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Work on Boeing Co.'s massive 787 Dreamliner plant got under way Friday with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by dozens of elected officials and hundreds of Boeing employees.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.
President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the future.
Boeing Co.'s transformational influence on the Lowcountry that started with a mound of dirt Friday will have an immeasurable impact on generations to come.
Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.
Several new restaurants have sprung up along Main Street in recent months. A sampling:
The suddenly surging Columbia housing market just might have gotten more juice.
A group of major national research libraries says users now can search the full text of 1.6 billion pages from 4.6 million digitized volumes.
Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5 billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports Friday.
Mary Beth Henry hated school.