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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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For Debra Dantzler of Harleyville, the timing couldn't have been better. Her son, Cpl. Fred Dantzler of the South Carolina National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat Team, returned home Saturday after serving in Afghanistan, just in time for Mother's Day.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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Across the United States, dozens of cities have adopted federal standards for working on historic buildings, but when someone suggested Charleston do the same, many bristled at the idea. It's not just that Charlestonians have a historical legacy of resisting the federal government, though they do. It's also that this city often has been at the vanguard of the nation's preservation movement. Residents here organized to save old buildings many decades before any federal preservation standards were put to paper. And some saw flaws in the federal rules.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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Erin Ash learned she was pregnant in the midst of her freshman year at the College of Charleston. Just 17 years old, she wasn't sure what was in store for her as a new mother trying to juggle a full load of courses. But Ash knew one thing for certain: She was going to graduate.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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This year might make or break James Island pediatrician Dr. Helen Bertrand. A steady increase in Medicaid patients during the past decade could push her out of business. Medicaid reimburses doctors less than the cost of care, driving many physicians to limit the number of Medicaid patients they accept.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
South Carolina's growing population of seniors might face a shrinking pool of doctors if Medicare cuts physician pay by more than 15 percent in the next year.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
People across the Lowcountry are using blue handicap placards like free-parking passes, making it difficult for the truly disabled to find spaces, an investigation by The Post and Courier's new online Watchdog team showed.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
One woman has died as a result of a bizarre crash along Cannon Street that damaged seven cars and sent four people to a hospital Friday afternoon, authorities said.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
CONWAY — Cyberpunk author William Gibson was born in this small coastal town 60 years ago, but he hadn't returned since his family left when he was 5.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
GAFFNEY — Water might be the biggest obstacle to Duke Energy's plan to build a new nuclear power plant in South Carolina.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
MOUNT PLEASANT — A motorcyclist from Goose Creek was killed Friday night in a wreck on U.S. Highway 17 in front of Towne Centre.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Charleston County Republican Party is sponsoring a debate of the two GOP candidates for 9th Circuit Solicitor on Monday at the party's regular executive committee meeting.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
A suspect in the fatal shooting of a man in West Ashley is being held without bail after surrendering to Charleston police Friday.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Most of the 163 students graduating from the Charleston School of Law on Saturday only had to worry about whether their caps and gowns were in place.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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The president and first lady of Zanzibar laughed when their Gullah tour guide told old stories of people using curses and voodoo against their enemies. First lady Shadya Karumesaid they were almost the same stories she hears back home.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
As she listened intently during a Charleston County Council budget planning session this week, Councilwoman Colleen Condon heard something that gave her pause — an automatic pay increase for council members that is built into the proposed budget next year.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
MOUNT PLEASANT — The British are coming! Not the Revolutionary War sort as in the Boston Tea Party or Bunker Hill.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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MiShawna Moore won't want you to read this story, not if it's about her. The spotlight? Shine it on her poor, inner-city students who had the worst test scores in the county, the ones who others had written off as failures, the ones who now outscore county and state averages. Shine it on the dedicated teachers, involved parents and active community members.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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A preliminary federal report has provided fresh details about the chain of events at the fatal Sofa Super Store fire, but another report coming this week is expected to provide greater context and insight into how those events led to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Applications for grants from the Lawrence G. Derthick, Jr. Memorial Trust Fund are available.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Shots from a military-style rifle riddled a house in West Ashley's Maryville neighborhood on Thursday night.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Russell Daniel Andrew Breaker, who was wanted in the shooting death of a man in West Ashley on Sunday, turned himself over to Charleston police Friday afternoon, authorities said.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A mother charged with felony driving under the influence resulting from an accident that killed her 27-year-old daughter was sentenced to one year of house arrest this week.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
MONCKS CORNER — A man with a long history of driving with a suspended license was sentenced to 24 years in prison this week for an October 2007 felony DUI accident that killed a 3-year-old girl.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
HOLLYWOOD — Charleston County sheriff's deputies are looking for the driver of a red pickup truck they said left the scene of a crash Friday that badly injured a toddler.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
The bank robbery suspect who wrote his stick-up note on his cell phone bill Thursday left with about $16,000, but he was soon parted with the money, police said.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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COLUMBIA — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain returned to the state that gave him a crucial boost toward the nomination Friday, and even the state's leading Democrats acknowledged he most likely will win here this fall. But Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., and State Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler said either Democratic hopeful Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton can be expected to have a good enough showing to boost the hopes of South Carolina Democrats running for federal or state legislative seats.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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Arthur Ravenel Jr. — the 81-year-old former congressman, state senator and current Charleston County School Board member — remembers listening to his grandfather's war stories as a boy.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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LADSON — Veronica Garcia Millan returned from a Rivers Avenue store Friday afternoon with a miniature, white suit jacket and matching pants. The clothes were for her 18-month-old son, Juan Garcia Carbajal. A dress for her 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Ana Garcia Millan, was inside the house.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
North Charleston Arts Festival's grand finale tonight at Riverfront Park will highlight music from tri-county school districts.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
MONCKS CORNER — A man charged with murder in the stabbing death of a woman at the St. Stephen Motel in March 2006 was found guilty of two lesser charges and sentenced to 18 years behind bars late Thursday.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
A dozen water purification systems from a local Christian charity were bound for cyclone-ravaged Myanmar until word came that the military government had blocked international aid. "It's very strange and it's sad for us," said Jerry Miner, vice president of disaster relief for Water Missio...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority is holding a hearing a 6 p.m. Wednesday about proposed bus rate increases.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
North Charleston Arts Festival. All day. Various venues. Finale, 8 p.m. North Charleston Riverfront Park, 1001 Everglades Drive. 745-1087. www.northcharleston.org.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
West Ashley High School graduate Vera Swain is a semifinalist in the "Jeopardy!" 2008 College Championship.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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MCCLELLANVILLE — Even among the live oak limbs draping this little coastal town, the huge crowns of live oaks in front yards and the live oak allee, the tree that makes townspeople swoon is Deerhead Oak.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — More than a dozen people in Hilton Head are being treated by a doctor after they held, fed or kissed a baby raccoon that later tested positive for rabies. Department of Health and Environmental Control officials tell The Island Packet of Hilton Head that 16 peopl...
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