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  SOUTH CAROLINA'S TOP 10 STORIES OF 2004
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ContributorJoshua L. 
Last EditedJoshua L.  Jan 01, 2005 05:40pm
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MediaNewspaper - Charleston Post and Courier
News DateSaturday, January 1, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionHere are the Top 10 South Carolina stories of 2004 as voted on by AP members statewide:
NO. 1: U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, D-S.C., retires.

NO. 2: Busiest hurricane season in decades causes almost $150 million in damage as a total of seven storms affect the state. For the first time in more than a century, the tracks of four storms move across the state.

NO. 3: Former Lt. Gov. Earle Morris Jr. is convicted, Larry Owen pleads guilty and a civil settlement of 18 cents on the dollar is reached in the Carolina Investors' bankruptcy, in which more than 8,000 investors lost $278 million when the company collapsed.

NO. 4: South Carolina holds the first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary in February, giving North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, a Seneca native, his only primary win.

NO. 5: Gov. Mark Sanford spars repeatedly with the Legislature, even bringing piglets to the Statehouse to emphasize what he calls pork-barrel spending and threatening a lawsuit over packing different issues into a single bill.

NO. 6: An FBI and SLED investigation of a cockfighting operation results in the indictment of state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Sharpe. He is accused of accepting at least $20,000 from an organization involved in breeding and raising birds for cockfighting in exchange for helping the group avoid legal trouble.

NO. 7: A January fire at a Comfort Inn in Greenville kills six people and injures 12 others. The fire was ruled arson, though no suspects are arrested.

NO. 8: South Carolina voters pass a constitutional amendment on minibottles that allows legislators to decide how drinks will be served.

NO. 9: Thousands attend the April burial in Charleston for the crewmen from the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.

NO. 10: Legislature passes a bill allowing tattooing. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control Board approves new tattoo regulations in November, but getting a legal tattoo is still months away.
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