W hile we were paying attention to other things, a woman in Yemen took a bomb hidden inside a printer cartridge to a UPS office to be shipped to an address in Chicago. Another homemade bomb buried inside a Hewlett Packard desktop printer was shipped through FedEx. Both bombs made their way in transit through multiple countries before U.S. and other intelligence officials were tipped off about their presence before they could do any harm
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Sitting by the window of his Fraser Street shop, Dan Memminger can watch workers returning to the ArcelorMittal steel mill. He isn’t counting on the returning workers to come get their hair cut in his barber shop, saying that a haircut is “a personal thing” and “a lot of people go where they’ve always gone to get their hair cut.” But he hopes that the extra money circulating in the area’s economy will find its way to his customers and, eventually, his pockets.
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Columbia will host the 2011 Miss South Carolina pageant, thanks in part to its central location, a 25 percent discount on the Township Auditorium and $25,000 in hospitality-tax money from the city of Columbia. The pageant, scheduled for July 2, is expected to account for 1,500 nights in local hotels and bring in $630,000 to the local economy, said Jason Outman, director of sales for the Columbia Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau. While the economic impact is relatively small, Mayor Steve Benjamin called the pageant a “plum” and “a feather in the cap of any community that hosts it.”
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Early voters statewide may be on track to set a record, but along the Grand Strand, the numbers are about normal, elections officials said. Midday Monday, Donna Mahn, the Georgetown County elections supervisor, said her office had received about 3,000 requests for absentee ballots to be mailed-in or used in her office. “In 2008, we had more than 5,400,” she said. For a midterm election, 3,000 absentee votes is a typical number, she said.
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Nine races to watch today as S.C. voters go to the polls. Governor History in the making? Republican Nikki Haley – a protege of outgoing GOP Gov.
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Bob Fogner and six or seven or his military veteran buddies have worked diligently for the past five years to build a day of veteran appreciation and recognition in Conway that’s got enough oomph to attract those looking for more than flag-raising and saluting. The Veterans Celebration scheduled for Saturday will have that, but it will also offer free breakfast and lunch, live music, remembrance ceremonies, military equipment displays and booths for organizations that offer services to veterans. The city used to honor veterans with a parade, Fogner said, adding “We get more bang for buck if we do a celebration instead of a parade.”
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Tuesday, registered voters will again have a chance to play a role in determining the direction of our schools, county, state and country. Here are a few things that are important to know if you plan to be one of them: Hours | S.C. polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
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