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953 Dead People Voted in Recent Elections

676 cast ballots from two months to 76 months after death.

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina's Attorney General sent word to the US Attorney for South Carolina, Bill Nettles, of data suggesting potential voter fraud in South Carolina.

Specifically, data reviewed by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles suggests that 953 dead people voted in recent elections.

Marianne Skolek Named `Investigative Reporter` by Salem-News.com

The title is an appropriate, overdue move in our history.

(SALEM) - As a dedicated writer, Marianne Skolek, who has generated 130 articles for Salem-News.com, has been named 'Investigative Reporter' by the group's News Editor, Tim King.

Marianne's first article, Losing a Loved One to Hillybilly Heroin - OxyContin, was published in July 2009.

Right-To-Work-For-Less Laws

Unions are the only large-scale movement left in America that persistently acts as a countervailing balance against corporate power.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - While vacationing in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this year, the local media were full of editorials critical of the April 20, 2011, complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board against Boeing Company.

The complaint alleges that Boeing’s decision to assemble large commercial aircraft at a new final assembly plant in South Carolina violated the National Labor Relations Act.

Charleston: A Hodgepodge of Impressions, Trivia, and History

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." - Maya Angelou

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Earlier this month, we spent an enjoyable, informative week-long visit to Charleston, South Carolina.

We had no idea that Charleston was observing the Civil War Sesquicentennial (150) until after our arrival. As a result, we were able to brush up on our Civil War history.

`Strange, isn`t it? Each Man`s Life Touches so Many Other Lives.`

Title is a line by Clarence the Angel from "It's a Wonderful Life"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - As any parent who has lost a child knows, the anniversary of the death of the child is a reminder of the hole we carry in our hearts every day. My daughter, Jill died nine years ago on April 29. I was fortunate to be Jill's mommy (she never called me mom) for 29 years on earth.

I continue to be her mommy while she is in heaven and loving her and keeping her memory alive -- until we are reunited.

Buy Cable TV, Get a Free Gun

Meanwhile GOP presidential contenders support a moral crusade to save America.

(APTOS, Calif.) - Guns in churches, schools and bars. Immigrants expelled to solve financial problems. Morality praised as the key national issue.

American politics are getting more bizarre and in some cases, borders on the nutty. Current politics include Republican legislatures in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Minnesota fighting for their "rights" to reject energy efficiency light bulbs, while South Carolina will manufacture their own state's rights incandescent bulbs.

Secret Plan Exposed to Use Surplus Weapons Plutonium in Washington State Nuclear Reactor

FOIA Documents Reveal Energy Northwest Plans Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Experiments While Seeking to Control Information Leaks to the Media.

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Department of Energy (DOE) documents released to Friends of the Earth reveal that the public utility Energy Northwest hopes to bring experimental radioactive plutonium fuel into Washington State for use in risky tests in a nuclear reactor not originally designed for that purpose.

The documents also reveal that the utility has sought to keep information secret the about the controversial and risky pursuit of use of surplus weapons plutonium as nuclear reactor fuel.

`Red Alert! Red Alert!`

Words our children should never hear over a loudspeaker while in the safety of their school.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - This past Tuesday at approximately 2:30 pm, I received a telephone call from my 15 year old grandson, Brian. "Nonie are you watching the news?"

"No Brian - should I be?" Very calmly and with such maturity, he replied "There has been a shooting at our school -- don't worry we are all fine and in the bleachers in the football field."

California and Oregon Nurseries Prevail in South Carolina Trade-Restraint Lawsuit

"If the principle of federal preemption had been undermined, then the door would swing open to a patchwork of regulation among the states and marketplace chaos would ensue" - OAN executive director John Aguirre

(SACRAMENTO) - The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers and the Oregon Association of Nurseries successfully resolved a federal lawsuit against South Carolina today.

The two associations filed their lawsuit on March 10 challenging a regulation that disrupted shipments of plant material from California and Oregon growers.

Amber Alert Issued for One-Month Old South Carolina Boy

Anyone with information is asked to call the North Charleston Police Department at 843-822-1128 or dial 911.

(NORTH CHARLESTON, N.C.) - The State of South Carolina issued an Amber Alert Monday night, November 23rd, after a boy was abducted in North Charleston.

According to reports from police, the child's mother left the child in hoer car while she went into a post office to drop off mail. Upon her return the child was gone. A witness reported seeing a suspect getting into the suspect vehicle with the child in her arms.