David MacDougall
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David W. MacDougall is a Web editor for The Post and Courier. He joined the paper in 1986 as a features writer and switched to the police beat in 1990. From 1995 to 2003, he was webmaster and principal architect of the newspaper's first website, Charleston.net. In 2003, he moved to the the company's IS department as an email and Unix systems administrator and data transformation specialist. In 2009, he returned to the newsroom as a reporter, covering crime. In 2011, he was named a Web editor on the company's Digital News Desk.
David, a New Jersey native, attended Rutgers University. Prior to a mid-life career switch to journalism, he worked as a firefighter, an alcoholism counselor, a real estate salesman and an auto mechanic. He lives on James Island with his wife, Kathy. They have two daughters and two granddaughters.
David works Tuesday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. He can be reached on Twitter at twitter.com/davemacdougall.
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Riley touts Obama, criticizes Romney
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley took aim at Republican front-runner Mitt Romney on Saturday before the GOP forum at the Sottile Theatre.
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Riley urges support for Obama
Mayor Joe Riley took aim at front-runner Mitt Romney and the five other Republican presidential candidates today as they prepared for a forum about a block away in downtown Charleston.
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Coroner identifies man killed in fiery crash
A fiery wreck early Saturday on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. bridge claimed one man's life, landed a restaurant assistant manager in jail on a felony DUI charge and shut down one of the busiest spans in the region for hours as authorities cleared debris and collected evidence.
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Carjacker drives into dead-end street
Suspect crashed 2 cars, officials say
A man who carjacked a vehicle in McClellanville Friday night drove it into a dead-end street and had to drive back past the victim and a sheriff's deputy to get the stolen vehicle out of town, authorities said.
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Origin of East Side blaze unknown
Investigators were trying to determine what started a blaze that gutted a two-story house Friday on Charleston's East Side. The fire at 61 Amherst St. was reported by a neighbor at 1:36 p.m., said Mark Ruppel, a spokesman for the Charleston Fire Department.
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Toddler with pellet gun found in stolen, abandoned SUV
North Charleston police officers approached a stolen, abandoned SUV on Wednesday to find its only occupant holding what looked like a pistol. Even more startling: the person holding the gun was a 3-year-old boy.
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Heroin conviction could net dealer 30 years
A heroin dealer arrested by North Charleston police in 2009 faces 30 years in prison after being convicted Thursday on drug charges in federal court.
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Dealer who stashed heroin in car's secret compartment faces 30-year sentence
A heroin dealer arrested by North Charleston police in 2009 faces a 30-year prison term after being convicted Thursday on drug charges in federal court.
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Toddler in stolen car pulls pellet gun on police
As police were approaching a stolen vehicle that had been abandoned by its driver Wednesday, a 3-year-old boy pulled out what looked like a real gun from the center console and said, "Gun. Gun."
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