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South Carolina GOP primary fundraising picks up

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Presidential hopefuls helped raise $115,000 for the first-in-the-South primary.

Perry picks up influential South Carolina backers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has picked up influential endorsements from two of South Carolina's top financial donors to back his White House bid.

Shooting at Rock Hill motel captured on video

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Rock Hill police say they have found the suspect in a fatal motel shooting after a car ran a red light shortly after the slaying.

Canadian firm to open housing plant in Orangeburg

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A company that makes houses that can be put together in about two days is building a plant in Orangeburg County that will bring 300 jobs and an investment of about $10 million to the area over the next five years.

SC horticulturalists head to Europe for camellias

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Gardeners from Magnolia Plantation and Gardens are going to Europe to take cuttings from ancient camellias.

Innovative Composites plans 300-job plant in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Toronto-based materials company plans to spend $9.3 million on a new facility in Orangeburg that will create 300 new jobs.

Wilmington's oldest building, 2 others for sale

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The oldest building in Wilmington is for sale, as well as two other nearby buildings in the city's downtown historic district.

Boogieing for Breast Cancer

More than 3 hundred employees at Lexington Medical center put on their dancing shoes in an effort to raise awareness of Breast Cancer

SC, NC regulators OK Duke-Progress merger accord

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina regulators have approved a merger agreement for Duke Energy Corp. and Progress Energy Inc. as they create the nation's largest utility company.

Tornado watch, rip current warnings posted for SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As tropical systems move past South Carolina, weather watches and warnings have been posted in portions of the state.

Charleston church damaged by August earthquake

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The sanctuary of a Charleston church has been closed because of damage from last month's earthquake in Virginia.

Mount Pleasant civilian killed in Afghanistan

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Mount Pleasant man working as a civilian in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been killed.

Midlands Post Offices Targeted to Close

Of the nearly 4,000 post offices that could be shut down nationwide due to budget cuts, three of them are in the Midlands.

Preparing for Severe Weather

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee prompted tornado watches for half the state of South Carolina, Tuesday. Are you and your family ready if severe weather strikes?

Wofford freshmen package food for Haiti

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — More than 20,000 meals packaged by Wofford College students are heading to Haiti.

SC court denies Rita Bixby's appeal in 2003 deaths

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina court has denied the appeal of a 79-year-old woman convicted as an accessory in the 2003 killings of two Abbeville County police officers in a dispute over a highway project.