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By Staff and Wire Reports, The Post and Courier (Charleston)
Gov. Mark Sanford agreed Thursday to remove the last hurdle to a long-delayed House of Representatives impeachment investigation of his travel and campaign expenses.
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By Gina Smith, The State (Columbia)
The Confederate flag must be removed from the State House grounds if South Carolina is to attract jobs, according to one Democrat running for governor. Thursday, Mullins McLeod, a Charleston attorney, released a plan to create jobs and reopened an old S.C. wound about whether it's appropriate to fly the flag on Capitol grounds.
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Ethics panel votes to charge Sanford
By John O'Connor, The State (Columbia)
Gov. Mark Sanford agreed Thursday to remove the last hurdle to a long-delayed House of Representatives impeachment investigation of his travel and campaign expenses.
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Harrell promised copy of Gov. Sanford ethics investigation report
By Tim Smith, The Greenville News
Some lawmakers want to see more detail about ethics charges facing Gov. Mark Sanford before making up their minds, while others say they are disturbed by the State Ethics Commission's finding that the governor violated state ethics laws in his travels and campaign expenses.
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Role of black colleges in higher education touted
By Wayne Washington, The State (Columbia)
The presidents of six colleges and universities in South Carolina met Thursday morning with the chief executive officer of a private foundation that has given at least $2 million to a pair of historically black colleges and universities in this state.
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US survey -- Southern counties most obese
By Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia, with two Alabama counties -- Greene and Dallas -- having adult obesity rates that are among the highest in the nation.
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'Superload' could be big draw on Upstate roads
By Paul Alongi, The Greenville News
A load longer and heavier than a jumbo jet will today begin a slow trek across Greenville County, clogging some of the area's busiest roads and leaving in its wake an economic impact expected to reach the tens of thousands of dollars.
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