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    • Panthers getting healthy before playoff game 36 min ago

      The Carolina Panthers should have starting defensive tackles Maake Kemoeatu and Damione Lewis back for Saturday's NFC divisional playoff game against Arizona.
      Kemoeatu, Lewis and right offensive tackle Jeff Otah practiced Wednesday after being sidelined by injuries late in the regular season.

    • Panthers' Fox hopes to continue playoff success 38 min ago

      John Fox says he is intentionally boring, though he has been fun to be around in January.
      The Carolina Panthers coach, always polite to reporters, enjoys answering questions with clichés - especially during the postseason.

    • SC auto parts plant lays off 54 workers 1 hr ago

      A Bennettsville plant is laying off about a quarter of its employees.
      Economic development officials in Marlboro County told the Morning News of Florence that Musashi South Carolina, Inc. laid off 54 workers this week.

    • South Carolina lottery numbers 1 hr ago

      Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the South Carolina state lottery:
      Pick 3 Midday
      6-9-7
      (six, nine, seven)
      Pick 4 Midday
      3-1-3-1
      (three, one, three, one)
      Pick 3 Evening
      9-6-0
      (nine, six, zero)
      Pick 4 Evening
      1-3-6-3
      (one, three, six, three)

    • Darlington reducing ticket prices 2 hrs ago

      Signs of economic distress are everywhere in NASCAR, so Darlington Raceway president Chris Browning figured the sport's fans could use a bailout of their own.

    • SC employers learn about new immigration law 3 hrs ago

      South Carolina employers who attended a Wednesday training session on the state's new law to stem illegal immigration said complying should be painless.

    • 3rd SC trooper facing federal civil rights charge 3 hrs ago

      A South Carolina state trooper caught on video trying to run down a suspect with his patrol car is expected to plead guilty to a federal civil rights charge, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

    • LSU hires new secondary coach 4 hrs ago

      Ron Cooper, a former collage head coach who has guided the South Carolina defense for the past five years, has been hired as LSU's new secondary coach.
      LSU coach Les Miles said on Wednesday that Cooper has great defensive knowledge, particularly in the secondary.

    • SC governor moves up State of the State 4 hrs ago

      South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is moving his state of the state speech up a week and out of the shadow of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.

    • Young Tigers help 15-0 start 5 hrs ago

      Andre Young and his Clemson classmates quickly learned their freshman experience would be vastly different from many in college basketball.
      "Coaches told us from our style of play we're going to need eight to 10 guys to come out and really play well,'" Young said.

    • SC tax agency dealing with cuts without layoffs 5 hrs ago

      South Carolina's top tax collection officer said Wednesday he'll manage budget cuts without layoffs that would leave some scofflaws with fewer audit fears.

    • South Carolina Editorial Roundup 8 hrs ago

      The (Columbia) State on USC athletic department gift, Jan. 7:

    • SC House speaker wants audit of employment agency 12 hrs ago

      The speaker of the South Carolina House says he'll ask the Legislative Audit Council to review the Employment Security Commission.

    • 350 at SC church protest ban on license plate 13 hrs ago

      More than 350 people attended a rally at a church in Greer to protest a federal judge's order banning South Carolina from producing a religious license plate that carries the words "I Believe."

    • SC lawmakers consider changes for Ports Authority 14 hrs ago

      Legislative leaders in the Charleston area are considering changing the way the State Ports Authority is governed.

    • Pump problem dumps sewage into Broad River in SC 15 hrs ago

      Columbia city officials say a pump problem allowed raw sewage to run into the Broad River for nearly eight hours.
      The State newspaper reported Wednesday that Monday's spill was the second time in a month that the pumps have failed at the location just north of Columbia.

    • Marine pilots practice noisy landings this week 16 hrs ago

      Marine Corps officials are warning residents near the Beaufort Air Station that military pilots will be making noisy practice landings on a new, renovated runway this week.

    • SC FBI adopts Lexington middle school 16 hrs ago

      FBI agents in Columbia are adopting a Lexington middle school.
      The agency says Carolina Springs Middle School is the latest school in the FBI's Junior Special Agent Program.

    • Tuesday's Scores 20 hrs ago

      Abbeville 70, McCormick 38
      Aiken 57, Richland Northeast 47
      Airport 68, Chapin 54
      Andrew Jackson 58, North Central 42
      Augusta Christian 45, Orangeburg Prep 44
      Baptist Hill 57, Academic Magnet 45

    • No. 12 Clemson rallies past Alabama 20 hrs ago

      K.C. Rivers knows it's not Clemson's shooting touch or fastbreak attack that's fueling its latest unbeaten streak.

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