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The sun glistens off the new concrete sidewalks poured looking south from 8th Avenue North along Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach. This project will also update the medians and see new asphalt put down before it is completed this May.

Kings Highway improvements, though slowed by winter weather,

Winter weather has slowed Kings Highway improvements in downtown Myrtle Beach, but city engineers say construction still is on schedule for completion in May.

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Ashley Connor tags Taylor Hunter at home plate as Socastee hosts Carolina Forest Monday, March 10th, 2014

Socastee softball defends home plate, tops Carolina Forest

Socastee ended Carolina Forest’s threat in the first and second inning with strong defensive plays at the plate.

Business

High school senior, Kaylen Gordon, 18, left, waits for a Metro Rail light train on the Gold Line at Union Station in Los Angeles Monday, March 10, 2014. Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time in half a century. Nearly 10.7 billion trips in 2013, to be precise, the highest total since 1956, according to ridership data reported by transit systems nationally and released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association.

More choices, more rides bring transit renaissance

With more trains and buses to take, and the appeal of using travel time for pursuits other than dodging traffic, Americans are taking greater advantage of a renaissance in public transit, according to a new report. 29 minutes ago

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Joel Pett / Lexington Herald-Leader (March 9, 2014)

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This photo shows a painting of beekeepers in the “Maura Kenny: Out of Hobcaw” solo exhibition, opening March 10 in Coastal Carolina University’s Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery.

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The “Maura Kenny: Out of Hobcaw” solo exhibition opens, continuing through April 4, with watercolors and mixed-media paintings of scenes from the historic Hobcaw Barony, a 17,500-acre wildlife refuge and former rice plantation on U.S...

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This handout photo provided by the University of Sussex, taken in April 2011, shows a wild elephant in Amboseli National Park in Kenya reacting to sound played by scientists in experiments that show they can distinguish between human languages and genders. Elephants are so clever they use their famed memory to be discriminating listeners of us humans. That way they can determine who is a threat and who isn’t, according to study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This is an advanced thinking skill that no other non-human animal have demonstrated, scientists say.

Elephants prove discerning listeners of us humans

Dr. Seuss had it right: Horton really does hear a Who. Wild elephants can distinguish between human languages, and they can tell whether a voice comes from a man, woman or boy, a new study says.

South Carolina News

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo South Carolina School Superintendent, Mick Zais, center, greets supporters at a GOP event for South Carolina governor-elect Nikki Haley in Columbia, S.C. Zais says South Carolina high school students who don’t plan to go to college should be able to choose more practical courses than algebra II, English literature and other classes not perceived as relevant to their life beyond the classroom. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said his priorities for his remaining year in office include advocating for greater flexibility in the high school curriculum, with a focus on critical writing, statistics and personal finance.

Zais calls for flexibility in high school courses

Superintendent Mick Zais says South Carolina high school students who don't plan to go to college should be able to choose more practical courses than algebra II, English literature and other classes not perceived as relevant to their life beyond ...

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Real Life | Our greater ‘wealth’ is worth bequeathing

Editor’s note: This is a new column that runs occasionally in Coasting that deals with a variety of topics related to end-of-life issues. View previous columns online at MyrtleBeachOnline.com.

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