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Last week, the execs at downtown-based independent record store Millennium Music announced that they'll close their doors at the corner of King and Calhoun streets for good on Thurs. May 1 and move their operation to another facility in order to concentrate on expanding their online venture, FeedYourPlayer.com.

South Carolina ranked among the top 10 states in the nation last year in providing publicly-funded preschool programs to 4-year-olds, but state funding has not achieved the same high rating. The National Institute for Early Education Research's annual report, released today, placed the state 7th in the nation for its preschool access for 4-year-olds during the 2006-07 school year. ...

Amid rising concerns over mercury and greenhouse gases from coal-fired power generators, Santee Cooper on Wednesday said it plans to take a closer look at its pollution-control strategy for the proposed $1 billion Pee Dee plant.

The muscular guy behind the D.A.R.E. table at Starbucks sold GMLc two boxes of crayons and two pairs of silly plastic sunglasses with frogs on them for $33. We kept one of each for a child we know and donated the other two items back to D.A.R.E. to give to a child in the program.

Nathaniel Frasier puts his kindergartner to bed by 9 p.m. each night and wakes him up at 6:30 a.m. for school. He thought his son was getting enough sleep and didn't realize until this week that recommendations call for up to an hour and a half more sleep than his son gets now.

COLUMBIA — A bill that encourages businesses and homeowners to install fire sprinkler systems has stalled in a Senate committee.

People poured out of the Palmetto Pub and Brew House into the parking lot at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday. North Charleston police officers investigating a hit and run nearby heard angry voices in the crowd.