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Winehouse celebrated in her London spiritual home

In the month she would have turned 30, Amy Winehouse is being celebrated in the London neighborhood that was her physical and spiritual home.Click to Continue »

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Koreas set to restart jointly run factory park

North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to restart operations at a jointly run factory park that Pyongyang shut down in April during a torrent of threats, the latest sign of…Click to Continue »

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AP PHOTOS: Mt. Fuji's Heritage status worries some

They trudge up well-trod cinder paths by the thousands, headlamps glowing in the dark, and then settle in, shivering, to await and cheer the sun's blazing ascent over the horizon.Click to Continue »

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Shrimp-baiting season opens this week

The 2013 shrimp-baiting season will open at noon Friday in South Carolina, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.Click to Continue »

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Video: President Obama speaks on developments in the Syrian crisis

President Obama spoke from the White House on Tuesday evening, making his case for the White House response to alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian government.Click to Continue »

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Pool makes viewing endangered wood storks easy as a drive-thru

The photo gallery attached to this post shows scads of endangered wood storks searching for food early one morning. Where did I take these shots? On a sojourn to their…Click to Continue »

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Hilton Head named a 'best place to retire' by national magazine

Hilton Head Island was named one of "America's 100 Best Places to Retire" in a recent book from Where to Retire magazine .Click to Continue »

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Beaufort County makes changes to delinquent tax sale

Beaufort County will hold this year's delinquent tax sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 7 in the Charles Lind Brown Gymnasium at 1001 Hamar Street in Beaufort.Click to Continue »

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Hilton Head, Ridgeland men charged in waste-container scheme

A Hilton Head Island man and a Ridgeland man were among seven suspects charged Tuesday in a scheme involving the sale of metal waste containers they didn't own to a…Click to Continue »

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Beaufort council seeks residents to serve on variety of advisory committees

With vacant seats on a number of city of Beaufort advisory boards and commissions, officials are seeking residents willing to volunteer time and talents.Click to Continue »

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350 Beaufort County 7th-graders need vaccine to stay in school

About 350 seventh-graders across the Beaufort County School District could be sent home Sept. 20 if they don't have a booster shot for tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, school officials…Click to...

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Remaining Beaufort paving postponed

Paving work on Charles and North streets will now be completed in October.Click to Continue »

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No primary needed for Beaufort County Council election; Fobes only candidate

The special election to fill a vacant Beaufort County Council seat remains a one-man race, which could save the county money, according to election officials.Click to Continue »

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Beaufort church to reopen bowling alley

Love House Outreach Ministries Inc. has purchased the shuttered Ribaut Lanes and will open the Community Bowling Center this fall, according to Pastor Randy Roberts.Click to Continue »

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Construction underway on new Chevy dealership in Hardeeville

Construction has begun on a new Chevrolet dealership that is expected to open in Hardeeville by mid-January…Click to Continue »

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Town: Bluffton residents can make no-wake zone requests on their own

Bluffton Town Council decided Tuesday to let residents request a May River no-wake zone themselves.Click to Continue »

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Parents have questions but voice support for proposed new Bluffton schools

Parents, community members and school staff crowded into the Bluffton High School auditorium Tuesday night to discuss a problem -- school overcrowding.Click to Continue »

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What can we teach from this date that lives in infamy?

The 9/11 generation must be a guide to the future, just as the "greatest generation" was for us.Click to Continue »

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Lowcountry, Obama observe Sept. 11 anniversary

For President Barack Obama, the prospect of more U.S. military action in the Middle East hung over his observance Wednesday of the Sept. 11 attacks that occurred a dozen years…Click to Continue »

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Stories about Sept. 11 you shouldn't miss

We combed the wires for some of the best stories about Wednesday's Sept. 11 anniversary.Click to Continue »

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