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Irmo bookie Brett Parker’s defense begins with attempt to dispel motive deaths

  • Live updates from the Brett Parker trial

    Live updates from Thursday's proceedings in the Brett Parker trial.

    The defense began its case in the Brett Parker double murder trial Thursday. Here, Parker writes notes before the proceedings started.

  • Images from the Brett Parker trial, May 23

    Photos from the 11th day of the Brett Parker trial, when the defense team for the man accused of killing his wife and business associate started presenting...

    The defense began it's case in the Brett Parker double murder trial Thursday. Here, Brad Spehl, an employee with MetLife insurance, testified about the handling of Parker's wife' life insurance claim.

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Police: Woman slammed child’s head into faucet

The 34-yearold-woman who has been accused of killing a 2-year-old boy slammed the child’s head into a bathtub faucet while bathing him, officials... 1 hour ago

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SC Politics

FILE PHOTO: Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.

SC congressman grills IRS officials

An Internal Revenue Service official tried to evoke her Fifth Amendment rights in a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, but she could...

Sports

N.C. State catcher Jake Fincher (30) (right) greets teammate Grant Clyde (22) after Clyde connected for a home run in the second inning to tie the Wolfpack's game against Clemson 1-1 on Wednesday May 22, 2013 during the ACC Baseball Tournament at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.

Efficient Wolfpack top Clemson in ACC baseball opener

N.C. State excels in all aspects of game in 6-3 victory

Business

File: John Gravely of Atlanta plays with his 6-year-old daughter, Taylor, during the 2012 Memorial Day weekend in the surf near 45th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach.

Low gas prices fueling Memorial Day travel along SC coast

Prepare for busy roads and beaches this weekend along the Grand Strand as bikers, those celebrating Memorial Day and others just looking to get away flock to the area for the long holiday weekend.

Living

Tristan Sturrock in “Mayday Mayday,” a story about Sturrock falling and getting stuck between a garage and a wall. It opens tonight at Emmett Robinson Theatre as part of Spoleto USA 2013..

Distress call becomes art in Spoleto’s ‘Mayday Mayday’

Tristan Sturrock returns to Spoleto Festival USA to share his story that began with a May Day phone call.

Opinion

Bolton

Bolton: Columbia voters might have to force referendum on strong mayor

IF COLUMBIA voters want an opportunity to decide whether the city should be run by a full-time mayor, they’re likely going to have to make it happen themselves.

Military

Capt. Joan Queen, commanding officer of Naval Hospital Beaufort, and Scott Isaaks, acting director of the Ralph A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, are applauded after they cut the ribbon to the Beaufort Naval Hospitals new clinical space on the fourth floor of the hospital on Wednesday. The new clinic will allow the hospital to serve an additional 1,200 patients.

Naval Hospital Beaufort opens new outpatient clinic

Naval Hospital Beaufort and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston collaborated to open an expanded outpatient clinic Wednesday in the...

Nation/World

Chart shows 15 fastest-growing large cities

Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth

Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.

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