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          <title>Relay for Life Kickoff set for Freestyle Park</title>
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The American Cancer Society will host its 2010 Relay For Life kick off at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Freestyle Music Park at the Ice Cold Country Theater.
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          <title>Local veterans react to Fort Hood tragedy</title>
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Local veterans react to Fort Hood tragedy           ]]></description>
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          <title>Horry County Schools announce school Teachers of the Year winners</title>
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Horry County school teacher nominees for Teacher of the Year for the county were announced Friday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cats in Georgetown County test negative for rabies. Others remain in quarantine</title>
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Four cats that were tested for rabies on Pennyroyal Road did not have the disease, according to officials with Georgetown County environmental services           ]]></description>
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          <title>North Myrtle Beach company takes over Premier Resort&#8217;s property</title>
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A new management company has taken over properties at Barefoot Resort and saved a wedding day for a couple left without a venue after Premier Resorts pulled out abruptly last month.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Local school shows appreciation for veterans</title>
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A school pageant complete with songs, JROTC honor guards, and patriotic pride greeted a handful of local veterans in the Border Belt on a beautiful Friday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>2 fishermen rescued 20 miles off SC coast</title>
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Two fishermen have been rescued after they were found clinging to a life raft 20 miles off the South Carolina coast.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Atlantic Beach decision pending on Rizzo</title>
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Atlantic Beach Town Manager William Booker said he has met with suspended Police Chief Randy Rizzo but made no decision about his future with the town&#8217;s police department.

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          <title>Three Myrtle Beach City Council candidates prepare for run&#45;off</title>
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In Myrtle Beach the three men vying for the two open council seats aren&#8217;t just sitting around. All three candidates said that they have been busier than ever with trying to prepare for the run-off that is less than two weeks away.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Three scams circulating in North Myrtle Beach</title>
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The City of North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety issued a warning  today  about a rash of fraud and scams in the North Myrtle Beach area.&nbsp; Officials said residents and visitors should be aware of three different types of scams.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Death row inmate ruled competent for 2nd trial</title>
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A man on South Carolina&#8217;s death row for killing his girlfriend has been ruled competent to stand trial in a second death penalty case.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Santee Cooper releases offshore wind turbine simulation photos</title>
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People on the South Carolina shoreline could see an offshore wind farm eight miles or more out in the Atlantic           ]]></description>
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          <title>PEZ&#45;Lovers try to break record in Myrtle Beach</title>
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The &#8220;PEZ in the Sun&#8221; convention is being held at the Springmaid Beach Resort Nov. 5-7. It started at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Four more cats from Georgetown County being tested for rabies</title>
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The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is testing four more cats that were taken from an area on Pennyroyal Road.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Challenged Atlantic Beach ballots validated at Thursday&#8217;s meeting</title>
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A public hearing was held in Atlantic Beach to validate the challenged ballots cast on Tuesday. Now, the Atlantic Beach results have been certified and the final counts are in.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Some parents for, some against H1N1 vaccinations at schools</title>
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Georgetown County school officials are seeing mixed results as vaccinations are given at elementary schools this week.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Horry County 911 selected as best in SC</title>
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Horry County 911 was selected as the 2009 South Carolina &#8220;Communications Center of the Year&#8221; at the SC APCO/NENA Conference (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International/National Emergency Number Association).&nbsp;             ]]></description>
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          <title>SCDOT holds public meeting on Glenns Bay road widening project</title>
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The South Carolina Department of Transportation is hosting a public hearing Thursday on the Glenns Bay Road widening and interchange project. According to a press release from SCDOT, the hearing is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the St. James High School Cafeteria, 10800 Highway 707, Murrells Inlet.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Myrtle Beach mayoral candidates getting ready for runoff</title>
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Former Myrtle Beach mayor Mark McBride and current mayor John Rhodes said if they didn&#8217;t think they could win, they wouldn&#8217;t be running.
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          <title>Second Stanko trial begins Monday</title>
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Jury selection in the second death penalty trial of Stephen Stanko is expected to begin Monday in Horry County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rabid cat bites local girl; first domestic case of rabies in 10 years</title>
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A Georgetown County girl is being treated for rabies after being attacked by a sick cat in her back yard.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Griffin sentenced to life in prison in CCU student shooting case</title>
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A judge sentenced Keion Griffin, 19, after being found guilty on murder charges from the 2008 shooting that killed a Coastal Carolina University student.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Top three candidates for Horry County administrator announced</title>
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A search company, the Mercer Group, completed the search for the county and narrowed it down to 12 hopefuls.            ]]></description>
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          <title>North Myrtle Beach mobile home burns, man dies</title>
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North Myrtle Fire officials are trying figure out the cause of a mobile fire that killed a man Wednesday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Grand Strand, Pee Dee election results</title>
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See how Tuesday&#8217;s races wrapped up.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Horry County Police report increase in car break&#45;ins</title>
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Horry County police say they have seen more car break-ins recently. They want to remind residents to be especially careful about leaving valuable items in their cars.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Possible fishing ban reeling in big trouble?</title>
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In a meeting on Monday in Charleston, fishermen and other marine industry experts lined up to tell an advisory panel that there are ways to reverse overfishing practices in the Atlantic Ocean, and ways to help bring back and preserve what&#8217;s left of many popular species, including snapper.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Port needs $8.3M to dredge channel; Governor Sanford visits port, discusses funding</title>
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The port of Georgetown needs at least $8.3 million in federal funds to dredge the shipping channel, or the vital channel could remain clogged.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Horry County man accused of having sex with horse pleads guilty</title>
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A Horry County man accused of having sex with a horse pleaded guilty Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rhodes: Nothing etched in stone for runoff</title>
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&#8220;Everybody has predicted it was going to be a runoff because of the five candidates in the mayor&#8217;s race and everybody predicted it was going to be between McBride and myself, so it will be a basically a rematch of 2005 and we&#8217;ll see how it goes from there, but I&#8217;m just very excited to have the support that I&#8217;ve received.&#8220;
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          <title>Rhodes and McBride to run&#45;off for Myrtle Beach mayor</title>
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The Myrtle Beach mayoral race will end with a run-off race between two men familiar with the position. Mayor John Rhodes and former Mayor Mark McBride received the plurality of votes in Tuesday&#8217;s election.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Officials: Election turnout strong along Grand Strand</title>
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Election officials report turnout was high and a relatively smooth day at the polls. Some precincts in Myrtle Beach say turnout was one of the highest ever for a non-presidential race year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Aviation companies to bring 50 new jobs to the Grand Strand</title>
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At a ceremony attended by Mr. Mark Sanford, AvCraft Support Services and Indaer today announced a joint venture to provide seamless regional aircraft heavy maintenance to customers throughout the Americas, creating up to 50 new jobs over the next three years.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Founder&#8217;s Day Celebration set for Carolina Forest Elementary School</title>
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The 14th annual Founder&#8217;s Day event at Carolina Forest Elementary School is set for Saturday, November 7.

