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Archaeologists find 10,000 years of history at Lowcountry site 12:51 PM EDT on Thursday, April 13, 2006 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Archaeologists reviewing a site for a highway bridge over the Combahee River have found nearly 10,000 years of history art the location. The archaeologists are reviewing the site before work begins to build a wider bridge to take U.S. 17 across the river, which marks the boundary between Beaufort and Colleton counties. The new bridge will be named for Harriet Tubman, who in 1863 led black Union soldiers on a raid that freed 700 slaves from plantations in...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Anti-flood measures will be reviewed in all Dutch regions below sea level in light of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath to ensure they would be adequate in an emergency, the government said Sunday. All possible weak spots in the dikes - the tall, uniform embankments that protect the Dutch countryside - also will be examined, said Melanie Schultz van Haegen, the junior transport and waterworks minister. She said emphasis will be placed on the populous Amsterdam and Rotterdam regions, which both lie below sea level, De Telegraaf newspaper reported Sunday. Flood protection in The Netherlands - a country about...

Monday, June 06, 2005 Citizens Target Illegal Workers By Ted CarterTBR Staff A backlash against Lowcountry businesses that hire illegal immigrants may soon involve the grassroots organization whose members have been patrolling a 23-mile stretch of the Mexico-Arizona border to report illegal crossings. A coalition of citizen groups met in Greenville over the Memorial Day weekend to discuss how they can help the federal government staunch the flow of illegal aliens into South Carolina. Mostly, they focused on ways to identify and seek prosecution of the businesses that hire undocumented workers, said Ebba Gamer, president of Citizens for a Better...