State closes Manning Prison to visitors after flu outbreak
A swine flu outbreak at Manning Correctional Institution in Columbia sickened 140 inmates. Visitation is canceled for Saturday and Sunday. about half of the 140 remain ill, none hospitalized. The 730 inmates are in three units, with the outbreak centered in the largest unit of about 500. Officials will review the situation Monday to decide on next weekend's visitation.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Corrections Department
Josh Gelinas
Manning Correctional Institution
Gelinas
Bus rear-ended on I 26 injures 15 students in Spartanburg
A school bus carrying 37 students was struck from behind on Interstate 26 near Moore at 126 and U S 221. Fifteen students were transported to hospital for checks on neck and back pain after the 8 a m Friday crash reported by Spartanburg District 6.
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Spartanburg
U.S. 221
Moore
Cynthia Robinson
Suspect in death faces hearing in Anderson case
Keith Rucker, 28, surrendered in Lavonia Georgia and was returned to Anderson South Carolina to face charges in the death of his pregnant girlfriend 22 year old Kacy Roberson and her unborn child. Coroner Greg Shore said Roberson died by strangulation and head injuries. Roberson's parents were alerted when she did not collect her two children from daycare. An apartment door showed signs of forced entry. It was unclear if Rucker has an attorney.
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Rucker
Kacy Roberson
Anderson County
Greg Shore
Roberson
Third relative shot by S C teen dies
An 80-year-old Spartanburg woman died from injuries after a 14-year-old grandson shot her with a .22 caliber rifle at a Spartanburg home. Police say the teen also killed his father and great aunt before shooting his grandmother. Coroner's office confirms the death.
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Spartanburg
South Carolina
Rachel Gaston Lankford
Ad targets Graham over Social Security age plan
A Washington based liberal group launches a 30 second TV ad urging Sen Lindsey Graham to rethink raising the Social Security retirement age. The spot features Agnes Pomata a Charleston librarian who fears she cannot work beyond 62 and notes pain from a torn rotator cuff. The campaign begins airing in Charleston and Washington DC as Obama prepares the State of the Union. The group plans further fundraising amid its $20 000 initial buy, while Graham aides defend modernization of entitlement programs and call the ad out of touch.
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U.S
Lindsey Graham
Agnes Pomata
Charleston
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Pomata
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Graham
NBC
Washington, D.C
Barack Obama
South Carolina
Kevin Bishop
Washington
Bishop
Stephanie Taylor
Taylor
Obama
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