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A surprise announcement opened the Harold Swanner Entrepreneur Center at Horry-Georgetown Tech&#8217;s Grand Strand campus Tuesday morning.           ]]></description>
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Polls locally and across the country are open for election day.           ]]></description>
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Monday night, Atlantic Beach town council held its first council meeting since Governor Mark Sanford suspended Mayor Retha Pierce. Pierce was also at the meeting.&nbsp; She walked into the community center during the public comment portion, about ten minutes into the meeting.           ]]></description>
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And just a couple of hours before the polls open, many of the mayoral candidates said they are pretty calm and just anxious for the election to be finalized.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:33:42 EDT</pubDate>
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Broadway at the Beach&#8217;s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony will officially bring to a close the 2009 Holiday Harvest Festival and introduce the Christmas holiday season.           ]]></description>
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Officials with Environmental Health in Georgetown will be passing out fliers in the area around Pennyroyal Road around 1 p.m. today.

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Police are investigating a home invasion in the Green Sea section of Horry County. They say it happened on Friday, Oct. 30 around 9:50 a.m.           ]]></description>
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Horry County Police arrested a Walterboro man for the robbery of a local pharmacy.           ]]></description>
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The Horry County Police Department is investigating an armed robbery of a Socastee business employee while at work.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:38:46 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>School bus collides with motorcycle, one dead</title>
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Coroner&#8217;s office identified the teen killed when a school bus crashed with a motorcycle in Horry County Monday morning.           ]]></description>
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Pending closures of vast portions of the South Atlantic fishery could put hundreds of area residents out of their jobs and take local seafood off the table.           ]]></description>
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It will be up to the courts to decide if the canals that run through Wedgefield Plantation&#8212;and the maintenance costs&#8212;are the responsibility of the state or the homeowners.

