Chapter 4: 'This is our time'

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  • Hammering the point home

    MYRTLE BEACH — Amber Campbell waited four years, so a bit more than four weeks shouldn’t be a problem. Campbell, a former Coastal Carolina University track and field athlete, is on her way to Beijing in August for the Summer Olympics thanks to a second-place finish in the hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday.

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  • Fed to curb shady home-lending practices


    The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs.- 8:01 AM

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  • Sheriff: Illegal immigrant crackdown could hurt economy

    Rounding up the "mind-boggling" number of illegal immigrants working in Beaufort County will have a widespread -- and potentially unpopular-- impact on the county's economy, Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner told a group of area professionals Tuesday morning.- 7:16 AM

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  • Just peachy

    The first peaches were grown in China, where in ancient times they were a nearly mystical food, believed to bring everything from luck to longevity to those who indulged.

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