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 | Every morning, Mary Moultrie walks into a King Street office and faces the black-and-white images of her famous past. The photographs that line the walls tell a story of one of the most troubled times in recent Charleston history: picketing workers in white uniforms, thousands of people marching down Calhoun Street, petite women tussling with police officers. The photographs won't let her forget. They remind her why she's here. | ||||
| Dispute heads to justices WASHINGTON â€" The Supreme Court could hand President-elect Barack Obama a delicate problem in the coming days: what to do with a suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent who is the only person detained in this country as an enemy combatant. Ali al-Marri has been held in virtual isolation in the Charleston Naval Consolidated Brig for nearly 5 1/2 years. He is challenging President George W. Bush's authority to subject a legal resident of the United States to indefinite military detention without being charged or tried. Mental health patients strain hospital ERsSix mental health patients spent Labor Day weekend in Trident Medical Center's emergency department. As hospital staff struggled to funnel the patients into an overloaded and shrinking mental health care network, they filled nearly half of the department's rooms. According to Trident's protocol, four camera-equipped rooms are filled first, with a staff member constantly watching patients on a monitor nearby. Each patient beyond the fourth requires a sitter, and when a sixth patient arrives, a security guard must also stand duty. Union leader reorganizingEvery morning, Mary Moultrie walks into a King Street office and faces the black-and-white images of her famous past. The photographs that line the walls tell a story of one of the most troubled times in recent Charleston history: picketing workers in white uniforms, thousands of people marching down Calhoun Street, petite women tussling with police officers. The photographs won't let her forget. They remind her why she's here. Officials release tape of mother's 911 callGOOSE CREEK â€" It was a desperate mother's call for help as her son lay cold and motionless on a mattress in the family dining room. "I think he's dead!" Loretta Lake cried out to a 911 operator. Officials on Friday released the 911 recording in the Oct. 16 case of a brother accused of killing his sibling by striking him in the head with a cast-iron frying pan.  | ||||
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