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Blackbeard

Posted by dlauderdale at 4:14 pm, Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
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Honk if Bobby Owes You Money

Posted by dlauderdale at 3:48 pm, Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
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  • Deja vu in the rear view mirror: Those of you who remember the "Honk if Bobby Owes You Money" bumper stickers on Hilton Head Island will appreciate this item from espn.com: "A Banner Night At Lowe's."

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    No Senator Left Behind

    Posted by dlauderdale at 11:54 am, Friday, October 5th, 2007
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  • THIS JUST IN: The following press release just arrived. It's the principle of the thing that got my attention:

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    Graham Discusses "No Child Left Behind" with South Carolina Educators

    WASHINGTON- Recently, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) sat down with teachers, principles, and other education leaders in South Carolina to hear their ideas on how to improve No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The roundtable discussion took place at the University of South Carolina's College of Education.

    • U-boat folklore

    Posted by dlauderdale at 11:46 am, Friday, October 5th, 2007
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  • Sinking tall tales: One of the tidbits in today's column was a story about a U-boat getting stuck in Calibogue Sound in WWII.
  • Emmett McCracken of Bluffton says stories like that have swirled around here since the 1940s, and he will be sharing some of the folklore in his column next Wednesday in The Bluffton Packet.

    • Yeehaw! Secession Days are Here Again

    Posted by dlauderdale at 10:08 am, Friday, October 5th, 2007
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  • Build a Wall Around South Carolina: South Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell of Charleston, the Civil War buff, tells the Charleston Post and Courier about his creative way to address illegal immigration in South Carolina.

    • Oyster season

    Posted by dlauderdale at 9:56 am, Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24958|title=Oystering|desc=Megan Lovett/The Beaufort Gazette: As the tide rises to cover the oyster bed at Warsaw Flats, Richard Reeves collects his day's harvest, about 20 bushels. Reeves contracts with Maggioni Seafood, the largest commercial oyster company in Beaufort, with exclusive leases on 417.5 acres of oyster beds. |link=node|align=center|width=450|height=297]

    A big truck stop?

    Posted by dlauderdale at 6:15 pm, Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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  • Inland port: The Times & Democrat of Orangeburg reports: "Inland port debate heats up as development official defends Jafza project to local opponents"

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    SANTEE - A public forum on economic development became heated Monday when Santee residents questioned officials about plans for a $600 million-$700 million investment by a Dubai-based company.

    • Hold the phone, I've got Life on the EDGE

    Posted by dlauderdale at 2:04 pm, Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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  • Customer Appreciation Day: I just walked across the street to the Hargray office here in Greater Bluffton/Lower Okatie/Exit 8ville.

    It was Customer Appreciation Day at Hargray.

    I stood between a limping gaggle of retirees and a FREE HOT DOG.

    Talk about living life on the edge.

    This is my version of the X-Games. Walking across an actual street was daring enough. But many of the motorists were so shocked to see a pedestrian they fainted and veered into the ditch.

    • National Hispanic Heritage Month

    Posted by dlauderdale at 4:17 pm, Monday, October 1st, 2007
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    [img_assist|nid=24904|title=|desc=Janet Blackmon Morgan/The Sun News: Ana Ortiz-Moore is a Realtor with New Home Conncetions located in the Burgess community of Horry County. Here she shows one of her listings in southern Horry County.|link=node|align=center|width=450|height=318]

  • Beating the language barrier: The Sun News profiles a Myrtle Beach resident finding success despite struggles.

    • The price of having it all

    Posted by dlauderdale at 9:40 am, Sunday, September 30th, 2007
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  • The price of having it all: That's the headline on a story in the Charleston Post and Courier today by Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson.