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POW with SC ties rescued
The Pentagon says US troops rescued Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a soldier held
prisoner in Iraq. While a West Virginia native, Lynch has a cousin in
Irmo. WIS-TV,
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, Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Appropriations panels approve war spending
"The
war on Iraq is not going to be shortchanged money," Senator Ernest F. Hollings,
Democrat of South Carolina, told Attorney General John Ashcroft during a separate
Congressional hearing that sometimes grew contentious over counterterrorism priorities.
"You can't shortchange the terrorism war." NY
Times, Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Citadel has presence in Iraq
Seven
cadets, four graduate students, four employees and more than 250 alumni have been
deployed for war in recent months. The
State, Spartanburg
Herald-Journal/AP - Memorial held for Citadel grad killed in Iraq.
WIS-TV
2nd SC soldier missing. WIS-TV
- Family of missing SC soldier reflects
Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs' family
is unsure whether the 31-year-old man from Barnwell is alive or dead. The
State Protester at airport pleads innocent
Longtime anti-war activist Brett Bursey pleaded innocent Tuesday to a federal
charge that he violated a law that permits federal authorities to decide where
presidential protesters may gather. The
State War tools manufactured in Lowcountry
If
and when Iraq uses chemical or biological weapons on coalition troops, the lives
of thousands of soldiers would rely partly on products manufactured in Beaufort,
Ridgeland and on Hilton Head Island. Beaufort
Gazette Kennel owners help with soldiers' pets
The owners of Chapin Pet Lodge committed 10 percent of the space at their facility
to provide free boarding for the pets of deployed soldiers with no other options
for caring for them while they serve away from home. The
State
Marines' wives sell ribbons in support. Lowcountry
Morning News
$34 million EPA fine to be paid
Atlanta-based
Colonial Pipeline Co., responsible for an oil spill along the Reedy River nearly
seven years ago, agreed to pay a record $34 million to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, authorities said Tuesday. Greenville
News, The
State, NY
Times, Washington
Post, Spartanburg
Herald-Journal/AP 87 prison educators to lose jobs
Eighty-seven
state prison educators will lose their jobs on June 1 due to the prison system's
$28 million budget deficit. This move will greatly reduce adult inmate education,
the state's prison director announced Tuesday. Greenville
News, WIS-TV Jackson
promises economic action
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said there will be an
economic action "the likes of which Greenville has never seen." Greenville
News
Resolution causes controversy
Two South Carolinians in Congress
believe Israel should retain control of holy sites in the Palestinian Territories,
regardless of whether Palestine becomes a nation. The
State House ready to loosen hog farm restrictions
For the first time in eight years, the SC House of Representatives is
prepared to loosen controls over mega-hog farms, which are widely blamed
for polluting major pork-producing states with pig waste. The
State, Beaufort
Gazette
Attorney
hired at Carolina Investors
Carolina Investors Inc. has hired an attorney
in an effort to recoup $275 million from its financially troubled parent and sister
companies. Greenville
News, WYFF-TV HealthSouth
dismisses CEO
HealthSouth Corp. fired Richard Scrushy as chairman and chief
executive, severing ties with its founder as a third executive pleaded guilty
Monday in an accounting scandal. Spartanburg
Herald-Journal
BMWs still in demand
BMW Group's sales in the United States surged 14 percent in March despite
the war with Iraq, which had a drag on monthly sales by US automakers.
Greenville
News
The State ranked among best in business
The State's
business section has been named one of the best in the country for the second
consecutive year. The
State Software firm to purchase Agilera Inc.
Agilera Inc.,
a technology company with operations in Columbia, has agreed to be purchased by
California-based BlueStar Solutions Inc. The
State
State
grad schools may be affected
Whatever the US Supreme Court eventually decides in the landmark University
of Michigan affirmative action case, it's unlikely to dramatically change
who attends South Carolina's public colleges. The
State, Spartanburg
Herald-Journal
Midlands Tech introduces center for technology
The 50,000-square-foot Center of Excellence for Technology is the first building
on the college's new 150-acre Campus for Enterprise Development, adjacent to the
Carolina Research Park off I-77. The
State High schools to go back to traditional schedules
Greenville
County high schools have until fall 2004 to stop using the 4x4 schedule, and most
will switch to a seven-period traditional schedule when the next school year starts
in August. Greenville
News
Teacher returns after deportation
Loreta Dylgjeri
returned to her classroom this week at the South Carolina School for the Deaf
and Blind after almost a year since she was deported to Albania. The
State/AP
Whitmire HS to stay open despite budget cuts. WIS-TV
N.C. in favor of late school start
North Carolina's tourism industry is following South Carolina's lead by
pushing schools to start closer to Labor Day, a move hospitality leaders
say could rejuvenate late summer in both Carolinas. Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Developer
hands over land for camp
Jim Anthony, developer of the exclusive Cliffs
communities in Pickens County, donated a 300-acre piece of mountain land straddling
the North Carolina line to Young Life for the international nonprofit organization's
newest camp. Greenville
News Rain gives brief relief from pollen. The
State
Experts: SC vulnerable to West Nile
The mosquito-transmitted virus is likely to be worse this year, largely
due to heavy rainfall, said Chris Evans, an entomologist with the SC Department
of Health and Environmental Control. The
State
Medical offices to increase patient privacy
Patients will feel more secure in hospitals and doctors' offices after April 14,
the deadline for compliance with federal patients' privacy rights regulations.