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          <title>McBride tells opponents &#8216;attack me, not my family and wife&#8217;</title>
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Mark McBride, the former mayor of Myrtle Beach who is running for election in Tuesday&#8217;s mayoral election, says campaign ads are getting too personal.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:23:34 EDT</pubDate>
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A body has been found near Farrow Parkway on the old Air Force base, according to Dept. Corner Chris Burroughs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:41:58 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Charlene Taylor serving as mayor in Atlantic Beach during Retha Pierce&#8217;s suspension</title>
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News13 and scnow.com continue to keep you covered on the latest from Atlantic Beach, where yesterday, Mayor Retha Pierce was suspended by Governor Mark Sanford after she was indicted on felony hit-and-run charges from an incident that happened in April.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:57:36 EDT</pubDate>
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This is the first meeting that Mayor Pro Tem Charlene Taylor is expected to preside over.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:08:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor suspends Pierce as Atlantic Beach mayor</title>
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Gov. Mark Sanford suspended Retha Pierce as Atlantic Beach mayor Friday after a grand jury indicted her on a felony hit-and-run charge.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:50:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Grand Strand Regional announces visitor restrictions</title>
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According to a news release, visiting will not be allowed for individuals under the age of 19 or by anyone who is experiencing any flu like symptoms such as fever greater than 100, cough, sore throat or runny nose.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:46:42 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>History of Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce&#8217;s arrest incidents</title>
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Atlantic Beach mayor, Retha Pierce, has been arrested four times since the end of 2007. Three of those times were traffic-related incidents.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:14 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Boeing could mean up to 1,500 local jobs for Georgetown County</title>
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S.C. Rep. Carl Anderson said the announcement from Boeing that it will build a new manufacturing plant in the Lowcountry could mean at least 1,200 jobs for Georgetown County residents.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:56:38 EDT</pubDate>
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Close to fifty people showed up at a seminar for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Thursday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:45:42 EDT</pubDate>
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The Claire Chapin Epps YMCA opened the first week of October, but it celebrated its grand opening on Thursday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:28:02 EDT</pubDate>
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The Horry County Police Department is investigating a strong armed robbery that took place Wednesday afternoon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:37:04 EDT</pubDate>
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash outside Aynor Wednesday evening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:18:11 EDT</pubDate>
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On Tuesday, voters in the City of Georgetown will go to the polls to elect a new mayor and select three people for expiring city council seats.

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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:59:25 EDT</pubDate>
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Organizers of the Myrtle Beach-area group &#8220;H.E.L.P.,&#8220; which stands for &#8220;Help Eliminate Lousy Politicians&#8221; held a voter volunteer meeting Wednesday.

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          <title>Carolina Forest Piggly Wiggly to close Nov. 7</title>
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Piggly Wiggly in Carolina Forest is closing effective Nov. 7, a company spokesman has confirmed.           ]]></description>
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As residents remember to change their clocks back to standard time on Sunday, November 1, 2009, Horry County Fire Rescue reminds you to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. 
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The Atlantic Beach Police Chief was arrested Wednesday morning by Horry County Police.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:35:33 EDT</pubDate>
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The Conway man accused of starting a fire near his home that eventually led to one of the largest wildfires in South Carolina history pleaded guilty today, but did not take responsibility for the wildfire.           ]]></description>
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A man has been taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center after walking into a restaurant suffering from a stab wound Tuesday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:19:04 EDT</pubDate>
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The Convention Center was packed Tuesday night, and by 7:00 p.m. the attendance was over 7,700 as locals and visitors indulged in tasty tidbits from over 50 restaurants at this year&#8217;s 26th Annual Taste of the Town.           ]]></description>
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The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce presented its tourism tax expenditures and results report to city council Tuesday afternoon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:49 EDT</pubDate>
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Loris Healthcare System is anticipating an active flu season. To protect our staff, volunteers and patients, Loris Community Hospital will implement these changes effective November 1.            ]]></description>
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Due to the severity of the current flu season, Conway Medical Center will implement visitation restrictions to protect their patients, staff and visitors effective Wednesday, November 4.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:15 EDT</pubDate>
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The Conway Police have arrested a Little River man for exposing another to the HIV virus.           ]]></description>
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In a midmorning board meeting Brad Dean President of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce said there will be a board action against the Elmer Fudd case but not until after city elections.            ]]></description>
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A Longs man arrested in July for having sex with a horse a second time is expected to have a court hearing on Wednesday November 4th.
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A Georgetown County man died Monday night after crashing his pickup truck into another vehicle outside Andrews.           ]]></description>
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A union leader says he doesn&#8217;t think the Georgetown Steel Mill will reopen before 2011.           ]]></description>
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Disaster Action Team members of the Coastal South Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross assisted a Loris family who lost their home to fire on Monday.           ]]></description>
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In just eight days, voters will head to the polls for local elections across the eastern Carolinas. In Myrtle Beach some political experts said that city voters are equally divided between the incumbents and their opposition.           ]]></description>
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Representatives from Crescent Bank today announced the bank will partner with North Myrtle Beach High School&#8217;s chapter of the International Thespian Society in an effort to collect food items to give to needy children in the North Myrtle Beach area as part of the national &#8220;Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat&#8221; program.            ]]></description>
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A Coastal Carolina football player spent an hour in jail overnight after he was arrested by Aynor police.&nbsp; Corner Josh Norman, a starter for the Chanticleers, was charged with driving without a South Carolina  driver&#8217;s license, according to officials at J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
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Back in 2002, Lou Krieger hosted a popular local morning radio show, and, as part of a station gag, he ended up adopting part of the U.S. 17 Bypass that ran right outside his studio window.           ]]></description>
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Scientists from around the world are gathering along the Grand Strand this week for a geological conference.           ]]></description>
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A man fined in the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history is facing a court date to answer to charges.
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An Aynor man who was tried and found guilty of the 2006 murder of his girlfriend is appearing today at the Horry County Courthouse in Conway for a post conviction relief hearing, according to officials with the attorney general&#8217;s office.

