Unusual carillon made of BMWs opens Spoleto festival
Spoleto Festival USA opens its 30th season with a carillon of 12 BMWs playing a minimalist note as lights flash and speakers top the vehicles. The $543000 vehicle sculpture, part of the Old Exchange Building ceremonies, was created in part at a South Carolina plant and accompanies the festival’s mix of operas, theater, and circus acts through June 11.
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Charleston
S.C
Philip Bachcar
Automaker
South Carolina
Eric Friberg
Federal agency to review N Y gun stings
The ATF will review New York Citys gun sting results where private investigators bought handguns in several states to test straw purchasing. Fifteen shops across Georgia Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina and Virginia sold at least 640 guns later linked to NY crimes. The inquiry will also probe if any laws were violated and whether investigators complied with residency and reporting requirements.
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New York
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Georgia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Virginia
William G. McMahon
ATF
ATE
Green
Missing Beaufort PACT tests found in Brooklyn mix up
More than two dozen Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests shipped from Beaufort County were flown to Minnesota by FedEx after being misrouted to Brooklyn New York. The 28 boxes contained English and math tests intended for scoring in Brook lyn Park Minnesota and were recovered by FedEx staff. District officials called the incident an honest mistake as they work to return the tests and rescore students.
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Beaufort
Minnesota
FedEx
Brooklyn
Beaufort County
N.Y
Brooklyn Park
Minn
Jim McCluskey
Palmetto
McCluskey
Former magistrate gets nine months house arrest in molestation case
Robert C. Mitchum, 64, a former Berkeley County magistrate, was placed on nine months of house arrest after pleading guilty to a count of lewd act on a minor. Circuit Judge Roger Young also imposed three years of probation. Mitchum faced charges relating to sex acts with three girls aged 9 to 12 between 1970 and 1978. allegations surfaced in 2004, he resigned in January 2005, and authorities filed charges the same year.
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Moncks Corner
Berkeley
Robert C. Mitchum
Roger Young
Lso
Mitchum
Blair Jennings
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Spoleto
Gian Carlo Menotti
Jay Menoti
Charles Gound
Kneehigh Theatre
Cornwall
England
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Don Bora
Philip Glass
Associated Press
Joseph Green
Jill Weinberger
Atlanta
Memphis
Nition Corp
Minneapolis
Soho
Aiken
NII
Evite Pel
Kings Grant
Moe’s
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