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U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Seven South Carolina college students died in a weekend beach house fire in North Carolina, officials say. Authorities have not released the the victims' names, but The Associated Press has confirmed several identities through relatives and close friends:.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 16, 2007 @ 2:33pm neoform

Bloomberg -- A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to a Texas base, U.S. officials said. The company also billed and was.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- Punishing hot and humid weather blanketed wide swaths of the nation Tuesday, a pattern expected to continue through the weekend in parts of the South and Midwest. The National Weather Service issued excessive-heat warnings in several states today. Cent.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 24, 2007 @ 12:09pm neoform

FOX News -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested Saturday at a demonstration outside a south suburban gun shop and charged with one count of criminal trespass to property. Jackson was arrested when he refused to move away from the entrance to Chuck's Gun Shop in Ri.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 8:52pm neoform

FOX News -- South Carolina police think a shootout occurred before constable Robert Lee Bailey may have been taken somewhere against his will earlier this week, police told FOX News Thursday. Children unwrapping an abandoned wad of burned rags on Wednesday discove.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A 29-year-old man was shot to death in south Berkeley late Wednesday, police said today. The victim, whose name was not released, was shot at about 11:30 p.m. near the corner of Tyler and California streets, one block south of Ashby Avenue, said police.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 5, 2007 @ 9:13am neoform

CNN -- Two men were detained after police found a suspicious item in their car during a routine traffic stop for speeding near Charleston, South Carolina, authorities said Sunday. Berkeley County sheriff's Lt. Vince Lombard said the men were being held pendin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

USA Today -- A low-pressure system lingering over the South early Tuesday is expected to bring more heavy rain and thunderstorms from eastern Texas to the Georgia coast and into Florida. While the storms caused flooding in parts of the South and the Plains, rain is.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

CNN -- Forecasters predicted rain and thunderstorms in the Plains, New England and South Florida on Wednesday. Much of the West Coast was expected to be clear and sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were expected across the Plains and parts of the uppe.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 3:43pm neoform

Alter Net -- As border security tightens, South Texas has become a graveyard for the weak and unlucky immigrants making the crossing from Mexico. At the Side Door Café in Falfurrias, Texas, body counts enter conversations as naturally as the price of feed, or the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- Gunfire erupted outside a popular South Beach restaurant early Memorial Day, leaving two men dead on one of the city's busiest weekends, police said. The men were shot in the parking lot of David's Cafe II near Miami Beach's Lincoln Road around 5:30 a... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 11, 2007 @ 1:20am neoform

FOX News -- Five passengers were shot while riding a Chicago Transit Authority bus on the city's South Side on Thursday, authorities said. Two teenage boys and one girl were transported in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, said fire.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 20, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

ABC News -- Cho Seung-Hui was a worry to his family because he did not speak much as a child, and after the family emigrated to the United States doctors thought he might be autistic, relatives in South Korea said Thursday. Family members said there were even conc.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 10:16pm neoform

Washington Post -- For the first time in 72 years, the Episcopal Church has rejected the election of a bishop, vetoing the Diocese of South Carolina's choice of a conservative leader and heightening the bitter divisions in the church. The rejection of the Rev. Mark Lawre.. Read More