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		<title>Air Force puts new 3-star general in command of US Air Force in Mideast as Afghan war heats up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne M. Schafer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Air Force is putting a new three-star general in charge of its forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and moving him from the United States to the front as the conflict in Afghanistan heats up.

The Air Force&#8217;s top commander told Congress last month a change was needed to increase the service&#8217;s focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In letter, SC gov explained desire to stave off divorce, predicted &#8216;public humiliation&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter to his spiritual adviser that &#8220;public humiliation&#8221; would follow revelations of his shattered marriage.

In a letter to Warren &#8220;Cubby&#8221; Culbertson, who at the time was running a series of religious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army chief says basic training to include anti-stress skills that could help prevent suicides</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/army-chief-says-basic-training-to-include-anti-stress-skills-that-could-help-prevent-suicides-125669/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne M. Schafer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT JACKSON, S.C. — The Army&#8217;s top general says basic training will soon include anti-stress programs as part of a broader effort to help soldiers deal with the aftereffects of combat and prevent suicides.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey told reporters during a visit to inspect training Thursday that the new program will begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC man charged with having sex with horse; police say he has attacked same animal twice</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-man-charged-with-having-sex-with-horse-police-say-he-has-attacked-same-animal-twice-124437/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Collins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man has been arrested for having sex with a horse after police say the animal&#8217;s owner caught him on surveillance camera.

Police say this isn&#8217;t the first time 50-year-old Rodell Vereen has been charged with buggery — last year he pleaded guilty to having sex with the same horse and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC woman ticketed for disorderly conduct for riding a stolen horse down main street</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENVILLE, S.C. — A woman has gotten a ticket for riding a stolen horse down the main street in a small town in northwestern South Carolina. The Greenville News reported Tuesday the 40-year-old woman was given a ticket for disorderly conduct after a pedestrian flagged down an officer in Six Mile and told them the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snug as a rug: Toupee wearer&#8217;s hairpiece survives South Carolina roller coaster ride</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/snug-as-a-rug-toupee-wearers-hairpiece-survives-south-carolina-roller-coaster-ride-118803/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The owner of a South Carolina hair replacement business says a Myrtle Beach roller coaster isn&#8217;t nearly as hair-raising as the commercials claim. A television ad shows the 150-foot-tall Time Machine at Freestyle Music Park moving so fast that a man loses his hairpiece. But Dennis Murphy, who owns a hair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic teacher at SC university on Fulbright program arrested, held for immigration violation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/arabic-teacher-at-sc-university-on-fulbright-program-arrested-held-for-immigration-violation-117546/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne M. Schafer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal immigration officials were holding a Syrian woman for overstaying her visa while she taught Arabic at Clemson University on a Fulbright program, and her husband says he is fighting to allow her to stay with him in America.

Tharwat Alasadi, 29, was taken in handcuffs from their apartment Monday and jailed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC governor, family to leave on long-planned European vacation Thursday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-governor-family-to-leave-on-long-planned-european-vacation-thursday-117505/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his family are heading to Europe for a long-planned family vacation.

Sanford would not say Wednesday exactly where his family will go on the trip. But he says the State Law Enforcement Division knows his plans and he will be in touch with his office daily.
Sanford leaves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic teacher at Clemson arrested for immigration violation, husband argues her case to stay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/arabic-teacher-at-clemson-arrested-for-immigration-violation-husband-argues-her-case-to-stay-117428/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne M. Schafer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal immigration officials are holding a woman from Syria who taught Arabic at Clemson University for violating immigration law, and her husband says he is fighting to allow her to stay with him in America.

&#8220;If we made an honest mistake in the paperwork, we want to fix it,&#8221; Taiyo Davis said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI says &#8216;limping bandit&#8217; drew little attention while robbing 23 banks over 3 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-says-limping-bandit-drew-little-attention-while-robbing-23-banks-over-3-years-116631/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, S.C. — There were no breakneck getaways for the so-called &#8220;limping bandit&#8221; who the FBI says robbed 23 banks across the Southeast, often waiting in line to pull a gun and then simply limping away to blend into the streets outside.

Now, after a string of robberies going back three years, authorities think they finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC gov. says he&#8217;s ready to get back to leading in first public talk since revealing affair</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-says-hes-ready-to-get-back-to-leading-in-first-public-talk-since-revealing-affair-116365/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GREER, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says it&#8217;s time for him to put aside discussions of his extramarital affair and get back to work governing.

Sanford told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that he had made a mistake and is working to repair his relationship with his wife.
Several supporters welcomed the Republican with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More people than usual have made appointments to chat with SC gov after affair confession</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/more-people-than-usual-have-made-appointments-to-chat-with-sc-gov-after-affair-confession-116307/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GREER, S.C. — More people than usual are requesting face-to-face chats with Gov. Mark Sanford following his confession of an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman.

