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Scenes May 23 at Rhythm & Blooms

Scenes from the Riverbanks Botanical Garden's 'Rhythm and Blooms, Music and Art in the Garden' series held every Thursday evening in May.

SPORTS VIDEO

Long Drive Teen

William Hinson, an 18-year-old Blythewood High School student, is a member of the Callaway X Hot Long Drive Team.

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Photos from Thursday's Habitat for Humanity house building

Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity and the Richland County Bar Association are building a house in a downtown Columbia parking lot as part of BUILDable Hours, Inc.

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Sgt. Steve Flaherty remembered

Sgt. Steve Flaherty, a columbia native, was killed in Vietnam. Letters that he had written, but not yet mailed, were recently returned to his family members from the Republic of Vietnam. The letters are on display at the Relic Room.

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS VIDEO

Turtle on Hilton Head Island

This video, submitted by Lisa Duncan of Knoxville, Tenn., shows a loggerhead turtle returning to the ocean after laying her eggs at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

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Images from the Brett Parker trial, May 23

Photos from the 11th day of the Brett Parker trial, when the defense team for the man accused of killing his wife and business associate started presenting their case.

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Images from the Brett Parker trial, May 22

Photos from the proceedings in the Brett Parker trial May 22. Parker, an admitted sports bookie, is accused of killing his wife and his clerk April 13, 2012 at his home near Irmo.

FEATURED PHOTO

This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 aerial photo shows, from bottom to top, the path Monday's tornado took through Moore, Okla. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled...

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Photos of dismantling of barns at SC State Fairgrounds

Three barns were dismantled at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia on May 21, 2013. They will be reassembled in Aiken.

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Images from past SC tornadoes

Photos from tornadoes that have struck the Palmetto State in the past.