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Alex Murdaugh speaks with his legal team before he is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of his wife and son by Judge Clifton Newman at the Colleton County Courthouse on Friday, March 3, 2023 in in Walterboro, S.C. Murdaugh's lawyers have filed court papers that he plans to plead guilty in federal court to charges he stole money from clients. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, File, Pool)

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Appeals court allows Alex Murdaugh to argue for new trial because of possible jury tampering
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
Tue,10/17/23-11:15AM , 109 Reads
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A Pepper X pepper is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Fort Mill, S.C. The pepper variety is now the hottest pepper in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Pepper X marks the spot as South Carolina pepper expert scorches his own Guinness Book heat record
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Mon,10/16/23-1:00PM , 173 Reads
FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his own world record with a pepper that’s three times hotter.
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South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) throws a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.)

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Rattler keeps hot hand, leads South Carolina over Mississippi State 37-30
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Sat,09/23/23-10:21PM , 283 Reads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Spencer Rattler went 18-of-20 passing for 288 yards and three touchdowns to lead South Carolina to a 37-30 win over Mississippi State on Saturday night.
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Ralph James sits in a classroom at a restored Rosenwald School made to look like it did when the school was open in St. George, S.C., on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Jewish businessman Julius Rosenwald donated money to help build 5,000 schools for Black students across the American South a century ago. Only about 500 are standing and roughly half of them have been restored. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Rosenwald Schools helped educate Black students in segregated South. Could a national park follow?
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Sat,08/05/23-11:07PM , 180 Reads
ST. GEORGE, S.C. (AP) — As Ralph James settled into the restored, highbacked desk at the segregated school he attended in rural South Carolina, he remembered the old school bell, the cascading light through tall windows, the Christmas pageant and the basketball court just outside.
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