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Columbians pose for a photo between sampling food from local chefs and caterers at the 3rd Annual Taste of Black Columbia at the Carolina Coliseum on May 17, 2013, in Columbia

SNAPSHOTS from the 2013 Taste of Black Columbia

Columbians pose for a photo between sampling food from local chefs and caterers at the 3rd Annual...

At the S.C. National Guard Joint Operations Center, Col. Ken Rosado briefs the group on the nature of the disaster and answers any questions. This month, the S.C. National Guard participate in a NORAD and USNORTHCOM sponsored exercise that focuses on Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA). Ardent Sentry 13 is an exercise that involves multi state response to a simulated category 3 hurricane and the fallout involved in that storm including a hazardous material spill. Guardsmen gather at the S.C. National Guard Joint Operations Center in Columbia to be briefed and receive their orders in their mobilization.

SC National Guard scrambles to handle big disasters

Four-day military exercise puts 1,500 S.C. National Guard members in intense simulation of potentially...

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Crime

Scenes from the Brett Parker trial on Friday, May 17, 2013.

Medical examiner: Capnerhurst could not have wielded a pistol.

Dr. Bradley Marcus’ testimony about an arm injury suffered by Bryan Capnerhurst is key to the prosecution in the double murder trial of Irmo bookie Brett Parker, who is accused of shooting his wife, Tammy Jo Parker, and framing his gambling partner...

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SC Politics

SC Senate to take up controversial school-choice proposal

The S.C. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial school-choice proposal next week that the upper house’s leader says “could be very...

Sports

Lexington High baseball team celebrates their 4-0 win over Blythewood to give them the Class 4A State Championship Friday night at Carolina Stadium.

Lexington beats Blythewood to win 4A baseball championship

Reagan pitches three-hit shutout to lead Wildcats to state title Friday nigh at Carolina Stadium

Business

A group of golfers play No. 18 at Harbour Town Golf Course at Hilton Head Island Wednesday, April 14, 2011. The course which was the first design for Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with Pete Dye, is one of The State's 18 Classic Courses in South Carolina. Harbour Town annually plays host to the PGA Tour's Heritage Tournament.

Hilton Head golf courses hope to tee up new success

Southern Beaufort County’s golf industry has taken its licks from the Great Recession. During the economic downturn, the number of rounds played...

Living

"Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh" opens Friday at the Columbia Museum of Art. The show is the first retrospective museum exhibition of Naifeh's paintings and sculptures. Naifeh is pictured in front of one of his pieces titled "Uzbek VI, 2013. The panels are acrylic with LED lights.

Harmonic patterns: New exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art

“Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh” exhibits art influenced by Arab and Islamic culture and art

Opinion

Many foreign workers who supply the United States with apparel don't work under the safest conditions. Three workers were killed Thursday when a Cambodian factory collapsed.

Sanchez: Responsibility for Asian sweatshop safety lies with us, too

Another apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I'm partly to blame.

Military

U.S. Navy Veteran Frank Jordan studies Biology at the University of South Carolina with plans to return to the Navy and eventually become a pilot. He has been at USC for two years now while working at the Center for Science Education.

Navy man in the sky, scholar in classroom

On the University of South Carolina campus, Frank Jordan blends in. He is quiet and keeps to himself, and on the surface, he is indistinguishable from...

Nation/World

Fired IRS official yields new information in hearing

Tough congressional grilling Friday of fired IRS chief Steven Miller failed to get answers about which agency employees subjected applications from tea party groups to special scrutiny but yielded a startling new admission: The Internal Revenue Service...

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