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Students, faculty and proud family members pose at the Ben Lippen School Class of 2013 Graduation Exercises on May 24, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Columbia.

Snapsots from graduation day for Ben Lippen

Students, faculty and proud family members pose at the Ben Lippen School Class of 2013 Graduation...

Kirkland Smith’s “Steve Jobs,” an assemblage created from Apple computer parts which won the people’s choice award at "ArtFields," will be part of "ArtFields Extended: Columbia" opening at Gallery 80808.

Otis Taylor’s Picks of the Week

“ArtFields: Extended Columbia,” Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down, ‘Hansel...

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Crime

Brett Parker took the witness stand May 24 to testify in his own defense in his double murder trial.

Live updates from the Brett Parker trial

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SC Politics

Haley rebuffs Dem demands that she dismiss controversial advisor

Gov. Nikki Haley’s re-election campaign has no plans to remove a volunteer who S.C. Democrats and others say has ties to white supremacist groups. 46 minutes ago

Sports

William Hinson, an 18-year-old Blythewood High School student, is a member of the Callaway X Hot Long Drive Team.

Blythewood teen making a name for himself in long-drive competitions

William Hinson, 18, can hit a golf ball a long way. VIDEO: Watch him take that swing.. inside.

Business

Myrtle Beach

Memorial Day road trippin’ in SC

With lower gas prices and a steadily improving economy, more South Carolina drivers will hit the road for a long weekend getaway this Memorial Day. ...

Living

Lauren Lucas performs at the South Carolina Gamecock party held at the Rutledge in Nashville, TN Friday August 31, 2012.

Columbia native Lauren Lucas enjoying a successful songwriting career

The Columbia native signed a major label contract and . . . watched her debut album sit on a shelf even as the lead single, “The Carolina Kind...

Opinion

A good use of tax dollars? Blue Sky's original vision for his sculpture "Busted Plug Plaza."

Editorial: Hospitality taxes provoke wasteful, wishful spending by Columbia, Richland County

WHEN COLUMBIA and Richland County first adopted the 2 percent tax on prepared food, we warned that it could one day lead...

Military

FILE: Soldiers from 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, help set up the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial, part of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute, at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center, Sept. 9, 2012, in Killeen, Texas. The tribute also included displays memorializing the events of 9/11, Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and more.

Traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial arrives in Sumter

Sumter resident Jimmy Shuping remembers a time when military veterans weren’t as celebrated as they are today.

Nation/World

The collapsed Interstate-5 bridge is seen in ruins and partially submerged in the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash., Thursday, May 23, 2013. At least two vehicles went into the river in the collapse.

Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him

The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his... 2 hours ago

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