Tumor couldn't sideline Quinn's football dreams

North Charleston athlete is on the move at UNC

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Robert Quinn was destined to be here. The path he took was unexpectedly treacherous.

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    State agencies could cut hundreds of jobs, reduce or eliminate programs to maintain clean water or treat autism and shutter weekend office hours at the DMV, according to suggested agency budget cuts submitted this week.- 11:18 PM

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  • Cyclones storm back, drop Lugoff-Elgin

    When the Chester football team was backed up in the fourth quarter Friday night, Tony McNeal led the Cyclones out of the hole. The Cyclones quarterback led his team on a 17-play, 83-yard drive for the go-ahead score in a 22-19 victory against the Demons at Lugoff-Elgin stadium.

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  • Bush: US will work with partners on credit crisis


    President Bush emerged from a meeting with foreign financial officials on Saturday and pledged a global response to the credit crisis that will lead toward a "path of stability and long-term growth."- 9:19 AM

Overreacting to fads? Let’s focus on the ‘inside’

In Parenting Power, Melodee Thompson suggests that we shouldn’t get hung on on fads. “Somehow those who embraced a fad or two throughout past generations have become politicians, attorneys, doctors, nurses and teachers — respectable citizens all.”

Somebody tell me why a middle-schooler needs a cell phone?

My 15-year-old son is just days away from his 16th birthday. And the dilemma regarding what to get him this year is upon us like it usually is. Can anybody rational give me one compelling reason for giving a middle schooler a cell phone?

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