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Marsh Tacky Market opens on Harbor Island

Until this year, Bob Marshall had never considered working in food service.Click to Continue »

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Permitting delays opening of Catholic high school in Okatie

A longer than expected permitting process will delay the opening of Pope John Paul II Catholic School in Okatie. The first Catholic school in the area had been expected to…Click to Continue »

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St. Helena man gets life sentence for sexual abuse of 2 boys

A St. Helena Island man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for sexually abusing two boys he helped look after from 2009 to 2010.Click to Continue »

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Rare case of gun violence in China leaves 6 dead

Police in China say a man has shot dead five people and also killed a sixth, including some of his colleagues, in a rare case of gun violence in the…Click to Continue »

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Australia expects Japanese whaling ban this year

Australia expects the International Court of Justice will outlaw Japanese whaling in the Antarctic before the next whale hunting begins in January.Click to Continue »

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Iowa man selling coffin gets questions about bones

An Iowa man's online classified ad offering an oak coffin for sale neglected to mention the full skeleton inside, so police interrupted the deal and seized the bones.Click to Continue »

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Obama expected to unveil plans to restrict emissions from power plants

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to call for curtailing emissions of carbon dioxide from existing power plants, the country's single largest source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, in a...

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Voting starts in closely watched Tokyo election

Voting has begun in Tokyo to elect a new assembly in a contest that is being closely watched as an indicator of how Japan's major parties will fare in parliamentary…Click to Continue »

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What SC constitutional officers earn from the public

The state’s nine statewide-elected officials, ranked by how much they earned from public sources, as reported on their 2013 statements of economic interest…Click to Continue »

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Journalist, editor, publisher John Dotson dies

John L. Dotson Jr., a longtime journalist, editor and newspaper publisher who championed diversity in the newsroom, has died at age 76.Click to Continue »

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Brazil protesters vent rage at govt corruption

A quarter-million Brazilians took to the streets in the latest a wave of sometimes-violent protests that are increasingly focusing on corruption and reforming a government system in which people...

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China activist Chen Guangcheng to visit Taiwan

Activist Chen Guangcheng, who fled house arrest in China and later moved to the U.S., will arrive Sunday in Taiwan, where he will give several speeches expected to attract the…Click to Continue »

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Afghans rush to learn risky art of defusing bombs

In a desolate field outside Kabul, an Afghan soldier hunches over a knee-high robot equipped with cameras, multidirectional pincers and tank-treads built for rough terrain. Carefully, he attaches four...

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Indian army: bad weather hampering rescue efforts

Army officials say bad weather was hampering efforts to evacuate thousands of people stranded in northern India where nearly 1,000 people have died in monsoon flooding and landslides.Click to Continue »

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Sidewalk work planned at Hilton Head Hospitall

Hilton Head Hospital will begin repairing a sidewalk leading into one side of its main entrance Monday .Click to Continue »

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Hilton Head group to raise money to feed underprivileged children

Unanimity Lodge No. 418 of Hilton Head Island will host its second annual buffet dinner to raise money for Backpack Buddies, a local nonprofit that provides backpacks filled with healthy…Click to...

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BJWSA recognized for financial reporting

Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada...

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PHOTO: Upward Bound students learn nature's lessons

Bob Bender, curator of Lowcountry Estuarium, led a discussion Saturday with a group of students from the Clafton University Upward Bound Math and Science summer enrichment program on Lowcountry...

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Sunday's crime reports

The following reports were released Saturday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:Click to Continue »

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Chaplains ride along, offer solace at Bluffton crime scenes

The Bluffton Police Department has joined forces with a higher authority on its patrols.Click to Continue »

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