Meg Kinnard

August 29, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Overwhelmed by parenting, the mother of a missing South Carolina toddler considered giving away or selling her son to alleviate the stress, a high school friend testified Wednesday.

By Meg Kinnard

4 minute read

February 29, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former executive involved in one of the biggest bankruptcies in South Carolina history, turning down former HomeGold Chairman Jack Sterling's appeal and affirming his five-year-prison sentence.Sterling, 73, was found guilty of securities fraud in 2009 but has not been in jail since then.

By Meg Kinnard

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February 20, 2013 | Daily Report Online

In the wake of a massive cyberattack on the Department of Revenue, South Carolina's top judge assured lawmakers Wednesday that the state's court system was secure from hackers.

By Meg Kinnard

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May 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A couple is suing the state of South Carolina for what they say was unnecessary sexual assignment surgery on a toddler they adopted.

By Meg Kinnard

1 minute read

July 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a drug manufacturer that operated a plant in South Carolina to pay $10 million in connection with fraud.U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. fined Leiner Health Products LLC $1 million and ordered the company to forfeit an additional $9 million in profits for falsifying information on expiration dates for its medications, U.

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July 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - Federal authorities say the company that runs a South Carolina poultry plant knew its managers were hiring illegal immigrants at a facility raided in October.U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins on Thursday added Columbia Farms Inc. to an indictment that already charges two plant managers of illegal hiring at a processing plant in Greenville.

By MEG KINNARD

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August 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars are facing nearly two dozen new federal charges, according to a federal grand jury indictment released Thursday.Joseph Brunson, Tony Pough and Timothy McQueen each were indicted on 12 counts of money laundering and 10 counts of transporting checks obtained by fraud.

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February 07, 2013 | Daily Report Online

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called last week's shootings at Price Middle School and Morehouse College shocking and outrageous, and said they are reminders that gun violence is a pervasive epidemic.

By Meg Kinnard

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February 06, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A Florida developer has been charged as part of an alleged kickback scheme involving a former trustee at South Carolina State University.

By Meg Kinnard

2 minute read

June 08, 2007 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - A year after surviving a fiery plane crash, the state's lieutenant governor and his passenger have sued three companies that worked on the aircraft's engine for negligence.Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer and his passenger, John Leonhardt, were hospitalized for several days when the single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff on May 23, 2006.

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