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Columbia investigates death of man found in pond

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a pond.

Train kills man who never moved off Gaffney tracks

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man walking with a cane down the middle of the tracks in Gaffney has been hit and killed by an Amtrak train.

Winners in the 2011 SC AP Broadcast contest

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Winners of the 2011 South Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters Contest:

SC gov's new book to catapult her national image

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley identifies herself with the tea party movement that helped propel her to the state's top office in 2010 in a book that promotes her story on the national stage.

Monday: Benedict College to Remember Slain Teen

In the midst of loud and boisterous protests, marches and rallies, local college students take a different approach to honoring the memory of Trayvon Martin.

6 living by Lee County landfill get $2.3M verdict

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal jury has ordered the owner of a Lee County landfill to pay $2.3 million to six residents who say their lives have been made miserable by the stench from the 140-foot tall piles of trash.

WYFF-TV, WVOC-FM take top SC AP awards

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Greenville television station and a Columbia radio station have taken top honors among South Carolina Associated Press broadcasters.

TV show has new grisly Superbike killings details

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County deputies have released more details about the unsolved killing of four people in a Chesnee motorcycle shop nearly a decade ago.

2 charged in gunpoint sex assault at Lander Univ.

GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Two football players from Presbyterian College have been charged with rape and kidnapping in an assault at Lander University.

1 dead; woman questioned in Horry County shooting

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Horry County Police are trying to unravel the events that led to the shooting death of a Myrtle Beach man.

US education secretary at Scott's Branch School

SUMMERTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and S.C. Rep. James Clyburn are hearing from students concerned about the high cost of college education.

14 people file to run in SC's new 7th District

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fourteen people have filed to run for Congress in South Carolina's new 7th District.

A look at who's filed to run for Congress in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A list of who's filed to run for South Carolina's seven congressional seats:

Police: Man killed brother in Darlington County

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Darlington County deputies have charged the 50-year-old brother in a well-known barbecue making family with shooting his sibling to death nearly a year ago.

Richland cops raising money for Special Olympics

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Deputies from the Richland County Sheriff's Department are helping raise money for the Special Olympics.

After 46 years, Ann-Margret returns to SC carrier

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Singer and actress Ann-Margret is performing on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown for the first time in almost half a century.