MEG KINNARD

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SC jury finds '3 Hebrew Boys' guilty in scam

Three South Carolina men have been found guilty of bilking thousands of investors out of more than $80 million.

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SC unemployment rises to 12.1 percent for October

The unemployment rate in South Carolina rose nearly half a percentage point in October, returning to a record level of 12.1 percent set earlier this year, the state agency that calculates the rate said Friday.

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Small SC county reels from corruption scandal

When federal officials descended on this small South Carolina town to investigate a kickback scheme that had caught up the mayor and another official, they stumbled across a web of corruption they believe is deeper and more widespread through the county.

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Probation for driver who killed man with Maserati

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to three years probation for plowing his speeding Maserati into a house, killing a man inside.

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Prosecutors: SC trio promised unrealistic returns

Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions made anyone with ties to law enforcement or attorneys leave their seminars, and threatened investors with $1 million in fines if they told anyone about the massive returns they were making, a former bookkeeper testified Tuesday.

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Raided SC poultry plant mends hiring, avoids trial

A South Carolina poultry plant raided by immigration agents last year has agreed to change its hiring practices to avoid federal charges of knowingly employing illegal immigrants, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Police: SC state attorney caught with stripper

A deputy assistant attorney general who said he was on his lunch break when an officer found him with a stripper and sex toys in his sport utility vehicle has been fired, his boss said Wednesday.

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Ex-South Carolina agency official to plead guilty

The former finance director of South Carolina's social services agency has agreed to plead guilty to stealing more than $5 million from the agency, according to a plea agreement filed this week.

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APNewsBreak: SC AG reaches $45M deal with Lilly

South Carolina's attorney general said Friday the state has reached a $45 million settlement with drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. over the company's marketing of an anti-psychotic drug, an agreement the drug maker said was its largest with a single state over Zyprexa.

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Michigan coach sued in SC over Va. condo deal

Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez has been sued in federal court by a bank claiming he failed to pay back millions on a loan for a struggling Virginia condominium project, according to court documents.

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SC governor calls travel probe 'selective outrage'

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday that a state senator shouldn't single him out by investigating his travels after other governors bought pricey flights for years.

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SC Halloween killing suspect pleads to gun charge

A convicted drug dealer who police say shot and killed a 12-year-old South Carolina trick-or-treater has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge.

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SC first lady: 'I feel sorry for the other woman'

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she feels sorry for her husband's Argentine lover and believes the philandering governor's affair is almost like an addiction to alcohol or pornography.

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AP Exclusive: Killer says he wants to make amends

Death row inmate Chadrick Fulks insists he wants to help a slain West Virginia college student's family find solace by leading investigators to her body.

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AG in SC asks judge to drop Craigslist lawsuit

The South Carolina attorney general who has threatened to prosecute Craigslist for prostitution-related ads wants a federal judge to dismiss the company's complaint against him, according to court papers filed this week.

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Justice Dept. relocating some operations to SC

The U.S. Department of Justice is relocating some of its U.S. attorney operations from Washington to South Carolina under a 20-year lease agreement with the state's flagship university, officials announced Monday.

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Justice Dept. relocating some operations to SC

The U.S. Department of Justice is relocating some of its U.S. attorney operations from Washington to South Carolina under a 20-year lease agreement with the state's flagship university, officials announced Monday.

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Feds: Learjet should change design after SC crash

Nearly a year after a plane hurtled off the end of a South Carolina runway last fall, killing four and injuring celebrity DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, federal regulators said Friday the plane's manufacturer should make changes to part of the plane's design.

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Feds accuse SC poultry plant of illegal hiring

The company that runs a South Carolina poultry plant knew its managers were hiring illegal immigrants at a facility raided in October, federal prosecutors said in an indictment released Thursday.

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Official: 1 woman dead after ammonia leak in SC

South Carolina authorities say a woman was killed and a half-dozen people taken to a hospital after 1,800 gallons of ammonia leaked from a tanker truck.

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Officials ask help controlling prison cell phones

State officials appealed to members of Congress on Wednesday to give states a new tool to control illegal cell phone use by prison inmates and quickly ran into protests from the phone industry.

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State e-mails detail SC gov's Argentina trip plans

When South Carolina's Commerce Department planned a trade mission to South America last year, Gov. Mark Sanford rejected a historic tour, requested meetings with real estate agents, and tried to make sure he would have at least an evening free in Buenos Aires.

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SC jobseekers line up to clean nuke waste

Anthony Rivers was laid off from his maintenance job three weeks ago and is willing to do just about anything to rejoin the ranks of the employed in South Carolina — even if that means cleaning up nuclear waste.

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Authorities: SC teen robbery suspect had BB gun

A 15-year-old South Carolina girl shot to death by police after a store robbery was holding a BB gun that looked like a 9 mm pistol, authorities said Wednesday, calling the officers' actions justified. The state said it wouldn't bring charges against the men.

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Maserati driver's bond revoked hours after release

The man accused of driving his Maserati into a South Carolina house and killing the man inside has been returned to police custody.

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