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Mobile Home Park Residents Granted 30 More Days.

After having their water service terminated and receiving un-official eviction notices last week, residents of Parkwood Mobile Home Park in West Columbia are still fighting to keep their homes.

Audit: Insurance agency spent 11 percent of grants

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Department of Insurance has spent little of nearly $2.5 million in federal grants it sought under the 2010 health care law, according to a state audit released Tuesday.

5 US assistant attorneys in SC to be honored

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five assistant U.S. attorneys in South Carolina are being recognized for their roles in obtaining convictions and recovering more than $1 million from people who falsely received federal stimulus money from the Department of Energy.

Cheap gas causes traffic headache near Spartanburg

BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. (AP) — Neighbors say they want a stoplight put up on a highway in Boiling Springs after a gas price war has caused traffic jams that sometimes keep them from being able to leave their neighborhood.

21 Year Old Clemson Student Drowns

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ The Pickens County coroner says a 21-year-old Clemson student who was swimming with friends has drowned. Coroner Kandy Kelley said that Prashanth Elangovan (praz-HAWNTH ee-LAWN-go-vawn) was swimming at Twelve Mile Recreation Area in Clemson at about 6:30 p.m. Monday when he went under and didn't resurface.

GOP Debate Wofford

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Republican Party says GOP presidential candidates will debate at Wofford College. Party Chairman Chad Connelly announced Wednesday that the debate in Spartanburg on Nov. 12 will focus on national security and foreign policy and start at 8 p.m.

Perry wants flat tax with some popular deductions

GRAY COURT, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is proposing a sweeping economic plan that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security, a lower corporate tax rate and reforms aimed at keeping Medicare solvent.

Puppy rescued from top of train gets new home

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four firefighters in a South Carolina town plucked a frightened black lab puppy from the top of a double-decker freight train car and delivered her to a new, loving home.

Lattimore To Travel With USC To Tennessee

Marcus Lattimore will travel to Knoxville this Saturday to support his Gamecock teammates from the sideline. ABC Columbia's Tim Hill has more information from Steve Spurrier's weekly press conference from Williams-Brice Stadium.

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