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Doctors Perform Thousands of Unnecessary Surgeries

4:46 PM, Jun 19, 2013

Tens of thousands of times each year, patients are wheeled into the nation's operating rooms for surgery that isn't necessary, a USA TODAY review of government records and medical databases finds.

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Columbia Man Charged in Wreck That Killed Infant

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the wreck happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday when the car ran off the road and hit several trees.

8:57 AM, Jun 19, 2013

Couple Dies After Car was Left Running

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a Greenville couple has died after a car was left running at their house earlier this month.

3:25 PM, Jun 18, 2013

Cops: SC Homeowner Shoots, Kills Alleged Intruder

Authorities say a Spartanburg homeowner shot and killed an alleged intruder using a gun he grabbed from one of the two would-be robbers.

10:51 AM, Jun 19, 2013

Connecticut Gun Maker Moving to South Carolina

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut state lawmakers passed stricter gun control laws 

9:08 AM, Jun 19, 2013

Counterfeit Money Making It's Way In The Midlands

Sumter, SC (WLTX) - Sumter Police are investigating a string of 12 businesses receiving fake money in a two week span.

9:21 PM, Jun 18, 2013

Man Pleads Guilty to Ill-Treatment of 1,000 Animals

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A 61-year-old Lee County man is getting two years' probation after pleading guilty to four counts of the ill-treatment of 1,000 animals.

9:57 AM, Jun 19, 2013

UPDATE: Situation 'Safe' at Lexington Walmart

Lexington, SC (WLTX) - Emergency officials say the scene is now safe after a chemical spill took place at a Lexington Walmart Tuesday.

4:35 PM, Jun 18, 2013

Early Morning Fire Destroys Home

Firefighters responded to an early morning call at a trailer home near 910 Goodwin Way in Gadsden.

5:37 AM, Jun 19, 2013

Report: Man Charged With Tossing Wife From Cruise Ship

A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his former wife while on a cruise and tossed her overboard, 

8:52 AM, Jun 19, 2013
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