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This (Old News) Just In: Obama Doesn't Plan to End the Occupation By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet The New York Times reports an "evolution" in Obama's plan for Iraq. But his campaign rhetoric and his Iraq plan were always at odds. Read more »   Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters By Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com With more than 14,000 square feet of prime mall space, the experience center is bigger than three basketball courts and is filled with lots of dazzle. Read more »   Will Caroline Kennedy Replace Hillary in the Senate? By The Christian Progressive Liberal, Jack & Jill Politics It is certainly starting to look that way ... Read more »   Photo Shows Top Obama Staffer Groping Hillary Clinton Cut-Out By Liliana Segura, AlterNet Officials are laughing it off, but such a sexist display should be confronted and denounced. Read more »   Duke Energy Gets Slammed on Mercury Emissions By Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club Even the greenest of coal groups, Duke Energy isn't even taking basic steps to control harmful emissions like toxic mercury. Read more »   Franken Campaign Claims to Be Up by Four Votes: Recount Ends (But Not Really) in Minnesota By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly The good news is, the statewide recount of the unresolved Senate race in Minnesota ended this afternoon. Read more »   CNN Screws the Pooch: Cancels Science, Space and Technology Section By PZ Myers, Pharyngula Who needs good science coverage, after all, since nothing important happens in that area. Read more »   Loyal Bushie Won't Vacate Office Under Obama By Faiz Shakir, Think Progress A new attorney scandal? Say it ain't so. Bush-appointed U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan plans to stick around after Bush leaves. Read more »   In Lockstep, Media Goes Out for Afghanistan Surge By Jason Rosenbaum, The Seminal Haven't we learned our lesson from Iraq? Read more »   Unemployment Rates Continue to Rise Dramatically By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly 533,000 jobs lost is the worst in a single month since December 1974. Read more »

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It's All God -- Amen, Om, Whatever By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet Eliezer Sobel bowed, chanted, nude wrestled, meditated, and overdosed on 'shrooms in a 40-year search to find God. But he still feels empty inside. Read more »   Dear Reader, Just when each of us should be feeling ecstatic that a dark, 8-year period of corruption, greed and arrogance is about to end, we're also feeling uncertain and financially distressed because of the unprecedented global economic crash. We're definitely feeling the split here at AlterNet. In many ways, 2008 was a banner year for us. We were a major player in crushing the right wing. We smashed every one of our visitor records, attracting a whopping 35 million readers. The economic crunch is going to hurt us too, unless you can help us out. Can we count on you to step up and support AlterNet at this very crucial moment?     Obama Doesn't Plan to End the Occupation in Iraq By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet The president-elect's thinking 'evolves' -- we can expect tens of thousands of American troops to stay. Read more »   Obama May Tap a Strong Progressive to Manage Our Wilderness By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet The appointment of Rep. Raul Grijalva to the Department of the Interior would bring much-needed political balance to the Obama cabinet. Read more »   Michael Moore's Advice for the Auto Industry Is Far Too Cavalier for Such a Serious Issue By Toby Barlow, AlterNet Moore likes to complain about Detroit's 'gas-guzzling, inferior products,' but he's ignoring the great achievements of millions of its auto workers. Read more »   Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract Youngsters By Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com With more than 14,000 square feet of prime mall space, the experience center is bigger than three basketball courts and is filled with lots of dazzle. Read more »   Americans Are Crazy Workaholics -- It's Time We Brought More Balance to Our Lives By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post "No life," "no family" and "can devote, literally, 19-20 hours a day" to work. Sound familiar? That's our future Homeland Security chief talking. Read more »   Coca-Cola's Latest Environmental Scam By Amit Srivastava, India Resource Center Under fire for its mismanagement of water resources in India, Coke has gone all out to create an image of itself as a leader in water conservation. Read more »   KBR Kept Foreign Contractors in Squalid Warehouses for Months By Adam Ashton, McClatchy Newspapers Some 1,000 Asian workers have spent up to three months in windowless warehouses in Baghdad, without money or a place to work. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Mike Huckabee Exposes Real Hate in America: Christophobes By Katie Halper, KatieHalper.com Mike Huckabee is a jackass. Read more »   Palin's Health Plan Focuses on 'Outdoor Activities' and Consumption of 'Wild Game' By Igor Volsky, Think Progress A moose a day keeps the doctor away. Read more »   Former Gitmo Prosecutor Breaks Silence About Torture By ZP Heller, Brave New Films The campaign to close Gitmo and end military commissions heats up. Read more »

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			On a blustery evening in Charleston Harbor, two friends perished in the crash of a World War II-era biplane that was ruled an accident more than a year ago. On Friday night, a coroner's inquest reached a different conclusion.
