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State to City: A deal is a deal
By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
      In 1925, when SCE&G predecessor Broad River Power Co. acquired Columbia Railway, Gas, and Electric Co., the utility inherited the obligation to provide public passenger transit service for a reasonable fare inside the City of Columbia, be it either light rail or bus or both. In 1927, the utility b...
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McMaster pushes his plan
By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
      Attorney General Henry McMaster championed two of his causes before the House Criminal Laws Subcommittee on Wednesday afternoon, April 2.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Venture capital Columbia's Larry Wilson, founder and former CEO of PMSC, is making the transition from venture capital firm Pequot Ventures to its new name and form, FirstMark Capital LLC, still based in NYC and still focused on innovative high- tech start- ups. With $1 billion under management, F...
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Folks about town
      SCDP Chair Carol Fowler will attend Harvard's Institute of Politics Symposium on the Presidential primary process. Southeastern Freight Lines has been named in the South Carolina Trucking Association's 2007 Safety Award which is awarded to the safest truck fleets in the state.
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Dianne Light of DiPrato's and Dianne's on Devine
Star Profile
By John Temple Ligon
      Good food, good music, good people, good address, and a good boss - altogether it makes for a great place. Dianne's on Devine began on Assembly Street between the railroad tracks and SCE&G's assembly yard.
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Attorney General issues 2007 annual insurance fraud report
Contributed by S.C. Insurance News Service
      Last year there were 712 insurance fraud complaints from throughout South Carolina received by the Insurance Fraud Division. The total amount of insurance fraud reported was nearly $8.4 million. Nearly $400,000 in fines and restitution were ordered paid by the courts.
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