Make the time fit the crime
By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
      South Carolina Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster wants to reduce the state's prison population and shrink the system's overhead, all the while administering more suitable sentencing to felons. The U.S. Congress eliminated parole for federal inmates beginning in 1987. Virginia did something s...
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Charleston commuter rail feasible Charleston has found the cost of widening the interstate from Summerville by two lanes could cost $45 million per mile, which comes to $1 billion for the 21- mile connector. The cost of installing a commuter rail for the same segment is estimated at $75 million.
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Folks about town
      Major Randy Scott of the Richland County Sheriff's Department Uniform Patrol Division has graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, National Academy Program. The Annual Statewide Read- In coordinated by the S.C.
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Economic stimulus for seniors
Contributed by Lt.Governor's Office on Aging
      Question: have been hearing on the news lately about the economic stimulus check the Internal Revenue Service is sending out this year. I am confused. Will seniors get this rebate? First I heard seniors did not qualify, and now I am hearing that we do. What is th...
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Food service sales cooking at CMCC
Contributed by Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
      The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center (CMCC) celebrated a record number March 25. The CMCC generated more revenue in the first quarter of 2008 in food service than in any quarter since the convention center opened in September, 2004.
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Mark Plessinger of Frame of Mind
Star Profile
Story and Photo by John Temple Ligon
      A new shop selling glasses frames, Frame of Mind, opened recently at 1520 Main Street, about halfway between Rising High and the curb at Taylor Street. Across the street is the Columbia Museum of Art. Mark Plessinger, owner of Frame of Mind, was born in Dayton, Ohio, where his father managed the ...
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