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After getting knocked off last year by the "sorriest team in the SEC," South Carolina players vowed they would not overlook Vanderbilt. Maybe not, but the Gamecocks still haven't figured out how to beat the Commodores. 
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Ron Morris: When did a Spurrier offense ever look like this?
Defense cracks in second half | McKinley sets mark but gets hurt
Inside Nibels restaurant at Surfside Beach on Thursday, tourists dined on fried shrimp and sipped sweet tea, taking in the picture window view of Surfside Pier and the sapphire blue Atlantic.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the “constant partisan rancor” that grips Washington, as he launched his fall campaign for the White House.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham told Republican National Convention delegates that John McCain’s support for sending more troops to Iraq was a key test of his fitness for president.- 12:15 AM
Da’Quan Bowers held up his right thumb and index finger, separating the two just enough for daylight to slip through. That was how close Bowers believed he came to sacking Alabama’s quarterback twice last weekend.
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Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.- 2:59 AM
Columbia will turn a page in its retail history when Happy Bookseller, the city’s most well-known independent bookstore, closes in October.- 8:54 PM
What would it sound like if Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd performed onstage together? How atomic and cataclysmic would “Stairway to Heaven” and “Comfortably Numb” sound if Zeppelin’s thunder merged with Floyd’s psychedelic vibe?
