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South Carolina Lottery Christmas Winners Won't Get Prizes

5:45pm May 31, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The state lottery commission ruled it will not pay out more than $30 million to people who bought tickets "printed in error." Gamblers will only be reimbursed $1 for each ticket.

Col. Ambrose McGuckian was tapped by food giant W.R. Grace to develop better food for a chain of hospitals in South Carolina after he retired from the Army in 1964.

The Colonel In the Kitchen: A Surprising History Of Sous Vide

6:34pm May 09, 2018

by Alice Popovici

Cooking food in a vacuum-sealed bag in a hot water bath is the height of haute cuisine. But an ex-Army colonel testing tastier hospital food seems to have had a lot to do with developing sous vide.

Education

Inside The Virtual Schools Lobby: 'I Trust Parents'

6:00am February 13, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Behind-the-scenes marketing has made 'I Trust Parents' the mantra of for-profit, online charter schools in their battles with states and traditional charter schools.

The South Carolina Education Lottery says a programming error in its computer system vendor is to blame for a profusion of winning tickets on Christmas. Two of the state's lottery tickets are pictured here in 2005.

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How The Glitch Stole Christmas: S.C. Lottery Says Error Caused Winning Tickets

1:45pm December 28, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

As word got out on Christmas Day about the sudden proliferation of winning tickets, a frenzy reportedly ensued. The state has suspended sales and validations of the game while it investigates.

Reductions In Federal Funding For Health Law Navigators Cut Unevenly

1:39pm October 26, 2017

by Alex Olgin

North and South Carolina have very different outlooks since the Trump administration cut funding for the helpers who assist people signing up for health insurance.

The upstairs porch of Ann Blessing's home in Charleston, S.C. has been a stop on a popular historic home tour. For the first time, visitors will tour the kitchen where enslaved people once spent most of their lives, toiling over hot fires.

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Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves

4:12pm September 13, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.

This June 13, 2014 file photo shows construction on a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga.

How The Dream Of America's 'Nuclear Renaissance' Fizzled

8:40am August 06, 2017

by Molly Samuel

Construction of new, modern reactors seemed to herald a new era of nuclear power expansion in the U.S. Now all but one of those projects have been canceled.

Todd Kohlhepp's enters the courtroom for a bond hearing in Spartanburg, S.C., last November.

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Confessed Killer Pleads Guilty To 7 Murders Over A Dozen Years In South Carolina

4:59pm May 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

On Friday, Todd Kohlhepp was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms — as well as 60 years in prison for other crimes — in a plea bargain.

South Carolina state Rep. Tommy Pope speaks as the state legislature debates a bill calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds in 2015.

GOP Infighting Over Health Care Spills Onto Campaign Trail

8:00am April 15, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

A South Carolina congressional race to replace President Trump's Budget director is highlighting Republican divides, especially over health care.

Emily Meggett (left) and Isabell Meggett Lucas sit together at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in front of a slave cabin on display that they grew up in.

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Woman Returns To Her Slave Cabin Childhood Home In The Smithsonian

5:26pm April 14, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

This week, Isabelle Meggett Lucas got to visit her childhood home — in the Smithsonian, which moved the house from South Carolina to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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