State regulators have given polluters breaks,
withheld information from the public, pushed development over
the protection of natural resources and angered residents
from Greenville to Charleston. Has the agency that’s supposed to
safeguard the environment and our health lost its way?
Stories by John Monk and Sammy Fretwell with photos by Tim Dominick
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The first black man elected U.S. president is poised to name Washington lawyer Eric Holder as the nation's first black attorney general - a historic appointment but one with some potential political problems over a 2001 pardon.
After two close years, S.C. State has a league title and a playoff berth.
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Dawn Staley’s first home game at South Carolina began with a rousing ovation for the Gamecocks’ new coach and ended with Staley promising the crowd that things will get better.
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Scott Jones is having flashbacks. When his Lugoff-Elgin football team made an incredible rally from a 20-point deficit to defeat Greer 43-40 last week in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs, Jones couldn’t help but take a trip on the time machine to 2002, his first season as coach.
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