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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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Columbia firefighters limited the heaviest fire damage to one portion of a home on North Main Street Wednesday morning. Firefighters got a call of smoke coming from the residence at 1705 N. Main S...
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A 13-year-old Columbia boy who was struck by a car while crossing Broad Street to go home was “fortunate,” his father said earlier this week. Seventh-grader James Cagle of 1301 Broad St. was getti...
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The Friendship Park playground area of Columbia’s City Park will be closed for several days in late January for repair work. Volunteers from Junior Auxiliary will close the playground on Jan. 28-3...
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Columbia firefighters battled a fire Saturday night that heavily damaged a residence. Firefighters were called to 1104 Carolyn Ave. at 7:38 p.m. and arrived to find flames coming from the residenc...
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When former Gov. Haley Barbour released his controversial list of individuals who were to receive clemency for criminal cases, two Marion County individuals appeared on the list. “We reviewed the ...
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With the new Congressional redistricting chart, Rep. Steven Palazzo’s (R4) district will now include all of Marion County. Palazzo was in town Wednesday and had several meetings around Columbia, i...
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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.
Sun Feb 05 02:55:57 UTC 2012
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.
Sun Feb 05 02:56:07 UTC 2012
AP - Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats' offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire.
Sun Feb 05 02:06:05 UTC 2012