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Motorcyclist dies in crash Sunday afternoon in Myrtle Beach area

A Conway man died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed with a car Sunday afternoon in the Myrtle Beach area.

Sports

Jeff Gordon drives through Turn 1 during the Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 27, 2014.

Jeff Gordon wins Crown Royal 400 at Brickyard

Jeff Gordon is now a five-time winner at the Brickyard. He hopes it’s the precursor to a fifth Sprint Cup Series championship.

Business

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Five things to know about the sales tax holiday

This year’s sales tax holiday starts at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday and Grand Strand merchants are expecting a bonus of shoppers because North Carolina has no tax-free weekend this year.

Opinion

Walter E. Williams | Do blacks need favors?

Earlier this month, the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act was celebrated. During the act’s legislative debate, then-Sen. Hubert Humphrey, responding to predictions, promised, “I’ll eat my hat if this leads to racial quotas...

Entertainment

Two of the four co-captains on the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders – Denita Clara Clark and Alice Fair, fourth and fifth from left in the front row, respectively – will meet and greet fans on Saturday night at the Myrtle Beach Pelicans game.

Pair of Falcons cheerleaders join Myrtle Beach Pelicans’ fete for football

Two of four co-captains on the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders will help celebrate the boys of summer – and the boys of fall – on Saturday with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans at TicketReturn.com Field.

Nation/World

Lightning strikes over downtown in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday, July 27, 2014. Authorities say powerful storms crossing east Tennessee have destroyed 10 homes and damaged others, though there are no immediate reports of any deaths or injuries.

Official: Storms destroy E. Tenn homes, no deaths

Powerful storms that raked across several states in the eastern U.S. on Sunday destroyed at least 10 homes in Tennessee, but there were no immediate reports of any deaths or injuries, authorities said. 10 minutes ago

South Carolina News

People and achievements, July 28

SWANSEA HIGH SCHOOL band director Travis Kelly has been elected to membership in the American School Band Directors’ Association National Conference. 2 hours ago

Living

Many of us have crape myrtles in our yards. If you want more blooms after your current flowers wane, snip off some of the clumps of spent flowers and nascent green seeds. That stimulates new growth and new flowers in the spots you clip.

Gardening | Gain some green thumb points in your Myrtle Beach-area gardens and yards

Let us not be too quick to award ourselves green thumb status for the lushness of our gardens this season. Credit rain for the season’s abundant green growth.

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