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6 hurt on ride at SC State Fair

Oct 13, 2011 10:46 AM EDT

Six people suffered minor injuries when a piece of metal from a ride at the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia broke off and fell.

USC, Fort Jackson host talks on modern warfare

Oct 13, 2011 10:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina is hosting a three-day conference on war and the role guerrilla warfare plays in modern combat.

SC DOT: Major traffic shift on I-385 slated

Oct 13, 2011 10:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Department of Transportation is making a major shift in traffic as part of the improvements to Interstate 385 near Greenville.

SC State Museum Kicks off $23 Million Renovation

Oct 13, 2011 2:09 AM EDT

Emily Baird

South Carolina’s State Museum in Columbia is kicking off a $23 million expansion and renovation project that brings a new observatory, planetarium and theater to the site.

Cops: Mom heard sex assault of daughter over phone

Oct 13, 2011 2:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a small town South Carolina police officer was arrested after he accidentally dialed his cell phone while sexually assaulting a girl, allowing her mother to hear what happened.

Illegal Immigration Lawsuit

Oct 13, 2011 12:47 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The American Civil Liberties union and other civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit to block South Carolina’s illegal immigration law.
The group’s lawsuit was filed in Charleston on Wednesday and says the new law is unconstitutional and would spark racial profiling.

SC Teen Bit By Rabid Raccoon

Oct 13, 2011 12:15 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina health officials are warning Anderson County residents to stay away from wild animals and not try to keep them as pets after a teen was exposed to rabies by a raccoon.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control said Wednesday that the teen boy was bitten by the raccoon when he tried to pick the animal up in the woods and carry it home.