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		<title>Peacemakers don&#8217;t dwell on bitterness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was disappointed to see the Rev. Joseph A. Darby&#8217;s Feb. 19 column, titled &#8220;We should not honor secessionists,&#8221; in The Post and Courier.
At first, he appeared to me to be writing merely to express his opposition to the idea of erecting a monument at Patriots Point to the 171 South Carolinians who signed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push is on for hike in cigarette tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supporters hope this is the year lawmakers will OK increase
Tate Mikell, a young Charleston police officer, had just finished a long run on the beach with his dog in 2005 and was sitting down to lunch with his mom and dad when the symptoms set in.
The Citadel graduate felt dazed as a massive headache clouded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in the Senate- February 25, 2010</title>
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SCETV
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		<title>SC Senate Passes Overhaul of Jobless Agency</title>
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WSPA.com
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		<title>Bill would lower legal age required to get tattoo in S.C.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina lawmakers have agreed to lower the legal age required to get a tattoo without parental consent from 21 to 18. Now, it&#8217;s up to Gov. Mark Sanford to decide whether to sign the bill into law.
South Carolina is currently the only state in the nation that requires someone to be 21 to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate passes ESC overhaul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jobless benefits agency would be led by director named by governor
The Senate approved its version of reform for the troubled state Employment Security Commission on Wednesday, agreeing to move the agency to a Cabinet-style form of government led by a governor-appointed director.
Along with House-passed legislation approved last week, the Senate&#8217;s move means significant changes for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate passes bill revamping ESC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The S.C. Senate passed its own plan to reform the state’s troubled Employment Security Commission, after hammering out a compromise over the governor’s control of the new agency.
The Senate had struggled to reconcile differing views on whether the new Department of Workforce would be part of the governor’s Cabinet, with some leery of adding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes McConnell Seach Measure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warrantless proposal would affect probationers, parolees
Law enforcement moved one step closer Wednesday to having the right to search people on probation and parole without warrants.
For more than three hours, House members weighed arguments that pit gang violence and murders in Colleton County against abuse by highway patrol troopers caught on tape.
Democrats attacked the legislation as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crime Bill Passes House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Bobby Harrell issued the following statement about the passage of major crime legislation today:
“We owe it to our citizens, our community and our Law Enforcement Officers to protect them by making sure violent repeat criminals stay where they belong – behind bars. That is why Senator McConnell and I have been working closely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://senatormcconnell.com/crime-bill-passes-house.htm</link>
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		<title>Honoring the Hunley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a clear, cool night for a beachside memorial on Sullivan&#8217;s Island, this as one of the nation&#8217;s biggest mysteries was remembered. Friday night the Confederate Heritage Trust held their tenth annual memorial of the Hunley&#8217;s attack of the U.S.S. Housatonic and those who died the night of February 17th 1864. Re-enactors honored the [...]]]></description>
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