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YANGON, Myanmar - Voting began Saturday across most parts of this cyclone-ravaged nation on a referendum for a controversial constitution, but balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital.
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A former South Carolina associate warden who claimed he was fired when he refused to go along with his bosses' criticism of security after a prison riot was awarded $350,000 by a jury, his attorney said Friday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Presidential candidate Barack Obama added another South Carolina superdelegate to those publicly voicing support for his White House run on Friday.
PITTSBURGH - Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling goals 5 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a two-goal lead, after Sidney Crosby tied it, and the Penguins rode their two big stars to a 4-2 victory over cross-state rival Philadelphia in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Jazz are hoping home court really is an advantage. Right now, they'll take any edge they can get.
WASHINGTON - Barbara Walters says she refuses to engage in a debate with Star Jones, who accused her of revealing a past affair with a senator just to sell books. Walters said despite the public rift, she prefers to hold onto the good times the former co-hosts shared on "The View."
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Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume certainly won’t leave Orangeburg empty handed.
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The 460-plus students expected to be graduated from South Carolina State University Friday night will receive a bonus with their diplomas.
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“Do you feel blessed?” That was the question that Mike Couick, the keynote speaker at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s commencement exercises, posed to graduates last night.
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Bright orange balloons were released into the sky Thursday evening as part of a ceremony the Orangeburg Boys & Girls Club held in memory of Kasandra Renee Johnson, the 11-year-old who died in a single-vehicle wreck on May 1 on her way to school. Orange was Kasandra’s favorite color.
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