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  • Barrett pulls in more than $500,000

    U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett raised more than $500,000 in the past three months for his 2010 Republican gubernatorial run, according to his campaign.

  • DHEC denies dam permits for Duke Energy

    After hearing from S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster, the board of the state’s environmental protection agency Thursday denied a permit Duke Energy needs to operate hydropower dams along the Catawba River in South Carolina.

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Teen loses hand in blast; man charged

ANDERSON — A 22-year-old Easley man has been charged after a bundle of more than 100 sparklers exploded, causing a teen to lose his hand and sustain severe leg injuries.

SC sheriff sorry husband wrongly accused of murder

Justin Mallory endured the nightmare of being charged with his wife's murder and the cloud that lingered over him even after a judge found him not guilty. Throughout the ordeal, he kept calling the sheriff who put him behind bars with a simple message: "Someone killed her. It wasn't me. Let's find out who it was."

Barrett pulls in more than $500,000

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett raised more than $500,000 in the past three months for his 2010 Republican gubernatorial run, according to his campaign.

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Melanie Huggins began her library career 15 years ago in the children’s room of the Richland County Public Library. After professional stops in Charlotte and then St. Paul, Minn., Huggins returned to Columbia last week as the library’s new executive director.

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