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Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said today. Full Story »
Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said today. Full Story »
PENDLETON — It was announced Monday that enrollment for the spring semester at Tri-County Technical College will be up around 18.5 percent from last year to this, a growth number the school hasn't come close to in recent years, according to President Ronnie L. Booth. Full Story »
A narrow parking area across Lakehurst Street from Greenville Zoo was shut down starting about 1 p.m. while Greenville police investigated what they believe was a suicide. Full Story »
A Greenville man was accused Monday of struggling with a Greenville County sheriff's sergeant for control of two guns and firing the deputy's service weapon four times during the fight, authorities said. Full Story »
CLEMSON _ Filing closed Monday with three candidates — a university student, a former school board member and a community volunteer -- on the ballot for election to Clemson City Council. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years. Full Story »
Furman University will announce Tuesday that it has chosen Rodney Smolla, dean of the Washington & Lee School of Law, as its new president, according to a statement from Furman. Full Story »
Cleveland Park is open again after what police describe as an apparent suicide there earlier today. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told top bankers Monday to explore "every responsible way" to increase lending, saying they were obliged to help repair the U.S. economy after being saved by the taxpayer-funded bailout. Full Story »
LONDON — British Airways cabin crews will strike over the Christmas period, their union said today, throwing the plans of thousands of holiday-makers into uncertainty at one of the busiest times of the year. Full Story »
Iran said Monday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate the U.S. at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program. Full Story »
Citigroup Inc. said today it is repaying $20 billion in bailout money it received from the Treasury Department, freeing the banking giant from the close scrutiny and pay restrictions that came with the rescue program. The government will also sell its stake in the company. Full Story »
NEW YORK — Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, helped shape tax policy in the Kennedy administration and wrote a textbook read by millions of college students, died Sunday. He was 94. Full Story »
ST. LOUIS — Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — A plan to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare, heralded as a breakthrough in the Senate's health care debate, ran into resistance Sunday from lawmakers who can make or break Democrats' efforts to reshape the nation's health insurance system. Full Story »
Emboldened by the Web's veil of anonymity, students who would never openly bully are roaming cyberspace to hurt and humiliate their peers. Experts say the trend is growing even among elementary school children who are waging war through texts, e-mails and instant messages. Full Story »
The environment still is cautious, and many firms are wary of adding positions. Others, however, say tentative signs of economic improvement make them believe slight gains in hiring are possible over the next six months. Full Story »
A new law to get tougher with drivers who illegally use handicapped parking spaces could actually make it harder to catch the scofflaws. Full Story »
Fire broke out Sunday at Westminster First Baptist Church while congregants were preparing for a Christmas children's program, the pastor said. Full Story »
A Pickens County Council committee will recommend the full council throw its support behind a resolution urging state lawmakers to change tax laws so people won't pay a higher rate for a second home in the mountains. Full Story »
The spiritual leader-elect for more than 28,000 state Episcopalians is an accomplished musician and Minnesota rector who has vowed to travel the Upstate and Midlands to find out what excites his new flock. Full Story »
A Fountain Inn home that was the scene of a double homicide went up in flames on Sunday, and investigators are treating the blaze as suspicious, Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain said. Full Story »
SIMPSONVILLE — After 18 months of planning, debating and organizing new business sign laws, City Council has approved a measure that allows electronic signs, despite opposition. Full Story »
Upstate residents may want to avoid driving late this afternoon, if possible, as a mix of sleet and rain may slide into the western Carolinas, including the Upstate. Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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