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President Signs Sequester Order

President Barack Obama has signed an order that will force the government, including the Pentagon, to make $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts.

Coroner: No public health threat from child death

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say there is no public health threat related to the death of a 5-year-old Greenville student who went home sick and died hours later.

Gen. Livingston on Sequestration: ‘It’s personal’

President Obama says communities near military bases will take a serious blow, due to the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration. That, of course, could mean the Midlands. Adjutant General of the South Carolina National Guard, Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, is not happy about it.

African American Chamber hosts nuclear energy talk

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce is bringing utility leaders and politicians together to discuss the future of nuclear power and engineering.

Charleston Bus Drivers to Vote on New Contract

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Union school bus drivers in Charleston are about to vote on a new contract.

The drivers plan to vote on a new contract Saturday. The president of Teamsters Local 509, L.D. Fletcher, says if union members reject the contract, a strike would begin Monday.

South Carolina & The Sequester: Who Will Be Affected?

With $85 billion in spending cuts looming the nation, including South Carolina, is bracing.