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The Sumter County Gallery of Art opens the New Year with three special exhibitions: The 33rd annual South Carolina Watermedia Society Traveling Exhibition, the Sumter Artists' Guild Winners Show and Bobbi Adams: Ephemera. All will open with a …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS |
1/5/11 01:00 AM
The Christmas season may be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean the festive atmosphere and good times have to. The Sumter WineFest committee has two gala events scheduled for next week that are sure to keep us in the spirit just long enough to …
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By IVY MOORE
ivym@theitem.com |
1/5/11 01:00 AM
Lori Biancofiori has been looking forward to 2011 for a long time. That's when she hopes to leave 2009 behind for good.
Her husband was laid off, her salary shrunk, the transmission blew on their car and they racked up $17,000 in credit card …
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BY LEANNE ITALIE
The Associated Press |
1/2/11 01:00 AM
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles defines a "pedestrian" as "any person on foot, such as a runner, walker or a parent with a stroller. A pedestrian can also be someone who uses roller skates and skateboards or a person with a …
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BY CATHERINE BLUMBERG
Special to The Item |
1/2/11 01:00 AM
Q.: How do you get down from an elephant?
A.: You don't get down from an elephant. You get down from a goose.
People still like vests and comforters filled with down, although feather-filled pillows don't seem to be as common as they used to …
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BY JOHN NELSON
Curator, USC Herbarium |
1/2/11 01:00 AM
Despite the recession and monumental cutbacks to art programs, Sumter's arts community stayed afloat and even thrived, with outstanding performances and exhibitions. Some weeks there was so much to do, it was impossible to pick and choose; you just …
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BY IVY MOORE
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1/2/11 01:00 AM
ATLANTA (AP) - The rate of teen births in the U.S. is at its lowest level in almost 70 years. Yet, the sobering context is that the teen pregnancy rate is far lower in many other countries.
The most convincing explanation is that …
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12/31/10 05:53 AM
NEW YORK - Dan Nainan can't trust himself to work at his computer without clicking on distractions, so he uses an Internet-blocking program to shut down his Web access twice a day.
"I'm sorry, but try as I might, I could never, ever do this on my …
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By LEANNE ITALIE
The Associated Press |
12/30/10 04:46 PM
At 45, DeEtte Sauer was a dead woman walking.
She was morbidly obese, her heart disease so serious a doctor warned her to expect "an event at any time." Eaten up by her marketing career, struggling to raise three kids, she smoked, drank and …
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BY LEANNE ITALIE
The Associated Press |
12/30/10 04:40 PM
COLUMBIA - University of South Carolina distinguished-poet-in-residence Dr. Kwame Dawes, who won an Emmy Award in 2009 for a project on HIV in Jamaica, is chronicling HIV in post-earthquake Haiti for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, based in …
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By IVY MOORE
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12/29/10 01:00 AM
Dr. Peniah Ngujuna, a native Kenyan from the Kikuyu Tribe, shouted, "Hujambo!" to the Rising Stars Dance Troupe and the audience during a Cultural Exchange Program Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Miss Libby's Dance Studio. The group returned …
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BY SETH REIMER & BETTY BURGESS
Special to The Item |
12/29/10 01:00 AM
STATEPOINT - Navigating your career in today's crazy business environment is difficult. Some say the economy is up, some say it's down. Regardless, you can learn to be prepared for turbulence and navigate yourself to success.
Whether you're …
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