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House Speaker: SC to Likely Get Sued, Lose

House Speaker Bobby Harrell says he expects South Carolina to be sued over a panel's decision to disregard the state budget and increase employees' health insurance costs anyway. And he expects the state to lose.

Citadel Hires Expert for Sex Case Investigation

The Citadel's Board of Visitors has hired a Columbia attorney to handle the investigation into the school's handling of a complaint about a former camp counselor now serving a 50-year sentence for molesting young boys.

Seized Video Machines Ordered Destroyed

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) _ A judge has ruled that 24 video machines seized this summer in Little River are illegal gambling devices and should be destroyed. Myrtle Beach area solicitor Greg Hembree says video parlors have returned to the state after video poker was outlawed in South Carolina 12 years ago. Operators say the new machines are technically legal and operate on chance.

Slimming while being cheaper

Keeping your wasteline slim with the food options out there isn't easy, and being cheap is even harder, but Crysty Vaughan has some ideas for you in this Consumer Minute.

Federal Cuts Threaten State's Military Jobs

South Carolina Republicans say impending across-the-board federal spending cuts will devastate South Carolina's military bases. Gov. Nikki Haley says the cuts would mean a loss of 14,000 jobs in South Carolina.

Man Sentenced to Decades in Prison for Heroin Case

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A North Charleston man has been sentenced to decades in prison for his role in a heron case. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says a judge on Tuesday sentenced 38-year-old Naarl Joseph Richard to nearly 22 years in prison.

Saving on back to school items

Your kids are getting ready to go back to school, but the tax-free holiday has come and gone, and you realize you still need to pick up a few items. Those costs add up pretty quickly! How can you save? Crysty Vaughan has some answers in this Consumer Minute.

New State of the Art School Set to Open

It's a Lexington District One Project two years in the making. With just a few weeks before they open the doors to middle school students, administrators took ABC Columbia inside for a grand tour.

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