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CLEMSON — After accelerating a PCB cleanup that includes removal of two dams and contaminated sediment behind them from the Twelve Mile River, a federal judge said Tuesday he is satisfied that his message got through. Full Story »

Residents in the Crosswell area of Pickens County can sleep a little easier knowing that fire protection is closer than ever. Full Story »

Mauldin is missing something. Some call it the heart of a city, others call it its identity or sense of hometown. For whatever reason, Mauldin doesn't have it but the city's leaders are trying to figure out how to make it happen. Full Story »

FOUNTAIN INN — Holding cells at the city Police Department will be renovated with steel doors, steel wire mesh, combination toilet-sink-water fountains and solid steel ceilings. Full Story »

Lauren Seeley, who helped lead the volleyball team to the Class A state championship, was announced as the squads most valuable player as the school honored its fall sports standouts. Full Story »

The Carolina Cyclones 11U AAA team based in Simpsonville is holding open tryouts for the spring season. Call Brian at 908-7728 or Scott at 238-2392. Full Story »

When the game is on the line, the great ones will perform best. Full Story »

Billed as a bluegrass trio with a distinct European flair, the Kruger Brothers will bring their blend of classical and bluegrass medleys to Simpsonville with a new twist; a Christmas-themed concert. Full Story »

A homeowner's feud that led one person to install a 6-foot high stockade fence in the front yard of a house on Fairfield Drive, has prompted Mauldin City Council to consider preventing similar fences in other single-family front yards. Full Story »

The Woodmont High boys basketball team is off to a 0-2 start, but coach Tim Morris isn't panicking. Full Story »

BMW said Tuesday its global sales improved in November as the recession eased and demand rose strongly, especially in developing markets. Full Story »

Jim Knowles tries to avoid driving through Mauldin as much as he can. Full Story »

NEW YORK — CBS canceled "As the World Turns" on Tuesday, putting the company that coined the phrase "soap operas" out of the business of making daytime dramas for the first time in 76 years. Full Story »

Officials are still trying to determine what caused two children to fall asleep and a third to throw up at Greenbriar Elementary after they rode a special-needs school bus that broke down this morning while transporting the students from an apartment complex to the school. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES — Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines plan to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own digital format that would display in color and work on a variety of devices. Full Story »

OCOEE, Fla. -- Tiger Woods' mother-in-law has been released from an Orlando-area hospital after being treated for stomach pains. Full Story »

The annual Holiday Sunshine Fund telethon, sponsored by The Greenville News and WYFF 4, will be held from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. today on WYFF 4. Full Story »

CLEMSON — The city has given preliminary approval to an entrepreneur who wants to sell food downtown from an outdoor sidewalk vending location near the small plaza outside the city's planning office. Full Story »

The recurring and vocal opposition to apartment projects in the city of Greenville has sparked new rules that will put all new multi-family developments in the hands of the Planning Commission, taking approval away from city administrators and airing each project in a public hearing. Full Story »

COLUMBIA — Members of a legislative panel considering the impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford will have to decide this week whether a 2008 Argentina trip was designed so he could meet his lover in Buenos Aires and if that constitutes the "serious misconduct" required to remove a governor from office. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday the massive federal bailout program for financial insititutions has turned out to be much less costly than expected and there may be ways to redirect some of the money toward creating new jobs. Full Story »

A Chicago man accused of planning an armed attack on a Danish newspaper was charged Monday with conducting surveillance on potential targets in the Indian city of Mumbai before terrorist attacks there in 2008 that killed 166 people. Full Story »

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis have blamed air traffic controllers in part for the incident, saying controllers violated procedures. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — An internal investigation of the community-organizing group ACORN concluded there was no criminal conduct by employees caught on videos offering advice on how to hide assets and falsify lending documents. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. Full Story »