State, some local employees get five-day weekend
The holidays are a good time to be a government employee for anyone looking for paid days off.

The holidays are a good time to be a government employee for anyone looking for paid days off.
The new kid in the College of Charleston’s School of Sciences and Mathematics this semester has a talon as large as your hand.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information about an Adams Run man who went missing in September.
(Reuters Health) - For college football players, practicing without helmets and shoulder pads may help reduce the number of head impacts in later practices and games, a new study suggests.
(Reuters Health) - For college football players, practicing without helmets and shoulder pads may help reduce the number of head impacts in later practices and games, a new study suggests.
Thirty-four years ago this week, Robert Dodds and Danny Kassis piled into an old Chevy sedan and made the 9½-hour drive from Charleston to Miami to witness what both Clemson freshmen hoped would be an historic night at the Orange Bowl.
Lauren Goss didn’t even know she had a gift for competing in triathlons until she dated a local amateur during her senior year at Clemson.
Turkish police disperse protesters demonstrating against security operations in southeast as battle against Turkish militants rages on. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Turkish police disperse protesters demonstrating against security operations in southeast as battle against Turkish militants rages on. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Turkish police disperse protesters demonstrating against security operations in southeast as battle against Turkish militants rages on. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Turkish police disperse protesters demonstrating against security operations in southeast as battle against Turkish militants rages on. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Turkish police disperse protesters demonstrating against security operations in southeast as battle against Turkish militants rages on. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Shred it and forget it. Ahead of the New Year, dozens of people shred their bad memories of 2015 in Times Square. Roselle Chen reports.
Shred it and forget it. Ahead of the New Year, dozens of people shred their bad memories of 2015 in Times Square. Roselle Chen reports.
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for an official visit to Washington on March 10, complete with a rare state dinner and discussions about energy and climate change, the White House said on Monday.
The manager of a downtown Charleston hotel apologized Monday for asking a Twitter user not to include the property in photographs of the nearby Mother Emanuel AME Church, the site of a shooting rampage that killed nine people in June.
HONOLULU, Dec 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama was updated on Monday on the progress made by Iraqi security forces over Islamic State militants in Ramadi, the White House said.
More than 1,400 flights have been canceled across the U.S. and 2,600 have been delayed due to the large storm system moving through the middle part of the country.
An Ohio prosecutor says a grand jury in Cleveland has declined to indict two police officers who shot to death a 12-year-old boy in what he described as a "perfect storm of error" in November 2014. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
An Ohio prosecutor says a grand jury in Cleveland has declined to indict two police officers who shot to death a 12-year-old boy in what he described as a "perfect storm of error" in November 2014. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
An Ohio prosecutor says a grand jury in Cleveland has declined to indict two police officers who shot to death a 12-year-old boy in what he described as a "perfect storm of error" in November 2014. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
An Ohio prosecutor says a grand jury in Cleveland has declined to indict two police officers who shot to death a 12-year-old boy in what he described as a "perfect storm of error" in November 2014. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Dec 28 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co will begin raising deposit rates for some of its biggest clients in January, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has told a national television audience that 2016 will see the defeat of Islamic State, also known as "Daesh", in his country. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has told a national television audience that 2016 will see the defeat of Islamic State, also known as "Daesh", in his country. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).