Rumors & Notes: 3/13/14

TOP STORIES

• Hit-and-run driver kills 2 at SXSW (USA Today).
  • Driver is from Orangeburg (News 2).
• DOT storm clean-up costs may exceed $160 million (Post & Courier).
• Super Bad building on Charleston’s upper King St. is razed (Post & Courier).
• Lowcountry same-sex couple prepared to fight for last name rights (News 2).
• Dash cam video released after elderly man shot during York Co. stop (Live 5 News).

NATIONAL TOP STORIES

• Nine still missing after Manhattan explosion leaves at least 7 dead, many hurt (CNN).

• Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mystery deepens; officials don’t know which way it was flying (CBS).

GRAHAM VS EVERYONE

• Graham: ‘The Legislative Branch Should Declare War On The CIA’ (CBS DC).
  • T-Rav: CIA scandal exposes Lindsey Graham’s latest hypocrisy (Charleston City Paper).
  • Lindsey Graham Declares (Hypocritical) War On The CIA (FITSNews).
  • Nancy Mace says: “This takes hypocrisy to a whole new level” (Facebook).
• Lindsey Graham challenger calls SC senator “ambiguously gay” (The State).

• Graham Offers to ‘Help’ Kerry With Boehner on Ukraine Sanctions (NBC News).

FOOD

• Restaurant pulls out of Boulevard project (ABC News 4).
• Mercato will become Brasserie Gigi (Charleston City Paper).
• Caviar & Bananas Debuts 10 New Sandwiches (HCS).

• My Father’s Moustache unites pub life and soccer in Mt. P (Charleston City Paper).

• More style than substance at Lee Lee’s Hot Kitchen (Post & Courier).
• Swoon at the Dining Rooms at Chez Nous (Eater Charleston).
• Carolina’s Restaurant Closing (HCS).
• Eat & Drink: Passing the Torch (Charleston Mag).
• A follower told me that Huger’s on King Street has closed.

Southern Charm

• Can Boozy, Televised Sexcapades Fuel a Politicial Comeback? (National Journal).

• Southern Charm: school boy lessons (Charleston City Paper).

• Charleston restaurants give their take on ‘Southern Charm’ (Live 5 News).

POLITICS

• Sources: Harrell’s lawyers secretly trying to kick attorney general off his State Grand Jury case (The State).
• Charleston County considers microbrewery zoning (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Vincent Sheheen requests audit of women state workers’ pay (The Island Packet).
• Four abortion bills on Thursday’s agenda at S.C. Statehouse (Charleston City Paper).
  • SC bill that could close abortion clinics advances (ABC News 4).
• SC election offices to be closed on 1st filing day (ABC News 4).

CofC/MUSC MERGER TALK

• Faculty, students barrage McConnell with questions on visit (ABC News 4).
• Grumblings out of CofC indicate that Glenn McConnell will become the school’s president. The rest of the process appears to be for show.
• Legislators shouldn’t meddle in the affairs of CofC-MUSC (Charleston City Paper).
• The CofC Student Government Association has posted the purported response from Rep. Stephen Goldfinch regarding academic funding (CofC).

MUSIC

• Free association with the SceneSC Sampler’s greatest hits (Charleston City Paper).

• S.C. at SXSW Photo Gallery # 1 (Charleston City Paper).

SPORTS

• Gamecocks upset Arkansas 71-69 at SEC tournament (ABC News 4).
• Top-ranked South Carolina’s first SEC test comes against No. 21 Mississippi  (Post & Courier).
• Sapakoff: Summerville’s Janet Cone will build NCAA brackets  (Post & Courier).
• VIRAL VIDEO: Kid breaks down hearing Panthers’ Smith cut (Live 5 News).
• Freshmen play key role in success of College of Charleston women’s basketball team  (Post & Courier).
• Cougars enter tournament on a roll  (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Armed Robbery at West Ashley McDonald’s (Live 5 News).
• Charleston County coroner changes ruling in 1998 death after doubts raised about suicide (Post & Courier).
• Aiken police searching for missing teen (The State).
• Watch Out: Local scammer uses some tricky tactics (News 2).
• S.C. ranks top 10 in foreclosure rates (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• North Charleston Officer hurt in car crash (News 2).
• Remembering Jim Miller (Charleston City Paper).
• Councilman wants to boot controversial collectors from Berkeley intersections (Live 5 News).
• Lowcountry Open Land Trust raises $3.3 million for land near Angel Oak (Post & Courier).
• Here’s 1 More Map That Should Outrage Southerners (Huffington Post).
• Charleston woman accused of leaving children, 1 and 4, alone (ABC News 4).
• Thirsty Thursday Tweet-Up at The Joe on May 1st!  (HCS).
• School board responds to DJJ takeover proposal (ABC News 4).
• Scott sounds the charge for school choice (Post & Courier).

• Bill would keep Common Core standards in SC schools, for now (The Digitel).

• SC Guard jets in exercise over coastal skies (Live 5 News).
• Dorchester County faces overcrowded schools (News 2).
• Step into Serenity at Mepkin Abbey (Charleston Daily).
• Kickstarter CEO to speak at Dig South (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Health Care sign up help from BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina in Lowcountry (News 2).
• Police: Man confesses to shooting himself in hand (ABC News 4)
• Power restored throughout Lowcountry after extreme winds (Live 5 News).
• Breast cancer patient finds strength, courage at gun range (Live 5 News).
• Beachwear brand opens retail shop in Mount Pleasant (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Officials look to create a future with less traffic on James Island (ABC News 4).
• New MinuteClinic opens in Ladson, North Charleston next (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Finding mosquitoes before they find you (ABC News 4).
• USC’s international MBA program tops U.S. News rankings (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Wheelchair can’t stop Mathias or zap his passion for selling olive oil (Post & Courier).
• Man pleads guilty to lesser charges in roommates’ deaths (Live 5 News).
• Video shows crash that injured North Charleston police officer, chaplain (Post & Courier).
• Signs of hope after James Island House fire that rocks hundreds (Live 5 News).

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