Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68

he film and Broadway communities lost one of their most successful composers abruptly on Tuesday, as Marvin Hamlisch died at 68 after a brief, unspecified illness.

Perhaps best known for his work on the beloved musical A Chorus Line and movies The Way We Were and The Sting, Hamlisch also wrote the scores for celebrated films such as Ordinary People, Sophie's Choice and Take the Money and Run, and contributed to the James Bond hit The Spy Who Loved Me, co-writing Nobody Does It Better with Carole Bayer Sager.

Red Ventures expanding in SC, adding 1,000 jobs

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Direct marketing company Red Ventures is expanding in Lancaster County and expects to add 1,000 employees over the next five years.
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he company announced Tuesday it has nearly doubled its property at its Indian Land headquarters and expects to start construction on its third building by year's end.

The company is expanding from 17 acres to 33 acres in Indian Land, an unincorporated area of Lancaster County just south of Charlotte, N.C.

Red Ventures employed 300 people when it moved to South Carolina in 2009 and now employs nearly 1,000. The company employs a total of 1,500 nationwide.

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With farming booming, ag expo planned for Florence

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FLORENCE, S.C. -- With farming booming in South Carolina, a new agriculture event is being staged in Florence this winter.

The Morning News of Florence (http://bit.ly/MKy0bC) reports that the South Carolina AgriBiz and Farm Expo will be held at the Florence Civic Center in January.

The event is backed by the state Department of Agriculture and will bring farmers, businessmen, vendors and suppliers together for a three-day agriculture show. Agribusiness provides nearing 200,000 jobs in the state, and the show is expected to bring visitors from surrounding states.

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New South Carolina mom is latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria

A South Carolina woman who gave birth to twins days ago is the latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria.

WLTX-TV in Columbia reports that Lana Kuykendall is being treated at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

"Right now, just very worried, very upset, " Krissy Davison, a friend of Kuykendall, told the station from the hospital. "Still in disbelief that here is my friend, who just had these two beautiful babies, and now she is incubated upstairs, and not able to enjoy the bonding experience, and enjoy the babies."

Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.

WASHINGTON — After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States.

Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in the 12-month period that ended last July, according to Census Bureau data made public on Thursday, while minorities — including Hispanics, blacks, Asians and those of mixed race — reached 50.4 percent, representing a majority for the first time in the country’s history. 

Such a turn has been long expected, but no one was certain when the moment would arrive — signaling a milestone for a nation whose government was founded by white Europeans and has wrestled mightily with issues of race, from the days of slavery, through a civil war, bitter civil rights battles and, most recently, highly charged debates over efforts to restrict immigration.

Sinking in Santee: Another sinkhole appears near Bank of Clarendon after heavy rain

SANTEE — A sinkhole has appeared on Old Number Six Highway next to the Bank of Clarendon for the third time in about nine years.



The most recent sinkhole, which is approximately 10 feet deep, formed during this week’s heavy rains in the area.

Matthews: Not too late for S.C. State restructuring

Only a few days are left on the state’s legislative calendar, but Sen. John Matthews says there’s time to work out a compromise between bills that would restructure South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees.

“There’s no conclusion at this point to bridge the gap,” the Bowman Democrat said. “But I think we’ll have something to put on the table by the end of this week.”

One bill has passed the House and is before the Senate Higher Education Subcommittee.

12 arrested, 4 sought in Lowcountry drug probe

SUMMERVILLE - Authorities in Dorchester County have arrested 12 people and are looking for four others as the result of a probe into illegal drug and liquor sales in the county.