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AbitibiBowater cuts 1,100 jobs, shuts Grand Falls, N.L. newsprint mill
Paper producer AbitibiBowater Inc. is cutting 1,100 jobs as it closes its troubled newsprint mill in Grand Falls, N.L., and a plant in Tennessee to cope with falling demand in the North American market.
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Tax cuts put S. Carolina in tailspin, analyst says
A University of South Carolina economist said Wednesday the Palmetto State's financial problems have been driven by tax policy and are about to get worse as effects of the national economy's slump show up in ...
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More than 1,000 in S.C. lose jobs in one month
South Carolina has lost more than 1,000 manufacturing jobs in the past month as the state's economy continues to sour.
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Governors Against State Bailouts, for Ideological Purity
While around 40 governors met with President-elect Obama in Philadelphia to discuss states' growing budget woes, two governors took to the Wall Street Journal 's op-ed page to argue agains t federal aid to ...
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Sanford briefs reporters on Obama meeting
Gov. Mark Sanford said he will do everything he can to fight another round of bailouts, though he acknowledged he can't do much.
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SC adopts rule forcing recorder votes
Some of the 23 freshman legislators make their way into the House of Representatives for the first time since their election ito office in Columbia, Wednesday, Nov.
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Audit cites flawed disabilities system
The South Carolina agency charged with serving the state's most vulnerable and disabled children and adults falls far short in protecting them, an audit of the agency finds.
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S.C. College Officials Led State In Taxpayer Funded Travel Expenses
South Carolina university officers and researchers top the state's 2008 travel spending list, with the University of South Carolina's provost racking up more than $45,000 in expenses alone, according to an ...
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British letter describes Charleston siege
Like so many first-time visitors to the Lowcountry, Charles Campbell was enchanted.
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2 Del. Men Rescued From Mumbai Hotel
A Greenville woman says her husband and a colleague were among hostages rescued from a hotel in Mumbai during terror attacks there.
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South Carolina Educators to Meet on Dropout Prevention
Hundreds of educators from across South Carolina will gather in Columbia to discuss ways to keep students in school and increase the state's graduation rate.
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Parents: Slain Anchorwoman Was Sexually Assaulted
The parents of the television anchorwoman who was beaten to death in Arkansas say there's evidence their daughter was sexually assaulted.
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Governor, comptroller disagree on when to cut
Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom says South Carolina state agencies need to make immediate spending cuts.
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House Leader: Oust CEOs of Big Three Automakers
Hide Video One of the U.S. House's top Democrats says the heads of the nation's Big Three automakers should give up their jobs as a condition of $25 billion in proposed federal help.
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Travis Barker, DJ Am reuniting for performance
Travis Barker and DJ AM are teaming up for their first performance together since surviving a September jet crash.
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Traffic deaths down in SC this year
Traffic deaths are down nearly 17 percent so far this year in South Carolina. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Monday that there have been 802 traffic deaths in the state between Jan.
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OBAMA license plates target for thieves
A Long Island Democratic supporter says he's been driven to hide his OBAMA vanity license plates inside his car because people kept trying to steal them.
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COMMENTARY: Insurance reform helps protect homes from hurricanes
South Carolinians are heaving a sigh of relief as Sunday marked the end of a quiet hurricane season.
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One coach fired, another leaves South Carolina
John Hunt has been fired as offensive line coach at South Carolina, while quarterbacks coach David Reaves has resigned.
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Police arrest man in death of TV anchorwoman
Police has arrested an Arkansas man accused in the beating death of a popular television anchorwoman originally from South Carolina.
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