Real estate brokers sued over MLS anti competitive practices
Federal antitrust lawyers accuse a Columbia area MLS joint venture of stifling competition by forcing brokers to offer identical services and barring innovations that could lower costs for buyers and sellers. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Columbia, seeks to end the barriers and allow entry of out of area brokers and lower fees.
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Columbia
Federal Antitrust
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Consolidated Multiple Listing Service Inc
Area Brokers
MLS
Thomas O. Barnett
Department
Fnday
U.S. District Court
Teen charged with WMD plot lacks mental eval says defense
Florence South Carolina teenager Ryan Schallenberger facing federal and state charges for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to blow up his high school does not need further mental evaluation according to his lawyers The defense argues no bizarre behavior has appeared and a state psychiatrist found him competent to stand trial while a federal evaluation could take up to 45 days and a magistrate did not immediately rule.
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Florence
South Carolina
Ryan Schallenberger
Bill Nettles
U.S
Thomas Rogers II
Nettles
Schallenberger
Chesterfield High School
Jesus
Cigarette tax fight grows as SC Senate weighs 50 cent hike
South Carolina lawmakers debate raising the state’s seven cent per pack cigarette tax by 50 cents to fund health care and anti smoking programs. Proponents cite $159 million annual revenue and Medicaid expansion, while opponents argue smokers already bear a heavy tax burden and revenue may shrink.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State House
Thomas Alexander
Ralhalla
Senate
Bill Phelps
Altria Group
Philip Morris USA
Phelps
Alexander
South Carolina Association of Taxpayers
R.J. Reynolds
June Deen
American Lung Association
Bond hearing set for Easley teen in family killings
Nathan Dickson, 19, charged with four counts of murder for killings of his father, stepmother, stepsister, and younger brother at an Easley home, is slated for a May 23 bond hearing in Anderson County. He is detained at the Anderson County jail.
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Anderson
Easley
Nathan Dickson
Anderson County
Dickson
Wife and man charged in husband’s death
In Myrtle Beach area, 52 year old Sherry Engel and 41 year old Timmy Rogers were charged with murder in the death of Fred Engel. They were arrested in Breckinridge County Kentucky and await extradition hearings. Police found glasses and a blood pool near the husband’s mailbox and his body in woods about 100 yards from his home in late April. The coroner has not released the cause of death and attorneys for the two suspects were not clear.
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Myrtle Beach
Horry County
Sherry Engel
Timmy Rogers
Breckinridge County
Fred Engel
Rogers
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