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President Obama declared the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, a national emergency this weekend and local healthcare providers are urging people to get the flu vaccine.           ]]></description>
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It was an old time &#8220;stump meeting&#8221; as Myrtle Beach candidates running in the upcoming elections answered questions from voters.           ]]></description>
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Music, food, and fun for the kids. It felt like a carnival as hundreds of people came out to raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation at Linsdey&#8217;s Little Miracle Run.           ]]></description>
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A group of motorcycle riders revved up their engines for Ride for a Cure.           ]]></description>
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Drug tests Atlantic Beach mayor Retha Pierce took at Quality Drug Screening in Sumter show no drugs or alcohol were in her system when she was arrested on DUI charges in Marion County in September.           ]]></description>
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While Horry County&#8217;s unemployment rate sits at 10.9% which is up from the same time last year some local retailers said Friday that they are hiring.
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Despite tough economy, Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce officials say fall destination campaign is having a positive impact. 
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They say at around 5:30 a.m., officers responded to a home on Naomi Street because of reports of a home invasion.           ]]></description>
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Governor Mark Sanford named a Loris engineer to the Horry County School Board Friday           ]]></description>
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Horry County Police arrested two people in connection with the armed robbery of the Country Inn and Suites on Oct. 20.           ]]></description>
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They&#8217;re &#8220;MmmBopping&#8221; in South Carolina as the pop group Hanson walks a mile barefooted to draw attention to the plight of the poor in Africa and elsewhere.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina&#8217;s new jobless numbers came out Wednesday and they weren&#8217;t all that good. The employment security commission said that the state had an unemployment rate of 11.6%; that&#8217;s up slightly from August which was 11.4%.           ]]></description>
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The first shipments of H1N1 nasal spray vaccines have reached the Grand Strand.           ]]></description>
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The Alzheimer&#8217;s Association is inviting Grand Strand area residents to join the fight against Alzheimer&#8217;s by participating in the annual Alzheimer&#8217;s Association Memory Walk on Nov. 14 at Broadway at the Beach, Heroes Harbor.           ]]></description>
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Horry County Government and the Horry County Department of Airports will conduct a seminar for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, women and minorities interested in working construction for the expansion of Myrtle Beach International Airport           ]]></description>
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Ron Wofford spent time this week setting up a new set of nine holes at Georgetown&#8217;s East Bay Park. But it&#8217;s not regular golf he&#8217;s interested in this week. It&#8217;s disc golf.           ]]></description>
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Georgetown High School had an unwanted visitor Wednesday afternoon. An alligator wandered onto the school grounds, according to Principal Dr. Mike Cafaro.           ]]></description>
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A Community luncheon/forum will be held Thursday for a candidates running for Myrtle Beach Mayor, City Council, and Conway City Council.           ]]></description>
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