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15 lutego 1979 roku, Warszawa, skrzyżowanie ulic Marszałkowskiej z Al. Jerozolimskimi, godzina 12.37. Powietrzem wstrząsa potężna eksplozja. Okrągły budynek skonstruowany ze stali i szkła rozsypuje się jak domek z kart. Rotunda przestaje istnieć. W oka mgnieniu ginie 49 osób. Ci, którzy przeżyli, będą potem mówili o cudzie. Wśród nich będzie kobieta, którą kasjerka Jadwiga Waler odprawiła z kwitkiem od okienka. Kilka dni po wybuchu ta kobieta przyjdzie do szpitala za to podziękować. - Uratowała mi pani życie - powie do Jadwigi. Читать дальше...

As a computer science intern at the Department of Homeland Security this spring, Citadel junior cadet Anthony Zovich said he helped make a little tweak that solved a big problem.

The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors has rescinded the ban on satellite camps for Bowl Subdivision football teams.

YORK, S.C. — A former courthouse deputy has pleaded guilty to trying to blackmail York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant.

NEW YORK — Birth rates are falling dramatically for blacks and Hispanics teenagers, but they continue to be much higher than the birth rate for white teens.

COLUMBIA — A portrait of fallen state Sen. Clementa Pinckney will be unveiled during a ceremony in the Senate next month.

PICKENS — Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says that overcrowding played a role in a jailhouse fight that left two inmates injured and eight facing charges.

Malcolm Van Buren, a Hanahan High School senior pitcher and N.C. State signee, plans to major in Finance if he doesn’t sign a professional baseball contract before college classes begin in August. He hopes to become a stockbroker.

A bus stop or route change can be tough on people who rely on public transportation, especially those who are elderly.

WASHINGTON — Guantanamo Bay and the shootings at Emanuel AME Church were both subjects of debate Thursday when Gov. Nikki Haley was on Capitol Hill to argue against relocating prisoners from the Cuban detention center to the Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston.

A Japanese tourism board has called on foreign tourists to refrain from public “belching or flatulence” in an etiquette guide which was hastily rewritten, reportedly after complaints from a Chinese resident. The Hokkaido Tourism Organization, which represents Japan’s northern-most island, published a downloadable brochure on its website, with polite instructions on everything from public bathing to using a Japanese toilet. Helpfully, it even dedicated an entire section to protocol for avoiding bodily functions. Читать дальше...

A large onetime gain in the first quarter last year coupled with a warm winter this year triggered a sharp drop in earnings at utility owner SCANA Corp.

A state Senate bill that would have let Century Aluminum buy all of its electricity on the open market failed to get past a subcommittee hearing Thursday, dimming the possibility of a last-minute deal to save the company’s Mount Holly smelter and its 300 jobs.

by Ashley McGee

ANDERSON, S.C. — A man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison following his conviction in Anderson County in the drive-by shooting death of an aspiring rap artist.