Sanford usually holds five-minute meetings once a month with any constituents who want to talk to him. His meetings Tuesday afternoon at his Statehouse office will be the first since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC lawmakers plan to give Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s pricey flights a close look given travel rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-lawmakers-plan-to-give-gov-mark-sanfords-pricey-flights-a-close-look-given-travel-rules-115264/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina legislators say Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s travel spending needs scrutiny, following an Associated Press review that showed he was booked on pricey flights despite laws that say state employees must travel as cheaply as possible.

&#8220;That&#8217;s a big problem,&#8221; said state Sen. Kevin Bryant, a Republican from Anderson and former Sanford ally. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Dept. moving some operations to SC, leasing building from Univ. of South Carolina</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice is relocating some of its U.S. attorney operations from Washington to South Carolina under a 20-year lease agreement with the state&#8217;s flagship university, officials announced Monday.

The federal agency will be relocating its Executive Office for United States Attorneys to the building that now houses the University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC Gov. Mark Sanford asks residents to let God change him, says he&#8217;ll be a more humble leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanna Adcox</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.

&#8220;(W)hile none of us has the chance to attend our own funeral, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NTSB says Learjet should change thrusting system on plane after evaluating deadly SC crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nearly a year after a plane hurtled off the end of a South Carolina runway last fall, killing four and injuring celebrity DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, federal regulators said Friday the plane&#8217;s manufacturer should make changes to part of the plane&#8217;s design.

Four people, including the pilot and co-pilot, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokesman for embattled SC Gov. Sanford plans to leave state job, says scandal not a factor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/spokesman-for-embattled-sc-gov-sanford-plans-to-leave-state-job-says-scandal-not-a-factor-112891/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — The spokesman for South Carolina&#8217;s philandering governor plans to leave his state job, the first high-profile departure since the scandal over Mark Sanford&#8217;s international dalliance broke.

Communications director Joel Sawyer said Friday his resignation from Sanford&#8217;s staff is effective Aug. 5, which will be a little more than six weeks from when Sawyer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC senator calling for hearings into governor&#8217;s spending on visits with Argentine &#8217;soul mate&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lawmaker says he plans to hold hearings into whether Gov. Mark Sanford spent state money during trysts with his Argentine mistress.

State Sen. David Thomas said Friday that a legislative panel he chairs should look into the money Sanford spent when the governor met with the woman he&#8217;s called his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP INVESTIGATION: No coach seats for SC governor; Sanford flew up front on key state travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including a South American jaunt that included time with his mistress, choosing expensive first-class or business-class seats while his aides sat in coach.

Sanford, who once criticized other state officials for costly travel, charged the state more than $37,600 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds accuse SC poultry plant of knowing managers hired hundreds of illegal immigrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal authorities say the company that runs a South Carolina poultry plant knew its managers were hiring illegal immigrants at a facility raided in October.

U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins on Thursday added Columbia Farms Inc. to an indictment that already charges two plant managers of illegal hiring at a processing plant in Greenville.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC governor&#8217;s office e-mails show man of few words, a contrast to lengthy letters to mistress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Office e-mails from South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford released Wednesday show a man of few words, a stark contrast to the lengthy, intensely personal messages he sent to his Argentine mistress.

More than 3,300 pages of e-mail during the past 14 months were released to The Associated Press after an open records request, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 woman dead after 1,800 gallons of ammonia leak near chemical distribution facility in SC</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/1-woman-dead-after-1800-gallons-of-ammonia-leak-near-chemical-distribution-facility-in-sc-110536/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina authorities say a woman was killed and a half-dozen people taken to a hospital after 1,800 gallons of ammonia leaked from a tanker truck.

Department of Health and Environmental Control spokesman Thom Berry says a truck was unloading ammonia at Tanner Industries in Lexington County in central South Carolina on Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 weeks after announcing Argentine affair, SC Gov. Sanford taking &#8216;personal&#8217; trip with wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford headed out of state Wednesday for personal time with his wife, as the two try to reconcile, and skipped a meeting with a top economic adviser ahead of what&#8217;s expected to be more bad economic news including rising joblessness.

Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer refused to say where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Records: SC Gov. Sanford brushed off economic development meetings during Argentine jaunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Newly released phone and e-mail records show South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford brushed off a meeting with a business interested in relocating to the state during the days he was with his mistress in Argentina, but they fail to show whether his staff could have reached him via phone.

&#8220;In a state like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge revokes license of SC funeral home that cut 6-foot-7 corpse&#8217;s legs to fit body in casket</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Collins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge has ordered the closing of a funeral home where a worker cut the legs off a body so it would fit in a casket.

