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SC pension plan's tab soars to $17 billion

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Experts say the long-term tab for the South Carolina Retirement System would soar from more than $13 billion to better than $17 billion after recommendations they've made on lowered investment returns and other retiree costs.

Interstate 20 traffic stop finds prison contraband

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Kershaw County deputies say they found 22 cell phones, 13 pounds of tobacco and cigarette lighters that were likely heading into a South Carolina prison as contraband after authorities stopped a speeding car on Interstate 20.

Sheriff: SC child saw father stab her mother

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Charleston man stabbed a woman in front of the couple's 4-year-old daughter, then kept the body in the house overnight with the child and her 2-year-old sister.

Body at SC rest area 11 years ago is NC woman

LAMAR, S.C. (AP) — Darlington County authorities say they have identified a body found at an Interstate 20 parking area more than 11 years ago as a missing woman from North Carolina.

County Public Health Departments To Offer Flu Vaccine

In just two days, county public health departments across South Carolina will begin administering this year's flu vaccine. State health officials say it's very important for you to get the vaccine, because it will help protect you from serious illness.

Casey Anthony's Parents Break Their Silence

For the first time on national television, George and Cindy Anthony, parents of Casey Anthony, who was acquitted in the death of her toddler daughter, Caylee, in July, sit down on the Dr. Phil Show and reveal what the jury never heard, and a Midlands psychologist discusses the emotional toll of it all.

SC researcher receives $100,000 Heinz award

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Medical University of South Carolina scientist who conducted research on the effects of toxins on wildlife has received a $100,000 award from the Heinz Family Foundation.

SC GOP chair: SC will have primary before Ariz.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican Party chairman says the state won't settle for a same-day presidential primary with Arizona after Gov. Jan Brewer proclaimed a February 2012 date for her state to gain a bigger national political role.

Livingston: SC Guard will be engaged post-Sept 11

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The general who leads South Carolina's National Guard predicts it will be deployed in faraway nations in the post-Sept. 11 era, even after the drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is complete.

USC, State Museum acquire astronomy collection

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina native who made astronomy a lifelong passion has donated his collection of historic telescopes and astronomy documents to the University of South Carolina and State Museum.

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