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C-17s' flight time piles up faster than Air Force expected

In the past seven years, the Air Force has flown its C-17s hard, "burning up" the cargo jets faster than military planners expected, a top Air Force general says. Pilots routinely drop C-17s into gut-wrenching dives to reach war-zone landing strips.

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Marine was Citadel grad

Marine Capt. Warren A. Frank was killed last week while distributing humanitarian aid in a province north of Baghdad, becoming the 13th Citadel graduate to die in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Frank, 26, who grew up in the Cincinnati area, died Nov. 25. He was a member of the Class of 2004.



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ID program sees few glitches

After more than a year of preparations, the Port of Charleston on Monday required that anyone coming onto its facilities unescorted carry a new federal identification badge. And despite the potential for mayhem from maritime workers showing up without the ID card, fewer than 3 percent of them did.

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Clemson makes it official: Swinney named head coach

CLEMSON — If Tyler Grisham has only one regret about his Clemson career it's that he has played just six games with Dabo Swinney as the Tigers head coach. Swinney, 39, officially had the interim tag removed from his title and became the 25th head coach in Clemson history Monday afternoon, replacing Tommy Bowden, who stepped down under heavy pressure on Oct. 13.

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'The shows must go on,' Wiles says

The economic downturn has forced Charleston Stage, one of South Carolina's largest professional theater companies, to let go three full-time production and administrative employees and cut pay by 6 percent for the remaining 10 staff members.

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'He's getting off free in a way,' father says
Clair and Patricia McLauchlin don't expect a great burden to be lifted from their lives when the state executes a man who raped, tortured and murdered their daughter 16 years ago. In some ways, they feel Joseph Gardner will be getting off easy Friday, when he is scheduled to be put to death for the racially charged killing of Melissa "Missi" McLauchlin in December 1992.
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Parking tickets might increase
When Charleston officials say their plan to sharply increase the cost of a parking ticket is aimed at changing people's behavior, they're talking about people like Drew Thomason.
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Fund will offer help in crises
Tragic, unexpected situations arise in the lives of Charleston County children. They die in shootings, car wrecks and drownings, and they lose their homes in fires. Sometimes, schools' faculty members took up a collection. Other times, district counselors contacted local nonprofit organizations to see what they could offer.
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