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Jobless rate hits 8%, highest in nearly 25 years

South Carolina looked like a pretty good choice to computer network engineer Chad Birnbaum. Armed with a degree from Michigan State University and solid industry credentials, he landed a job in the area that paid $60,000 and offered full benefits. At 25, life was good. Then, as the financial meltdown began to wind its way through the local economy, Birnbaum was laid off by Welded Tube Berkeley.

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Tracking device guides authorites to bank robbing suspect

Charleston police apprehended a suspect in the Friday morning robbery of a Bank of America branch after a tracking device helped lead them to a man in the Ladson area. Bank workers told police a man around 60 years old walked into the branch at 281 Calhoun St. and handed a teller a note demanding cash around 9:49 a.m., public information officer Charles Francis said. No weapon was seen, he said.



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Agriculture Department plans non-traditional media approach

For residents who insist on South Carolina-grown foods, soon there will be a name for you: "Palmetto Vore." A twist on carnivore or herbivore, the phrase is derived from a term born in San Francisco: "locavore," which means someone who seeks out food grown within a certain radius of his home.

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Turnover bug costs Gators a shot at Lower State finals

Goose Creek — Mistakes are magnified in big games and the miscues made by Goose Creek in its second-round Division II AAAA football wplayoff game against Lancaster stick out like a sore thumb. The Gators committed five turnovers and were stopped on downs twice inside the 10-yard line in Friday night's 28-20 loss to the visiting Bruins, ending their season at 9-4.

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Creative drive helps storyteller feed need for change

Whatever you do, don't ask Margaret Ford Rogers to sit still. Most often, Rogers is a blur of motion, always involved or engaged, as befits a woman who toils as a psychiatric nurse, photographer, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, among other pursuits.

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W. Ashley man among those saying they were cheated by suspect
The offer sounded strange but plausible: Barbara Bennett identified herself as an agent of an obscure government program that every seven years is mandated to sell off surplus homes and land at pennies on the dollar. To the 49-year-old West Ashley man the deal seemed legitimate, especially when compared with other land ads he'd seen on late-night infomercials. Additionally, she boasted of having an inside track to acquiring foreclosed homes before they went up for auction.
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Webb Center falls to budget cuts
The state Department of Disabilities and Special Needs axed five child day-care programs, including the Webb Center in Charleston, to keep the Coastal Center in Ladson and other residential facilities off the chopping block, a department spokeswoman said Friday. The Coastal Center has about 450 staffers, making it among the top area employers. The center's 180 residents have conditions such as mental retardation, autism and cerebral palsy.
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Group says it's a matter of degrees
Improving education in South Carolina would help boost the state's economy, according to a committee studying the issue. "Education can't stand alone. Business can't stand alone — especially in tough times," said Brad Davis, chairman of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce's Education Foundation. Davis is part of a group that's released a draft of a plan to improve higher education and increase the state's overall education level.
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