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| The Lowcountry is in the running to become the headquarters for a major U.S. military command focused on Africa that could inject hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars of investment into the Charleston area. The Charleston area is believed to be one of three finalists for the United States Africa Command at a site along the East Coast, said State Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, who has been involved with efforts to lure the command as part of the state military task force. | |||||
| McCain favored in state A new poll shows Republican presidential hopeful John McCain blowing by Democrat Barack Obama in South Carolina, but their race in North Carolina and Virginia remains too close to call. About 55 percent of South Carolina voters said they would vote for McCain, while 35 percent said they would support Obama. Almost 7 percent were undecided. Howl-O-Ween party helps petsPet Helpers and Rockwellarts.com are holding a Howl-O-Ween costume contest and rescue party 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the shelter, 1447 Folly Road, James Island. Higher education tries to cope with 15% hitA key legislator discouraged leaders at the state's public colleges and universities from passing on to students the pain of budget cuts through a mid-year bump in the cost of tuition. Most of the state's higher education institutions took a 15 percent hit to their 2008-09 budgets in the latest round of budget slashing in Columbia. The state Senate approved the cost-cutting plan Thursday. Pared budget spreads painCOLUMBIA â€" State agencies began scrambling Thursday to figure how they will maintain public services in the face of the Legislature slashing a half billion dollars from the state budget. At the same time, Gov. Mark Sanford threatened the possibly of a veto to correct problems he sees with the way lawmakers handled the situation. "We'll be taking a close look at this plan when it reaches my desk to determine what if anything can be corrected via a veto," Sanford said in a statement.  | ||||
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