Florence man sentenced to probation in securities fraud case
A Florence man, James C. Goodman, 55, was sentenced to 20 years of probation after pleading guilty to four counts of securities fraud. He persuaded four victims to hand over more than $330,000 for investments, then used the money for personal accounts and spending. Victims urged the judge to avoid prison to allow restitution.
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Columbia
Florence
Henry McMaster
James C. Goodman
McMaster
Hicks Harwell
Goodman
Agency challenges plant's wetland plans near Charleston
The Fish and Wildlife Service questions Vought Aircraft and Alenia Aeronautica over filling about 51 acres of wetlands for a 560 million manufacturing complex near Charleston International Airport. The agencies urge offsets for habitat loss and a less speculative development plan before Army Corps approval.
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Charleston
Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Vought Aircraft Industries Inc
Alenia Aeronautica
Boeing Co
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Charleston International Airport
Vought
Folly Beach to receive 16 million dollars in sand
Folly Beach along Charleston will be nourished this spring and summer as the Army Corps of Engineers funds restoration off Folly Island. City administrator Toni Connor Rooks calls the project vital, noting four hurricanes and a nor’easter last year eroded the shoreline leaving no visible strand at high tide. About 2 million cubic yards of sand will be moved, despite the funding gap in the latest federal budget.
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Charleston
Folly Beach
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Barrier
Toni Connor Rooks
Folly
Folly’s
Students push to make sweetgrass baskets state handcraft
Third grade pupils at Belle Hall Elementary in Mount Pleasant seek official state recognition for the Lowcountry sweetgrass basket. Representative Chip Limehouse sponsors a House bill to designate the basket as South Carolina’s official handcraft. He cites regional symbols like Spanish moss and palmetto as core to the Lowcountry.
St George Man Dies In Apartment Fire
A St George man, Carlie Thompson, 64, died after a morning apartment fire believed caused by smoking. Firefighters responded around 6 30 a m and found matches by the bed and a melted plastic trash can with matches in the bedroom.
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St. George
Charleston
Carlie Thompson
Curtis Burns
Witness links Zoloft to Pittman killings in trial
Defense expert Dr. David Healy testified that the antidepressant Zoloft may have impaired 15 year old Christopher Pittman’s capacity to distinguish right from wrong when he killed his grandparents and burned their home in November 2001. Healy, a British psychiatrist, argued the drug caused violent behavior and clouded judgment, challenging prosecution claims that anger over discipline drove the slayings.
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Charleston
Zoloft
Christopher Pittman
David Healy
Healy
Pittman
Joe Pittman
Joy Pittman
Chester County
Great Britain
James Ballenger
Florida
Chester
Two legislators drop support of Sanford's school tax credit plan
Upstate Representatives Garry Smith and Gene Pinson asked to have their names withdrawn from Gov. Mark Sanford's Put Parents in Charge bill. They cited unanswered questions on measuring success, parental school choice, and transportation for special needs students, amid concerns the plan lacks essential details.
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Sanford
Columbia
Mark Sanford
Garry Smith
Simpsonville
Gene Pinson
R Greenwood
Smith
Pinson
Legislators Surprise Over Dell Laptop Purchase
In Columbia lawmakers returned to desks with 175 new Dell laptops costing 322700 to replace older Windows 95 machines. The Legislative Printing office bought them without new bids, citing existing Dell contract and use for email, bills and intranet research.
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Columbia
Senate
Jeffrey Gossett
House
Harry Ott
Dst
Matthews
General Assembly
Glenn McConnell
Gossett
Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems Office
Charles Reid
Dell
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Lee E Lier
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HBA
Aiken County
South Carolina
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the Aiken Standard
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