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News Minute: Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press

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BEECH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two homicide suspects after a South Carolina barber was fatally shot during an attempted robbery at his business. Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton said Sunday that 32-year-old Zann Worrell Jr. of North Augusta, S.C., died from multiple gunshot wounds.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Campus-wide bans against smokers could spread to several South Carolina universities. At least 10 South Carolina colleges have gone tobacco free and at least five others are considering it in the country's fifth-largest tobacco-growing state.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage. Both Gov. Nikki Haley and her chief Democratic opponent are working to get it to her desk in the legislative session's waning weeks. Legislators have three weeks to approve a compromise.

FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) - A Charlotte high school teacher plans to press charges against a student she accuses of hitting her in the face during an amusement park field trip. Police say the incident happened earlier this month while students and teachers from Charlotte's Vance High School waited to enter Carowinds.

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