Governor proposes optional flat income tax rate, cigarette tax hike
      GREER, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Wednesday again called for a 30-cent per pack increase on cigarettes and said he wants to use the money to cut income taxes for most of the state's wage earners.
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Massacre at Virginia Tech voted top news story of 2007
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
      NEW YORK (AP) - The massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech by a mentally disturbed student gunman was chosen the top story of 2007 by U.S. editors and news directors in The Associated Press' annual vote.
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