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Connection between Barbados, Charleston celebrated

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A four-day celebration of the connection between Barbados and Charleston is scheduled to start with a field trip for some school children.

Haley, DMV Offer Free Rides to Get Photo ID

Governor Nikki Haley and the SC Department of Motor Vehicles team up to provide free transportation to citizens who do not have photo identification, as would be in line with the governor's pending Photo ID Law put on hold by the federal government.

McConnell proposes steps to help SC finances

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell is proposing a five-point plan to keep the state "fiscally fit"

SC officials to provide answers on voter ID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina attorney general's office has given election officials 2½ weeks to answer questions from the Justice Department on how the state would carry out its new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.

SC high court: Vetoes are statewide business

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's high court says legislators can no longer override a governor's veto with a handful of votes.

Guard suspended without pay in SC inmate's death

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An employee at the Richland County jail has been placed on leave without pay as deputies investigate the death of an inmate.

SC woman's $180 iPad turns out to be block of wood

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — There probably isn't an app for this.

5 charged with murder in 2008 Kershaw County death

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say five men already behind bars are now charged with murder in the 2008 death of a man during a robbery in his Kershaw County home.

SC workshop to pair small businesses with lenders

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Small business owners in South Carolina are invited to a workshop to learn about financing their businesses and to meet lenders.

SC's Voter ID Law Halted, Feds Need Answers

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice requires state officials to provide more details on how the state plans to carry out its new Voter ID Law, requiring voters to produce photo identification at the polls.

SC State president to help education in Africa

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University's president Is joining several education officials on a trip to Tanzania as part of President Obama's initiative to expand academic opportunities for students in Africa.

Spurrier Says Both QBs To Play In Opener

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier still isn't ready to name a starting quarterback for Saturday's season opener against East Carolina. Spurrier says both senior Stephen Garcia and sophomore Connor Shaw will play a few possessions in the first half before he decides if he will stick with just one QB or a rotation.

Cops investigate death of Richland County inmate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate in the Richland County jail after an autopsy determined the prisoner died from a neck injury after being placed in a headlock.

State Unveils New Jobs Program

South Carolina has launched a marketing campaign of job centers that serve the state's unemployed.

Man charged with killing USC Assistant Professor

Columbia Police say they have the man responsible for stabbing a USC Assistant Professor to death, in her Monroe Street home.

SC's AG endorses GOP presidential hopeful Huntsman

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jon Hunstman has been endorsed by South Carolina's attorney general.

Schroeder returning to Legislative Audit Council

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The former, decades-long director of the Legislative Audit Council is returning to the agency as interim director.

Myrtle Beach hopes visitors return for Labor Day

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Hotel and attraction operators in the Myrtle Beach area hope visitors will return for Labor Day, after Hurricane Irene moved by South Carolina last week.

SC small business chamber meeting on health care

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Small business owners are invited to meetings across South Carolina to learn how the federal health care law could affect them.

Senate leader ready to scrap Transportation board

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate Republican leader says he's ready to do away with the Transportation Commission that makes decisions on which roads are built or repaired in the state.