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Sweet potatoes handed out at rural SC church

PINOPOLIS, S.C. (AP) — It's a sweet time for residents in the rural Berkeley County community of Pinopolis as a church has a pile of sweet potatoes free for the taking.

Service in Moorhead for man who carried cross

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A man who has carried a large cross around the country the past 11 years will be remembered in a private funeral service Wednesday in Moorhead.

University of SC sets record in research funding

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina has set a record in raising research funding in the past year.

Concern with N. Charleston police at NAACP forum

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Some residents of North Charleston say the police department uses racial profiling, harasses people and conducts unnecessary car chases.

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"

Greenville getting downtown ice rink over holidays

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The city of Greenville will have an outdoor ice skating rink downtown for the coming holiday season.

$200 stolen from donation boxes at SC church

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Another sign of the troubled economy.

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.

Coast Guard picks up man 70 miles off SC coast

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A Coast Guard helicopter has transported a man from a fishing boat about 70 miles off the South Carolina coast to a hospital.

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.

Joe Riley facing 4 opponents for Charleston mayor

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston Mayor Joe Riley is facing four opponents as he seeks a 10th term in office.

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.