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Outdoors column: Shark expert shares thoughts on flurry of attacks in Carolinas

Charles Farmer III literally wrote the book on sharks in South Carolina. Really, Farmer is the author of “Sharks of South Carolina.” Farmer first tangled with sharks as a child in the Bluffton area in the late 1950s, and then

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Riding to remember the fallen

Through rain, heat, traffic and sweat, a group of firefighters and police officers bicycle across state lines to honor those who gave all. The Carolina Brotherhood is a cycling charity event established in 2012. Every year the organization, based in

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Cedar Fair Charities Announces Coaster Campout At Parks In Honor Of National …

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: FUN), home to 122 of the greatest roller coasters in the world, announces their first-ever companywide Coaster Campout between mid-August and mid-September. Campers from all over the country

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LendingTree Announces Top Ten Customer-Rated Lenders for Q2 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — LendingTree® (NASDAQ: TREE), the nation’s leading online loan marketplace, today announced the top ten customer-rated lenders on its network based on actual customer reviews for the second quarter of 2015. The ‘Top Ten’ list is

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NC Senate unveils compromise on sales tax distribution, jobs incentives

Senate Republican leaders rolled out a compromise Thursday addressing jobs incentives and a controversial plan to change how sales tax revenues are distributed among counties. The new Senate economic development bill – now separated from legislative budget talks – softens

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South Carolina | Historic Brattonsville

Care to stroll through the past? Historic Brattonsville – roughly an hour southwest of Charlotte, N.C. – is a 778-acre site with more than two-dozen historic buildings scattered around an old family plantation. The property includes the original log home

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FairPoint Communications Releases New White Paper Highlighting Top 5 Benefits …

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP), a leading provider of advanced communications technology in northern New England, has released its latest customer resource on data center colocation services. The white paper, titled “Top 5 Benefits

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Country Music Takes Center Stage In Myrtle Beach, S.C.

–> and imageUrl: http://content.prnewswire.com/designimages/_thumb_31436.png –> TripAdvisor Logo. (PRNewsFoto/TripAdvisor) 3 day country music festival in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina featuring the biggest names in country music! Facebook Twitter left No 3 day country music festival in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina featuring

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Babson Co-Arranges Senior Credit Facilities to Support Kinderhook Industries …

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Plan to shift NC sales tax deserves a veto

Among the big policy changes stuffed into the state Senate’s budget is a proposal that could take significant revenue away from urban counties and distribute it to rural counties. The idea has a double drawback: it will hurt counties that

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