Wednesday Quick Read
The State | House punishes Wilson
Post & Courier | Sanford drops in for update
Acorn | New Prostitution Scandal in California! (video)
AP | Baucus unveiling health bill without GOP on board
U.S. NEWS & POLITICS
Wash Times | Obama seeks Patriot Act extensions
Wash Examiner | Barone: Job-killing policies could doom Democrat hopes
Wash Times | Specter fundraisers stall Senate voting
S.C. NEWS & POLITICS
The State | Opinion: Thomas: Who’s really lying?
Post & Courier | ‘It’s behind me,’ Sanford says of probe
The State | Cola Workers face cuts in pay for holidays
The State | Challenges abound for new Columbia’s new mayor
Greenville News | Sanford turns over first batch of records
GoUpstate | Economy could help Sanford’s chances
S.C. BLOGS & PRESS BOX
The Palmetto Scoop | Columbia out of money
FITSNews | “Bailout” Barrett Bailed On Wilson Vote
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday took the rare step of passing – largely along party lines – a disciplinary measure against Rep. Joe Wilson for his “You lie!” yell at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress. Inside: Watch the U.S. House debate and Wilson’s remarks.
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Rep. Bob Inglis of South Carolina became the first Republican lawmaker Tuesday to make a public appeal to U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson to apologize to his House colleagues for yelling “you lie!” at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress.
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State prosecutors blocked the release Tuesday of autopsy results on a Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building, reasoning that they could hinder their investigation, the Connecticut medical examiner said.
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The state’s initial attempt to award a multi-million contract to develop a centralized, web-based database collection system for payday lenders has been temporarily suspended, due to a protest.
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