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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill on Wednesday which requires the Confederate flag to be removed from the state capitol. That sparked a nationwide debate about the flag’s place in American culture. That forgiveness and grace set off another action: an action of...

State Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ted Pitts says there’s no way to know how much money South Carolina has lost because of the economic sanctions over the flag, but says, “South Carolina needs to recruit the top workforce, the talent from around the country,...

Gov. Nikki Haley will sign the bill into law at 4 p.m. Thursday.

But little by little, the amendment proposals gave out, and after 1:00 a.m. Thursday legislators finally were able to vote on the bill – and passed it.

At a private meeting, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley urged fellow Republicans to remove the flag.

(Tim Dominick/The State via AP, File).

A recent CNN/ORC poll found that 57% of Americans see the flag more as a symbol of Southern pride than of racism.

The slaying of state Sen.

Watson said his manager informed him last week, while he was in the process of winning the Travelers Championship, that controversy surrounding the Confederate flag was escalating.

Two workers walked out of the Capitol building and took the flag down shortly after 8 a.m. without any fanfare.

Consumer Products, which ended production of die-cast replicas and vehicle model kits of the 1969 Dodge Charger – “The General Lee” – with a Confederate flag on its roof that was famous on “Dukes“. The move comes in the wake of the nationwide...

“Dukes of Hazzard” reruns have been pulled from TV Land in the wake of controversy surrounding the Confederate flag – which is famously seen atop a 1969 Dodge Charger known as the General Lee, which is prominently featured on the show. However, when the original...

A 1969 Dodge Charger, dubbed “The General Lee” from the TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard”, is displayed during the 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Cars auction in Scottsdale, Arizona in January 2008.

Pop quiz: you’re in charge of a giant digital game store, and suddenly there’s a controversy revolving around how and when people display the US Confederate flag. Apple is wading into that murky territory today, it seems.