Judge Deborah Durden on Tuesday upheld last month&#8217;s decision by the state Funeral Board to revoke the license of Cave Funeral Home and owner Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-GOP official: Sanford should use $1.7M left in campaign account to repair party&#8217;s brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina&#8217;s former GOP chairman says Gov. Mark Sanford needs to use the $1.7 million left in his 2006 election account to rebuild the GOP image his extramarital affair tarnished.

Former state Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson said Monday that he&#8217;s asked Sanford to help after he tearfully confessed his affair with an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State prison officials seek FCC permission to jam inmates&#8217; contraband cell phone calls</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/state-prison-officials-seek-fcc-permission-to-jam-inmates-contraband-cell-phone-calls-108258/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Southern prison official says correctional leaders from more than two dozen states have signed a petition asking permission to jam cell phone signals inside state penitentiaries and thwart inmates&#8217; forbidden phone calls.

South Carolina Corrections Director Jon Ozmint said his petition was filed Monday with the Federal Communications Commission. He said it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: SC Governor-What is Love? story</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/correction-sc-governor-what-is-love-story-108172/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a July 2 story about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s extramarital affair, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of a sociologist. The correct spelling is John Bartkowski, not Bartowski.
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		<title>SC gov determined to finish 2nd term, repair broken trust caused by his disappearance, affair</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-determined-to-finish-2nd-term-repair-broken-trust-caused-by-his-disappearance-affair-106272/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-determined-to-finish-2nd-term-repair-broken-trust-caused-by-his-disappearance-affair-106272/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanna Adcox</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has had a lot of indirect help holding on to office in the two weeks since his mysterious disappearance and revelations of a sultry yearlong affair with an Argentine woman.

A law enforcement review found no misuse of public money in the affair. The first lady has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mails show SC gov&#8217;s taxpayer-funded Argentina trip included real estate inquiry, free time</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/e-mails-show-sc-govs-taxpayer-funded-argentina-trip-included-real-estate-inquiry-free-time-105382/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — When South Carolina&#8217;s Commerce Department planned a trade mission to South America last year, Gov. Mark Sanford rejected a historic tour, requested meetings with real estate agents, and tried to make sure he would have at least an evening free in Buenos Aires.

It wasn&#8217;t until last month that the married Republican governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mails show SC gov&#8217;s taxpayer-funded Argentina trip included real estate, free time</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/e-mails-show-sc-govs-taxpayer-funded-argentina-trip-included-real-estate-free-time-105140/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on the taxpayer-funded trip to Buenos Aires where he says his friendship with an Argentine woman turned physical, e-mails released Thursday show.

Hundreds of e-mails provided by the state Commerce Department through a Freedom of Information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Man puts 8-year-old South Carolina girl in headlock, kills her, then shoots self</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHESNEE, S.C. — A man put an 8-year-old girl in a headlock Wednesday and shot her to death, then shot himself in the stomach, authorities said.

The girl&#8217;s father is dating Ricky Lee Blackwell&#8217;s estranged wife. Spartanburg County deputies said Blackwell shot the girl twice in the driveway of a home where he had taken her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: 2 people with suspected SC serial killer didn&#8217;t know about shooting spree</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-2-people-with-suspected-sc-serial-killer-didnt-know-about-shooting-spree-102002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — The two people with the suspected South Carolina serial killer when he was shot to death by police were siblings who met him two weeks ago and didn&#8217;t know about his killing spree, police said Tuesday.

The brother and sister met the suspected killer Patrick Burris, 41, at a hotel and then were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC Gov. Sanford&#8217;s own Republicans censure him over secret trip to Argentina to meet mistress</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-sanfords-own-republicans-censure-him-over-secret-trip-to-argentina-to-meet-mistress-101377/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-sanfords-own-republicans-censure-him-over-secret-trip-to-argentina-to-meet-mistress-101377/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fellow Republicans have censured South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford after he left the state last month on a secret trip to Argentina to meet his mistress.

The state GOP met for more than three hours by phone Monday before 22 members of the executive committee voted to formally reprimand Sanford. Ten others voted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC serial killing suspect slain in NC had lengthy criminal record, was paroled in April</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-serial-killing-suspect-slain-in-nc-had-lengthy-criminal-record-was-paroled-in-april-101359/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-serial-killing-suspect-slain-in-nc-had-lengthy-criminal-record-was-paroled-in-april-101359/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — The serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death before police killed him Monday was a career criminal paroled just two months ago, authorities said.

Patrick Burris, 41, was shot to death by officers investigating a burglary complaint at a home in Gastonia, N.C., 30 miles from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC serial killing suspect slain in NC was felon with lengthy record who was paroled in April</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-serial-killing-suspect-slain-in-nc-was-felon-with-lengthy-record-who-was-paroled-in-april-101352/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — South Carolina law enforcement officials have identified the serial killing suspect slain in North Carolina as a felon with a lengthy record who was paroled in April after seven years in prison.

