeley top seed in II-AAAA; Wave No. 2 in I-AAAA

The High School League released its football playoffs schedule, and Berkeley is the No. 1 seed in Division II-AAAA while Summerville is No. 2 in Division I-AAAA. Berkeley is one of four local teams to make the II-AAAA playoffs. Read More

Port's plans on table

Residents get peek at revitalization strategies

Residents of seven neighborhoods affected by the new port terminal being built at the former Navy Yard in North Charleston got a peek Saturday at the various economic and building strategies that could revitalize and protect the area over the next 30 years. Read More

Lowcountry Veterans Day calendar

Following are 2009 Veterans Day events and remembrances: Read More

Finally sober, April looks to months ahead

Mom seeks to get life, and family, back together

April Boshard grinned as she scurried through the parking lot of Seacoast Church, hefting a box of second-hand clothes for the needy. Dressed in jeans and a sweater jacket, her red hair neatly pulled back from her face, Boshard looked like a suburban housewife putting in a few hours of community service at the church. Read More

State to go after education reform grant

State Department of Education leaders said they will apply for a portion of $4 billion in federal stimulus money for school reform available to states, and they think they have a shot at getting it. Read More

More Cody honors

Austin Cody of North Charleston has been named to the second team of the American Junior Golf Association's Rolex Junior All-America team. Cody, 17, is a three-time Rolex Junior All-American and had four top-10 finishes in national tournaments in 2009. He is No. 16 in the Polo Golf Rankings. Read More