Sanford lays out 2005 agenda to cut taxes and slim government
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford outlines priorities for the forthcoming session. He pushes reducing the top income tax rate, shrinking the Budget and Control Board, and restructuring state government to end the current multi-agency system. He also backs consolidating health agencies and running leaders on a single ticket with appointed rather than elected posts.
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Hydrogen peroxide therapy death prompts civil suit and probe
In Columbia a 53 year old Minneapolis woman Katherine Bideau died after hydrogen peroxide injections by Dr. James Shortt at Health Dimensions Clinic. Her family filed suit seeking accountability while authorities investigate potential criminal conduct and regulatory violations. The coroner ruled the death a homicide, citing reckless dangerous treatment that harmed blood platelets and caused fatal bubbles in the bloodstream.
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Tennesseans charged in S C businessman's fatal carjacking
Sevierville Tennessee a couple were arrested on carjacking charges in the death of South Carolina businessman James Dale Cockman whose body was found frozen in a storage unit. FBI officials say the death may have been an accident and a duct tape restraint was found on the victim. State and federal prosecutors pursue kidnapping and additional charges as autopsy awaits thawing. Cockman disappeared September 14 after meeting buyers for his 1996 GMC Suburban.
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South Carolina Sees 2003 Worker Deaths Rise to 114
The U S Labor Department reports 114 South Carolina workers died on the job in 2003, up from 107 in 2002. With 1.8 million workers, the state’s death rate was 63 per million, ranking 13th nationally. Transport and homicide deaths drive the figures.
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