They say Patrick Tracy Burris was the man responsible for shooting five people to death in a killing spree that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC law enforcement identifies man slain in NC burglary who was wanted in SC serial killings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-law-enforcement-identifies-man-slain-in-nc-burglary-who-was-wanted-in-sc-serial-killings-101343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — Law enforcement officials have identified the man they think is the serial killer who shot five people to death in South Carolina in recent days.

Authorities identified the suspect Monday night as 41-year-old Patrick Tracy Burris. They say bullets in the gun found on Burris after he was killed by police in Gastonia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC law enforcement official: Burglary suspect slain in NC is man wanted in SC serial killings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-law-enforcement-official-burglary-suspect-slain-in-nc-is-man-wanted-in-sc-serial-killings-101291/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — A man suspected of killing five people and terrorizing a South Carolina community was shot to death Monday by police investigating a burglary complaint at a home 30 miles away.

Ballistics tests on a gun and bullets found with the man in Gastonia, N.C., match those used in a weeklong killing spree in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC employer of 4 killed in NC fireworks explosion previously fined for 2001 explosion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina company that employed four workers who died following an explosion as they unloaded fireworks in North Carolina was fined after a previous accident.

A 2001 explosion at Melrose South Pyrotechnics&#8217; plant near Rock Hill killed an employee and injured two other workers. The company agreed in a settlement with state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC governor returns to work after spending weekend with family in Fla.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is returning to work after spending a long holiday weekend in Florida with his wife and four boys.

The Republican governor is attending a closed briefing on port security in North Charleston on Monday.
Sanford is to attend the briefing with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN&#8217;-oh) and Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC sheriff says deputies searching for suspected serial killer after 5 deaths in 1 week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff says deputies are searching to find the man they believe has killed five people in a week.

Cherokee County Sheriff Bill Blanton told ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; on Monday that the three separate shootings are linked through evidence.
A peach farmer was killed June 27. An elderly woman and her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funerals held for SC mother and daughter who were victims of suspected serial killer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — Hundreds of mourners thronged Sunday&#8217;s funeral services for an elderly mother and her daughter, two of five victims of a suspected serial killer whose crime spree has terrorized this rural South Carolina community for more than a week.

Rites were held at First Baptist Church in Gaffney for 50-year-old Gena Linder Parker and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner: Teenage girl shot in father&#8217;s store becomes 5th slain by suspected SC serial killer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coroner-teenage-girl-shot-in-fathers-store-becomes-5th-slain-by-suspected-sc-serial-killer-99548/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family&#8217;s small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said.

Abby Tyler, 15, died about 11:15 a.m. at a Spartanburg hospital after fighting for her life for two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina serial killer reignites memories of 60s killing spree in rural town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of a murderer who terrorized the town in the 1960s.

Memories of the &#8220;Gaffney Strangler&#8221; were reignited this week after authorities said a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefighters in SC battle big blaze at shuttered mill; dense smoke visible across state line</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCK HILL, S.C. — A shuttered mill in northwestern South Carolina has caught fire, spewing clouds of dense, black smoke visible for miles.

The mill housing the former Rock Hill Printing &#038; Finishing Bleachery began burning Friday. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that several nearby homes had to be evacuated. There were no reports of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrified SC residents hole up, cancel Fourth of July plans as authorities hunt serial killer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of a murderer who terrorized the town in the 1960s.

Memories of the &#8220;Gaffney Strangler&#8221; were reignited this week after authorities said a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In SC, the question of whether cheating gov should go comes down to trust and second chances</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-sc-the-question-of-whether-cheating-gov-should-go-comes-down-to-trust-and-second-chances-98996/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should leave office.

Some said the decision should be up to his wife, Jenny. And it&#8217;s a safe bet that his political future is a topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC authorities search for serial killer they believe is responsible for 4 deaths in 6 days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAFFNEY, S.C. — Sheriff&#8217;s deputies searched Friday for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next.

Investigators have not figured out how the victims are linked or if they knew the man who shot them. So far, all they have is a sketch of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC gov leaves mansion, planning Florida trip to spend holiday weekend with wife, children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has left his official residence in the state capital and appears to be heading to spend the weekend with his wife and children.

Sanford left the governor&#8217;s mansion in Columbia on Friday morning in the passenger seat of a state security sedan. A day earlier, his spokesman said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC gov&#8217;s wife says her husband must earn back the trust of his family and constituents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says her husband&#8217;s affair with an Argentine woman broke a trust that he must earn back — first from his family, then his constituents.

She says she is willing to forgive his &#8220;inexcusable&#8221; behavior and give him another chance, but that reconciliation takes time and it won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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