Meg Kinnard

May 22, 2013 | Daily Report Online

South Carolina's highest court says some sex offenders should have the chance to challenge a ruling ordering them to be electronically monitored for life.

By Meg Kinnard

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February 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

ABBEVILLE, S.C. AP - A South Carolina man was convicted Sunday of murdering two law enforcement officers in 2003 after becoming irate the state was taking land near his parents' home for a road project.Steven Bixby, 39, faces the death penalty when sentencing begins Tuesday for the shooting deaths of the officers in this small town near the Georgia state line.

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May 08, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - A panel created to represent South Carolina's interests in the Savannah River moved on Tuesday to set limits on a dredging project, moves that officials said would both save money and protect wildlife.Among the recommendations approved by the Savannah River Maritime Commission is a proposal to limit dredging of the river to 45 feet.

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March 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - The owner of a defunct South Carolina company was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison for bilking the Pentagon out of $21 million she obtained by inflating military equipment shipping costs."Your Honor, I messed up. I messed up really bad," Charlene Corley told U.S. District Judge Margaret Seymour before she was sentenced.

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June 08, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Nearly three dozen more candidates have been disqualified from the South Carolina primaries next week after the most recent Supreme Court ruling in the controversy, according to election officials.

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May 13, 2008 | Daily Report Online

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January 31, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - A federal judge has ruled that a South Carolina company's lawsuit against a former employee over Twitter followers can go forward.U.S. District Judge Maria-Elena James ruled Monday that Noah Kravitz had not made strong enough arguments to dismiss the lawsuit by PhoneDog LLC.The Mount Pleasant company reviews mobile devices like phones and tablets.

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December 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP _ Attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12, arguing that the sentence is cruel.Christopher Pittman used a shotgun to shoot his grandparents Joe and Joy Pittman, and then set fire to their home in 2001.

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July 02, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Justice Department has turned down South Carolina's voter identification law for a second time as the state's lawsuit against the federal government moves forward.

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March 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - An 88-year-old client angrily seeking a down payment back on a deal shot a real estate broker in his office and then sat down in a nearby parking lot until police arrested him, authorities said Wednesday.A disgruntled Richard Blow burst into the office just after 2:20 p.m. and shot Jerry O'Neil, a 68-year-old broker with Coldwell Banker United Realtors, once in the abdomen, police said.

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