Stephen Benjamin, former director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, is poised to be the first African-American elected to statewide office since the Reconstruction era.

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Visitors curious about theatrical cross-dressing can cross the Thames to see a modern example at Shakespeare's Globe, a reconstruction of the Tudor-era original.

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Marcum went 13-8 with a 3.64 ERA in 31 starts in 2010, a year after he had elbow-reconstruction surgery.

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