Enjoy a every Sunday Only In The Post & Courier find locations		Local High school named among best in country Charleston County residents aren't just bragging when they say their school district is home to one of the top high schools in the country. Academic Magnet High School catapulted to the No. 9 spot in a ranking of the country's best high schools by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine's rankings issue will be published Monday. Woman raped after walk home A young woman was raped by a stranger early Friday after walking home from a nightclub in downtown Charleston, authorities said. Tenants of a residence near Calhoun Street reported that at about 1:45 a.m. their 19-year-old neighbor was banging on their front door, told them about the assault, and they took her to Roper Hospital for treatment, a police report said. Neighbors learn of meeting after the fact Ronnie and Jessica Jenkins recently finished replacing vinyl siding that melted on their Pebble Road home the night of the Sofa Super Store blaze. Their property is so close to the site of last year's fatal fire that they watched the rescue of a store worker from their backyard and stood in ankle-deep water as firefighters trained hoses on the inferno. Boys & Girls Club cuts programs The Boys & Girls Club of the Trident Area will close its seven after-school programs late next week but plans to reopen at least some of them next year after working out a new financial plan. Beginning Friday, the club will furlough about eight full-time and 30 part-time employees at the sites, which serve about 600 children ages 6 to 18 in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties.
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			COLUMBIA â€" Darrin Horn's women's clinic is scheduled for this afternoon. You might find more fluid basketball displayed there than South Carolina's 72-48 victory Friday evening against Furman inside the sparsely occupied Colonial Life Arena. "This was a game that didn't seem to have a lot of flow to it," said Horn, USC's first-year coach. No, it didn't.
		Money, fame — and guns Many NFL players shudder when they think about what Plaxico Burress is going through â€" and what still awaits. Players across the league think about how difficult his life has become. They think about how much worse it could have been. And they think about how â€" in a culture where athletes and guns seem to go together far too often â€" it easily could have been them. "It's eye-opening, there's no doubt about it," Falcons linebacker Keith Brooking said. Koenning rips Clemson for dismissal CLEMSON â€" Vic Koenning said nice things about Clemson and new head coach Dabo Swinney in an official statement released a few hours after he was fired Tuesday but did not hold back in an interview with the Wichita Eagle. The former Kansas State linebacker pointed out he was statistically one of the most successful defensive coordinators Clemson has had and questioned how the school could get rid of "beautiful roses" while trimming "a few weeds." Stingrays earn another win in Charlotte Stingrays roll, 5-1 Quinn's courage honored North Carolina freshman defensive end Robert Quinn, a graduate of Fort Dorchester High School, has been awarded the Atlantic Coast Conference's Brian Piccolo Award. The Piccolo Award has been given annually since 1972 in memory of the late Brian Piccolo to the "most courageous" football player in the ACC. Piccolo was the ACC Athlete of the Year in 1965 and played for the Chicago Bears before his career was cut short when he was stricken with cancer. His courageous fight against that disease was an inspiration to the Bears and the entire football community.
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			WASHINGTONâ€" An alarming half-million American jobs vanished virtually in a flash last month, the worst mass layoffs in over a third of a century, as economic carnage spread ever faster and the nation hurtled toward what could be the hardest hard times since the Great Depression.
		Mazda dealer closes A large crane removed the Low Country Mazda sign along U.S. Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant on Friday, yet another unpleasant sign of the times for the automotive industry. The dealership is no longer in business, though a used-car lot under a different name now occupies the site. Half a million jobs: Gone WASHINGTONâ€" An alarming half-million American jobs vanished virtually in a flash last month, the worst mass layoffs in over a third of a century, as economic carnage spread ever faster and the nation hurtled toward what could be the hardest hard times since the Great Depression. Neighbors get 2nd check from ports As part of a $4 million commitment, the State Ports Authority on Friday presented its second annual check to North Charleston residents whose neighborhoods are directly affected by the expansion of the Port of Charleston. The funding is part of a mitigation plan that aims to generate the most positive impact from the SPA's shipping terminal under construction at the former Navy base. Whales to be factor in decision WASHINGTON â€" Shipping lanes around East Coast ports might have to steer clear of endangered whales. The U.S. Coast Guard agreed Friday to evaluate, in consultation with federal scientists, the rerouting of shipping lanes and the placement of new ones to insure the safety of the endangered right whale.
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