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Kershaw County deputy dies after heart attack

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — A Kershaw County deputy has died after suffering a heart attack while directing traffic at a school. Sheriff Jim Matthew said 50-year-old Deputy Rob Evans died early Wednesday morning at a hospital. A day earlier, Evans had been directing traffic at Wateree Elementary School when he had a heart attack. Matthews says Evans fell and hit…

SC lawmaker accused of misbranding stem cells

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A freshman South Carolina lawmaker is facing federal charges over the mislabeling of stem cells. Court records show 31-year-old Rep. Stephen Goldfinch Jr. was charged Tuesday with one count of misbranded drugs. Federal prosecutors say the Murrells Inlet Republican owned Caledonia Consulting, a Mount Pleasant company that harvests and processes stem cells from umbilical…

Columbia celebrating season with downtown ice rink

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The City of Columbia is again celebrating the holiday season with a downtown, outdoor ice skating rink. “Main Street Ice” opens on Thanksgiving Day on Main Street, right outside the Columbia Museum of Art. Skating is free all day Thursday. On other days, admission is $8 for children ages 12 and younger and $10 for adults….

USC holds Thanksgiving for international students

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Faculty and staff from the University of South Carolina are holding a Thanksgiving potluck feast for dozens of international students and scholars. University spokeswoman Megan Sexton says the event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at the Immaculate Consumption coffee house on Main St. near campus. Sexton says the feast is designed to show the university’s…

Columbia helps recycle oil from deep-fried turkeys

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The city of Columbia is providing a place for the leftover cooking oil from all those deep-fried turkeys prepared for Thanksgiving. The city’s public works facility is collecting the cooking oil on Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Columbia officials say they will also conduct the collections next week…

SC Democrats promise to vet candidates in 2014

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Democrats hope a combination of enthusiasm, a desire to change the direction of the state and more careful vetting of people seeking the party’s nominations will help them make gains next election. Democrats acknowledge they need some wins. All nine statewide offices are run by Republicans, along with eight of the state’s nine congressmen….