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Starting Coastal Carolina guard suspended

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina University starting guard Danny Nieman has been suspended for the fall semester for violating the school's code of conduct.

Town fries plan to allow chickens in Port Royal

PORT ROYAL, S.C. (AP) — The Port Royal Town Council has killed a plan to allow residents to raise chickens in their yards.

Man sentenced to 2 life terms on sex convictions

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A 59-year-old man has been sentenced to two life terms in prison after a Greenville County jury convicted him on several charges of criminal sexual conduct involving two girls.

NTSB: SC flying boat was doing aerial loops

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A preliminary federal report says a flying boat was doing aerial loops before a crash that killed two people near Charleston last month.

SC deputy's 4-year-old son shoots himself

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County sheriff's investigators say a deputy's 4-year-old son shot and wounded himself with his father's personal gun.

Man convicted of charges in Rock Hill death

YORK, S.C. (AP) — A Rock Hill man has been convicted on several charges in the 2008 death of another man in York County.

SC man gets 20 years for DUI, killing pedestrian

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A 49-year-old Spartanburg man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pled guilty to driving drunk and killing a pedestrian walking along a road.

Law to curb copper thefts takes effect next week

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina law enforcement officers are hopeful a new law will cut down on thieves destroying air conditioning units and other property to sell the copper innards for scrap.

SC's MUSC reports record outside research funding

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Despite a slow economy, the Medical University of South Carolina reports it received a record $238 million in outside research funding for the fiscal year that ended June 30.

SC youth gets 6 years in explosives incident

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina high school student will serve six years in prison for wounding a school resource officer and bringing pipe bombs to Socastee High School last year.

Photographer sentenced for holding wedding photos

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Greenville photographer has been sentenced to two years of house arrest for withholding wedding photos.

Marine Corps sergeant pleads guilty to conspiracy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a Marine Corps gunnery sergeant has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal more than 70 electrical generators from two Marine bases in Iraq in 2008.

Senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett visiting SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of President Barack Obama's top advisers is coming to South Carolina to help raise money for his re-election campaign next year.

USC library marks 400th year of English Bibles

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina's Hollings Library is celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with a special exhibition and lecture on its historical significance.

I-26 outside Charleston open after 9-hour closing

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The eastbound lanes of Interstate 26 outside Charleston are open again after being closed for about 9 hours after an early-morning crash involving two tractor-trailer trucks.

Billboard to call attention to missing NY teen

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A new billboard is going up near where a New York state teen was last seen in South Carolina more than two years ago.

Workforce Dept. Unveils New Web Site

For our state's unemployed, jobless benefits are just a point and click away.

Eichelberger Family: 'Justice Was Served'

After more than two years, the family of the late Rev. Tryon Eichelberger learns the fate of the man police say killed the local pastor and patriarch.