Sanford Faces 37 Ethics Charges Over Travel and Finances
Gov. Mark Sanford faces 37 civil charges alleging improper use of state funds and travel, including first and business class tickets, use of state aircraft for personal events, and self reimbursement from campaign funds. The panel seeks up to 74000 in fines with a potential impeachment push ahead of his 2011 term.
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Pastor killed in church van wreck in SC
The Rev. Ronnie Wilson of Southpoint Free Will Baptist Church in Belmont, North Carolina, died when a van he drove swerved to avoid a trailer tire and hit a pickup head on near Lancaster, South Carolina. Seven others were injured in the late Saturday afternoon crash on Highway 903.
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Clemson to Receive 98 Million For Wind Energy Test Facility
Clemson University will receive 98 million dollars in federal and state funds to build a wind turbine drive train testing facility at its Restoration Institute on the former Navy base in Charleston. The project could create 100 jobs initially and a broader 10 000 to 20 000 jobs for South Carolina as wind energy grows along the East Coast. U S Energy Secretary Steven Chu called the project a step toward a new industrial revolution in clean energy. Construction is set to start next year with the facility operating by late 2012.
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