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Upping the ante: Local women have strong showing in Tuesday's elections
Eighteen women vied for the positions of council member or mayor in tri-county elections Tuesday, and voters chose at least 10 of them, or 56 percent, according to unofficial results. If Ginger Rosenberg wins the Charleston District 10 seat in a runoff election set for Nov. 17, that percentage will be 61.
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Women's insurance obstacles: Pre-existing conditions?
S.C. among states that don't prohibit domestic violence, C-sections from being used as reasons to deny coverage
If you are a victim of domestic violence or if you have had a cesarean section, you could be denied individual health insurance in South Carolina. In fact, just being a woman means you are likely to pay more for coverage.
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Halloween decorations for under $10 made in under 10 minutes
You don't need to go all out to get into the Halloween spirit. With All Saints Eve less than two weeks away, leave the intensive setup of a foam graveyard sprouting skeleton hands to your neighbor.
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Today's women overcome challenges
Women hold slightly more than half of the managerial and professional positions in the U.S. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But women still are few and far between when it comes to senior levels of leadership.
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Fall trends in the Lowcountry
Find your fashion amid warm temps
While other parts of the country are bundling up in this fall’s fashions, the Lowcountry is still experiencing temps in the 80s.
So how can local fashionistas do fall?
Local style experts say all of this fall’s fashion trends, even fur, can be worn here with the right adaptations.
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Salvaging the Earth board by board
She stands in an old beach cottage on the Isle of Palms, admiring the tongue-and-groove ceiling, the shiny pine floors, the wooden wallboards painted mint green.
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The faces of breast cancer
How one disease has touched a patient, a doctor, a survivor, and a family left behind.
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Single moms by choice
Local women share their motivations, paths to becoming mothers
Now, more than ever, single women are choosing to become mothers. We talked to women who adopted domestically and internationally, as well as those who chose donor insemination.
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Women searching for path through financial maze
Faye Singleton said she didn't know anything about the stock market until she retired a couple of years ago and the money from her 401(k) had to be transferred to a broker.
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Hair Care: Donors help patients who've lost locks
Groups that accept hair to create wigs said more wigs could be provided if hair donors and salons better understood donation guidelines.
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