Rumors & Notes: 12/5/13

TOP STORIES

• Nelson Mandela, South African Icon of Peaceful Resistance, Dies (New York Times).

  • 20 best quotes (MSN).

• Authorities responding to a report of a body floating in the water (Live 5 News).
  • Body found near Daniel Island Marina identified (News 2).
• Loud boom heard throughout Lowcountry (News 2).
• James Island Charter High Principal Bob Bohnstengel files lawsuit against school (Post & Courier).
• Local fast-food workers protest salary outside of Charleston McDonald’s (Post & Courier).
  • Update on Charleston’s first fast food employee walkout, wanting $15.00 per hour and union (News 2).
• Berkeley County fugitive Blanchard back in custody, sheriff’s office says (Post & Courier).
• Day 4 of sexual assault court martial for Coast Guard Petty Officer Omar Gomez (News 2).
  • Female shipmates testify (ABC News 4).

FOOD

• Study calls for expanding the state’s local produce economy (Post & Courier).
  
• The Ordinary, Ben Silver & More Featured on Esquire Network Show (HCS).
• Unsolicited Advice for Seeking Local Restaurant Advice (Post & Courier).
• S&S Cafeteria reopens after October fire (Post & Courier).
• Charleston’s First Top Chefs (Charleston Magazine).
• Free Cake at Shoney’s This Friday (Post & Courier).
• Updating the Charleston Heatmap, December 2013 (Eater Charleston).
• Westbrook Brewing Named One of 2013′s Best Breweries (HCS).
• Every Day Without Chez Nous is a Day of Sadness (Eater Charleston).
• Bradford Watermelon Joins Slow Food Ark of Taste (Post & Courier).
• If Life Gives You Persimmons, Make Persimmon Cocktails (Post & Courier).

MUSIC

• Elim Bolt get ‘Dingy’ in new video (Charleston City Paper).

• Matt Monday prepping for a big year in 2014 (Charleston City Paper).

• New Rachel Kate music video wades into Southern Gothic territory (Charleston City Paper).

SPORTS

• New South Carolina football team looking for players (News 2).
• Phil Niekro, Javy Lopez Highlight Hot Stove Banquet (HCS).
• Special cart helps paralyzed man return to golf course (ABC News 4).
• Stratford High football team heads to the state championship Saturday (News 2).
• Citadel QB Ben Dupree headed for all-star game; Bulldogs get commitments (Post & Courier).
• Disc Golf Party this Saturday at Brick House Kitchen (HCS).
• Coastal Carolina copes with Montana’s frozen-tundra advantage in FCS playoffs (Post & Courier).
• Soon, Clemson juniors could check out where they would get drafted in 2014 (Post & Courier).

HOLIDAY

• Holiday events calendar on overload this weekend (Charleston Scene).
• 2013 Holiday Gift Guide (Charleston City Paper).

WEIRD/FUNNY

• 12 Insane Things That Happened On My Night Out With Bill Murray (Thought Catalog).

• S.C. penises are bigger than most, according to totally unscientific study (Charleston City Paper).

MISC

• Spoleto Festival USA Announces Lineup (New York Times).

• New area code to be added to Lowcountry, Pee Dee area (Post & Courier).
• Police have confiscated 55 bicycles from King Street sidewalks (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston County to consider multi-million dollar deal with TTC for training center in North Charleston (News 2).
• Meeting in North Charleston brainstorms ways to stop gun violence (Post & Courier).
• In South Carolina, Democrat keeps Obamacare at arm’s length (CNN).
  • SC Democrat files bill to ‘lessen the burden’ of Obamacare (The State).
• Getting High In Charleston: A Photo Essay (Charleston Grit).
• Accident in McClellanville sends multiple people to the hospital (Live 5 News).
• SCDOT Commission approves I-526 completion project (News 2).
• The 2014 Charleston Comedy Festival Scheduled was released.
• Charleston needs to learn to love the cruise industry (Charleston City Paper).
• CCSD continues to make progress in bridging the achievement gap (News 2).
• Boulevard project opens in Mt. Pleasant (Live 5 News).
• From Charleston to the screen (Post & Courier).
• A jubilant Garden & Gun celebrates a budding success story in print media (Charleston City Paper).
• Haley to receive manufacturing award for jobs (ABC News 4).
• Keep the Midlands Beautiful hosting annual gala (The State).
• Funeral to be held Thursday for Florence deputy killed in crash (Live 5 News).
• FedEx Ground Package System building distribution center in Spartanburg County (GoUpstate.com).
• Separate trials requested in SC State case (ABC News 4).
• SC Medicaid program growing despite rejection of Obamacare (The State).
• Man sentenced to 22 years in prison for bank robberies (ABC News 4).
• Summerville man sentenced to 17 years for home break-in (Post & Courier).
• Accident shuts down two lanes of I-26 near exit 217 (ABC News 4).
• Boeing’s 777X site criteria revealed as Charlotte joins hunt (Post & Courier).
• Walterboro man accused of stealing fuel tanker in May jailed in Virginia after fatal wreck (Post & Courier).

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