http://www.palmettoscoop.com REINVENTING THE S.C. SCENE Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:36:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A news package on the French documentary "The Game of Death" DOCUMENTARY FORCES PARTICIPANTS TO SHOCK CONTESTANTS TO DEATH ON FAKE GAME SHOW A lot of people say they will "kill" for celebrity, but a French documentary recently put that notion to the test with a social science experiment similar to the ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/18/french-people-will-kill-for-fame/ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks on FOX News, March 17, 2010 (FOX News Channel) GRAHAM: DEMS MUST BE DRUNK TO VOTE FOR THIS BILL U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham stirred the Democratic hornets nest on by suggesting that anyone who voted for the massive trillion-dollar health care bill must be drunk. "Nancy Pelosi, I ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/18/senator-cites-sake-as-spur-for-dem-suicide-on-health-care-bill/ The Water Bobble sits on my desk in front of my MacBook loaded to the Water Bobble website (TPS) TPS TESTS OUT WATER-PURIFYING BOTTLE After more than three weeks of waiting, I arrived home last Friday to finally find that my much-anticipated Water Bobble had been delivered. For those of you unfamiliar with ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/18/the-water-bobble-has-arrived/ The South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia (TPS) SPENDING PLAN INCLUDES CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE, ABORTION BAN, GOLF FUNDING After a 23 hour marathon session that included seemingly-endless discussions over taxpayer-funded abortion, the cigarette tax and a golf tournament, the South Carolina State House on Thursday approved a $5 billion budget for the coming ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/18/sc-house-passes-5b-budget/ Gov. Mark Sanford's "Big Government Basketball" March Madness bracket GOVERNOR URGES 'FULL COURT PRESS' TO STOP HEALTH CARE BILL While much of America (including yours truly) is going through the process of filling out their brackets for the NCAA basketball tournament, Gov. Mark Sanford was filling out a different bracket. On Wednesday, the ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/17/sanford-releases-march-madness-bracket-for-big-govt-basketball/ President Barack Obama speaks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 17, 2010 (Reuters Pictures) NRCC ASKS, 'WHAT WOULD ROB MILLER DO?' As the debate over socialized health care comes to a head in Washington, one of the largest special interest groups in the country is launching ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/17/moveon-org-pushes-democrats-to-back-obamacare/ Ex-NFL coach Tony Dungy speaks to inmates at the Broad River Road Correctional complex in Columbia, March 16, 2010 (AP Photo) SUPER BOWL WINNING COACH OFFERS PRISONERS MESSAGE OF HOPE Super Bowl winning NFL coach Tony Dungy was in South Carolina on Tuesday, but his visit had little to do with football. Instead, ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/16/tony-dungy-speaks-to-sc-inmates/ SC State Sen. Shane Massey addresses the Edgefield County Republican Party in Edgefield (Edgefield County GOP) LACK OF MONEY PUSHES STATE SEN. OUT OF 3RD DISTRICT RACE It's been a long time coming, but word spread on Tuesday that State Sen. Shane Massey (R-Edgefield) was dropping out of the race for South ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/16/massey-to-drop-congressional-bid/ Garrison Keillor during a live performance of "A Prairie Home Companion" in St. Paul, Minn. LEGENDARY STORYTELLER TO SPEAK AT N. CHARLESTON COLISEUM Pull up a chair and grab some Powdermilk Biscuits because Carson Wyler's alter-ego is headed to South Carolina. One of The Palmetto Scoop's favorite raconteurs, Garrison Keillor of “A Prairie ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/16/garrison-keillor-coming-to-sc/ An Experimental Lancair IV-P airplane lies beached on Hilton Head Island, March 16, 2010 (AP Photo) ATLANTA SALESMAN NEVER HEARD DOWNED PLANE APPROACHING A freak plane accident in Hilton Head has claimed the life of a Georgia man and caught the attention of federal investigators. Police say 38-year-old Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, ... http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/16/jogger-killed-by-plane-in-freak-sc-crash/