Myrtle
Beach Sun News
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following papers: | Columbia senators support
change
Recent turmoil at City Hall has led to a renewed call for reforming
Columbia's government to have "strong mayor" who would be elected to
run the city. The
State
Farmer's Market to relocate
Richland County Council
is moving ahead with plans to move the State Farmers Market, although not all
10 council members have toured the site at Shop and Pineview roads. The
State Beaufort Make-a-Wish in need of funds
"Because
of the flow of wishes, we need more people to get on board and support what we're
doing," she said. "We've never turned down a qualified child. We do
have money to fund wishes, but because of the growth, we need more people to get
involved." Beaufort
Gazette Pickens County sewer rate formula agreed upon
The
arbitrator of a sewer rate hike dispute between Pickens County, Liberty and Central
has said that the county's rate formula proposing a 34.6 percent increase is most
accurate based on the intent of the original contract. Greenville
News Council maintains liquor store separation law
Liquor
stores on Hilton Head Island should remain at least 500 feet apart, Town Council
decided Tuesday. Hilton
Head Island Packet
Funding important in trail project
The head of the state Department of Transportation says she'll do all
she can to get bicycle shoulders built on SC 170, and if funding is found,
the work will be done once the road-widening project is completed. Hilton
Head Island Packet
Study provides proposed routes for Conway Bypass
The SC Department of Transportation has completed the first step in what
is the long process of building a limited-access highway that will link
SC 22 northwest of Conway to the south end of the Grand Strand. Myrtle
Beach Sun News
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each of the following papers: | Cutting First Steps
a setback in education
"They may have been necessary, defensible
cuts to balance a state budget digging out of a $1 billion hole. But that doesn't
ease the debilitating impact of cuts to Greenville County's First Steps program."
Greenville
News Clemson's Fort Hill reopens
"Clemson University
founder Thomas Green Clemson stipulated that the historic mansion on campus where
statesman John C. Calhoun once lived should always be open to the public. A recently
completed two-year restoration project honors that commitment by protecting the
200-year-old house from the ravages of time." Greenville
News PSC bill can be improved
"The bill -- which resulted
from revelations of far-too-cozy relationships between the regulators and the
regulated -- puts some much-needed legal distance between members of the Public
Service Commission, who act as judges in rate cases, and utility representatives;
seeks to make sure those commissioners have at least a modicum of education that
would enable them to judge the complex issues on which they must rule; and creates
a powerful new agency to represent the public's interest in rate matters."
The
State Spartanburg should work to complete project
"The Spartanburg City Council acted appropriately Monday to provide further
assistance needed by the Renaissance Park project." Spartanburg
Herald-Journal Americans should be prepared to stay the course
"An American victory in Iraq may not be as swift as many anticipated,
but returning the country to normalcy will take a long time. Americans
must be prepared in mind and spirit to stay the course, but US leaders
also must secure widespread support to give the Iraqi people a victory
on a number of fronts." Beaufort
Gazette
DHEC control dependent on strong leadership
"Elizabeth Hagood of Charleston brings the right sentiments to her
proposed leadership role at the SC Department of Health and Environmental
Control." Hilton
Head Island Packet
Nonprofit collaboration befits everyone
"The only problem with volunteerism in the Lowcountry is that there are so
many people willing to give their time, it is often difficult to coordinate everyone
and to prevent a duplication of services." Lowcountry
Morning News Tax increase the right thing to do
"Had
the Horry County school district administration not exhausted every option for
squeezing out unnecessary spending, the Board of Education would have been wrong
Monday tentatively to raise school property taxes by 5.5 mills. But the board's
budget plan for the school year that begins in August actually cuts $4.5 million
from the general fund budget while retaining all teaching positions and avoiding
larger class sizes. These cuts will slow the progress of some students who require
before- and after-school help." Myrtle
Beach Sun News Scoppe: Senate compromise would weaken DUI laws
"It all began with a very reasonable demand that, if we want to continue
receiving full federal highway funding, we must reduce our legal standard for
drunken driving to 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content. Reasonable from a philosophical
point of view, because any government is within its rights to attach strings to
money it sends to other entities. Reasonable from a practical point of view, because
0.08 is a good law -- one we should have adopted on our own without any sticks."
The
State
Ezell: Carolina Investor customers found out the hard way
"A lot of people got splattered when the dot.com bubble burst, because
they were following the crowd instead of investing in industries they
understood. Now, with Carolina Investors' parent company filing for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection, many investors living in the Upstate are experiencing
similar distress." Greenville
News
Gudmundson: Predatory lending law must protect leaders
"Strengthening our state's predatory lending law is clearly something
we need to do; the trick is finding the balance that enables our state
to move forward economically as we do it. To that end, putting politics
and sensationalism aside and focusing on the big picture, the real impact
on our state is critical. We can work to protect our state's most vulnerable
citizens without falling into the trap of placing too many unfair obstacles
in front of legitimate brokers who play such a critical part of our economy."
The
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