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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH | The sanctuary was cool, but The Soul Lifters were about to heat up Macedonia AME Church. People in the pews knew the quintet was known for setting churches on fire with song, and they were anxiously anticipating the flames.
Jersey Barnes is out of retirement again, this time to break up a drug ring in her hometown of Wilmington, N.C., in T. Lynn Ocean's latest novel, "Southern Peril."
Hons, I tried not to write about Mark Sanford. It just seemed so, I dunno, obvious. It would also run the risk of being as stale as every bagel I've ever tried to eat. After all, the late-night comedians have already skewered him six ways from Sunday with varying degrees of hilarity.
As I turned the key to unlock the door, I couldn’t wait to see what was behind it. No, I was not a contestant on “The Price is Right” game show eagerly anticipating what major prize I might win. Instead, I was standing on the front porch of a home in a suburb of Charleston, S.C. It had been exactly one year since I stood there.