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From left, recording artist and host Nick Jonas, television personality and host Giuliana Rancic look on as Miss Utah Marissa Powell answers a question from the judges during the interview portion of the Miss USA 2013 pageant, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)

Video comparison: Beauty queen blunders

Compare the videos: Miss Utah USA vs. Miss South Carolina Teen USA, both who gained notoriety with...

Alexzena Irving Furgess laughs after finding a photograph of herself as the 1962 Miss Booker T. Washington, during the dedication ceremony for the Booker T. Washington auditorium renovations. University of South Carolina. Former students and staff were among those in attendance at the event which recognized upgrades made to the only remaining building of what used to be the Booker T. Washington High School. The school was Columbia's only school for African-Americans.

This week's best staff photographs, June 17, 2013

A collection of this week's best photographs from The State's photography staff.

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Crime

A fight at Gonzales Gardens that was filmed with a cell phone and posted online has caught the attention of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

VIDEO: Richland sheriff searching for women involved in Gonzales Gardens fight

COLUMBIA, SC A fight at Gonzales Gardens that was filmed with a cell phone and posted online has caught the attention of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

SC Politics

State Board of Education member Michael Brenan speaks Wednesday during a board meeting. Representatives from various groups spoke out against common core curriculum during the meeting.

Fight against Common Core flares in South Carolina

South Carolina Tea Party groups — warning of an overreaching federal government and massive privacy invasions — are joining calls nationwide...

Sports

Deshaun Watson passes the ball Friday during the Palmetto State Showdown 7-on-7 tournament hosted by Byrnes High.

DeShaun Watson says Clemson football fans have nothing to fear

Touted quarterback commitment says visit to Auburn did not sway him from commitment to Clemson 1 hour ago

Business

Seven Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine are blessed during a Saint Peter's Catholic Church mass in their and Providence Hospital's honor Sunday afternoon.

Providence Hospital celebrates 75 years of ‘holistic health care’

Alongside a contingent of nuns from the same Catholic congregation that founded it, Providence Hospital celebrated 75 years of serving Columbia Sunday...

Living

From left, recording artist and host Nick Jonas, television personality and host Giuliana Rancic look on as Miss Utah Marissa Powell answers a question from the judges during the interview portion of the Miss USA 2013 pageant, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)

Video comparison: Beauty queen blunders

Compare the videos: Miss Utah USA vs. Miss South Carolina Teen USA, both who gained notoriety with confusing answers to beauty pageant questions.

Opinion

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McManus: Head-in-the-sand Congress

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of ...

Military

Pictured from left, are; Chase Cockrell, 11, Alex Cockrell, 12, Jessi Whitfield, 12, Stephanie Whitfield, Chris Cockrell and Blake Garner, 17.

Father’s Day takes on extra meaning for families of SC soldiers

As Chris Cockrell tossed the football with his sons in a shady yard in rural Saluda County last week, their unbridled joy gave a hint of how special...

Nation/World

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.

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