News Rewind
x-con 2.0 set for the beach
Comic book conventions - comic cons for short - have become pop cultural phenomenon in various cities, with heavyweight events in San Diego and Atlanta drawing thousands of true believers and more and more celebrities each year.
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caught on video
Horry County Police’s altercation with a suspect has made national news after a video of the incident was released showing an officer laying the smackdownMissed the News?
another wacky week
Congratulations taxpayers, you now own your own car manufacturer. Auto giant General Motors entered bankruptcy under a restructuring plan that President Obama said Monday . . .
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here comes the judge
On Tuesday, President Obama finalized his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, 54, to fill the upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court bench, making her the first Hispanic . . .Missed the News?
is the market common next?
While haters seem to get joy out of local projects that fail and have pointed their cynical fingers at the upscale Market Common development . . .
put out the fire
Remember that big-ass wildfire that destroyed more than 70 homes off of the S.C. 31 corridor, bringing the Myrtle Beach area into the national media spotlight . . .homeland security: how has post-sept. 11 landscape changed along the strand?
Eight years ago, if somebody thought there was a bomb planted anywhere in Horry or Georgetown counties, authorities had to call Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter or - if the Shaw bomb squad wasn't available - wait for a State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) unit to show up from 130 miles away in Columbia.
Then Sept. 11, 2001, happened.Missed the News?
Goodbye, jacko…
Another wacky and wild week in the news arena…On Tuesday, 20,000 people filed into the Staples Center to pay last respects to Michael Jackson . . .