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Goose Creek man shot in his hand
Friday, May 16, 2008
GOOSE CREEK — A man was shot in the hand Wednesday when he opened the door to a stranger's knock at his home in the Bushy Park Terrace neighborhood, according to a police report released Thursday.
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Sandridge teen dies in single-car crash
Friday, May 16, 2008
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SANDRIDGE — A teenager was killed Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident on 35 Mile Road.
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Man charged with abusing children
Friday, May 16, 2008
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A man has been charged with severely abusing two young children, according to the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office. Eddie Francisco Torres, 20, was arrested Tuesday on charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and inflicting bodily injury to a child, a release says. He remained at the Dorchester County jail Thursday on $1 million bail.
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Quake survivors recount ordeal
Friday, May 16, 2008
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DUJIANGYAN, China — Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped.
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Calif. court OKs gay marriage
Friday, May 16, 2008
The Rites of Spring
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Ah, spring. A season fleeting and sweet, particularly in the Lowcountry, where summer is an endurance event, fall begins around Thanksgiving and raking/pollen season is strangely combined each March. Springlike weather reaches us early, but something in our collective, oyster-centric psyche rebels against the thought an 'R' month could qualify as 'spring.'
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The Fun Five
Friday, May 16, 2008
Nickname 5
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Civic leaders from a bygone era had a quaint habit of bestowing wishful nicknames and slogans on their cities and towns and hoping everyone would simply adopt their municipal marketing efforts. Modern nicknames tend to reflect their residents' collective sense of humor, rather than their aspirations to status and propriety.
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New Forester sport utility offers more for less
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Known for being a practical, affordable vehicle, the Subaru Forester is more so for 2009. The five-passenger, new Forester is bigger than its predecessor for greater interior room and has new styling outside and more safety features than ever.
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Superheroes in fashion
Friday, May 16, 2008
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NEW YORK — Newsflash: A cadre of superheroes has invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions, bringing swaths of bright color, pop graphics and an everyman theme to the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Contrasting visions for Mideast
Friday, May 16, 2008
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The optimism and enthusiasm that President Bush displays as he marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of Israel and simultaneously advances his peace initiative in the Middle East are a welcome relief from the gloom and doom of the pundits. It's also a good policy.
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Fashion Briefs
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Pearle Vision will hold a trunk show featuring eyewear from Banana Republic, JLo and Marc Jacobs 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday in the Mount Pleasant location, 1113 Market Center Blvd.
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Walsh's 'Most Wanted' nabs 1,000th fugitive
Friday, May 16, 2008
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NEW YORK — When he started "America's Most Wanted," John Walsh could point to at least one thing in its favor: Society's swampland of bad people doing bad things would never run dry. On that basis, the show seems a cinch to run forever.
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Actor gets physical in comic play
Friday, May 16, 2008
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NEW YORK — It's midmorning on a sunny spring day, and actor Bradley Whitford arrives a little late for an interview looking downright exhausted.
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Learn from Principal Moore
Friday, May 16, 2008
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You need an outstanding principal to turn a struggling school into a good school. But that apparently doesn't mean you always need two outstanding principals to turn two struggling schools into good schools. MiShawna Moore, an outstanding principal, has been doing double duty by putting two struggling elementary schools on the Charleston peninsula on the right track.
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'Eloise' returns to The Plaza
Friday, May 16, 2008
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NEW YORK — Eloise, the Plaza hotel's most famous fictitious resident, officially has returned to the storied landmark following a $400 million renovation with a portrait of the mischievous 6-year-old prominently displayed near its famous Palm Court dining room.
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The once and future mayor?
Friday, May 16, 2008
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John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have attracted considerable attention as the final three 2008 presidential candidates, though political realities now appear to have trimmed it to a two-man race. But another trio of candidates for another office pack some star power of their own — and deliver an entertaining reminder that California's merging of politics and show biz didn't start with former Gov. Ronald Reagan or end with current Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Track Honor Roll
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wando hoping to reverse the curse
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Reverse the Curse. That's the Wando girls' soccer team's goal when the Warriors play Mauldin in today's Class AAAA state championship match.
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Bishops gunning for 13th boys' title
Friday, May 16, 2008
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The Bishop England boys' soccer team won its first state championship in 1984, but the dynasty didn't begin to develop until 1992. That year, Bishop England, with star All-American Temoc Suarez leading the way, defeated Andrew Jackson, 6-2, in the Class AA state championship to begin a string of four straight state titles and 11 in 16 years. They have compiled a 319-66-10 record in the stretch.
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