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Columbia Police officials discuss a bomb threat at C&S Tax Service on Second Street Wednesday.
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Columbia Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced evacuations of several downtown businesses earlier this week. Police officers sealed off Second Street to traffic around 11 a.m. Wednesd...
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Zack Stanley enjoyed visiting with Mickey Mouse during the Marion County Relay for Life Character Dinner. A crowd of 200 children as well as many parents and grandparents raised around $3,000 for Relay for Life in Marion County.
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AP - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
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AP - Defeated in the Nevada caucuses, Newt Gingrich brushed aside all talk of quitting the Republican presidential race and said he hopes a series of victories will enable him to catch up with front-runner Mitt Romney by the Texas primary in early April.
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