A 23-year-old teacher in Spartanburg, S.C. will be prosecuted under a new state law governing sexual relationships between teachers and students. The teacher, Abby Kate McElhenney, is accused of having a relationship with a student who is old enough to consent to sexual activity (i.e. 16 years of
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If South Carolina prisoners are going to have access to the "Good Book," then they ought to be permitted to read a few naughty books (and magazines) as well. That's the presumed position of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), at least - which is suing a Berkeley County, S.C. prison on the grounds
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In the latest example of a supermodel forgetting the unspoken rule of supermodels (i.e. to "not speak"), outspoken Brit-babe Naomi Campbell is blasting Cadbury chocolates. What for? Apparently Campbell believes that an ad for the confection-maker's new chocolate sensation - "Bliss" - is racist. Take
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In news that hypochondriacs are likely to struggle with, an international panel of health experts said Tuesday that cell phones were "possibly carcinogenic" to humans. In fact, the cancer research wing of the World Health Organization has now placed cell phones in the same category as pesticides and
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Did U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) send a woman a picture of his ... well, wiener? That's what everyone in Washington, D.C. is chattering about this weekend - you know, instead of Tuesday's big vote on raising our nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. Weiner (the Congressman) is suspected of
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By Ronald Reagan || Mr. President, General, the distinguished guests here with us today, my fellow citizens: In America’s cities and towns today, flags will be placed on graves in cemeteries; public officials will speak of the sacrifice and the valor of those whose memory we honor. In 1863,
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What is it with government bureaucrats' addiction to softball? Seriously ... why can't these taxpayer-funded Gomers pick up a real sport? Anyway, employees of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) - which would be zeroed out of the federal budget if it were up to us - refused to take
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Quick - what's the only state in America where a bunch of retards can outlaw the word "retarded?" If you immediately thought of South Carolina, ding ding ding ding! You're correct... and officially not a retard. In one of those all-too-frequent moments when political correctness and our state's
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The 89-year-old doomsday prophet who inaccurately predicted the demise of the world last weekend is at it again. Harold Camping, whose pronouncement of the rapture of Jesus Christ failed to materialize on May 21, now says that his calculations were off and that the world will actually end five months
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Has FITS become one of your daily destinations for political news and commentary? We hope so ... and judging by the steady increases in traffic we've seen over the last few years, it has. What started five years ago as an insider political blog has morphed into a unique new media hybrid - one that
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For those of you waking up from a six-day coma, former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign imploded this week after he referred to a middle-of-the-road GOP budget-cutting plan as "right-wing social engineering" and "radical change." (For the specifics of his foot-in-mouth episode, click
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U.S. President Barack Obama has presided over record gas price increases, but that's not stopping one Columbia, S.C. gas station from seeking to capitalize on his likeness. Located on the corner of North Main Street and Prescott Road - in the heart of James Clyburn country - store owner Sam Hanak
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