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A South Carolina contractor has pleaded guilty in what the state Attorney General's Office calls one of the state's largest frauds against a small town.

In exchange for pleading guilty, Spartanburg contractor Callis J. Anderson received five years probation on the condition he pays back a small portion of more than $500,000 he was accused

So cities rise, cities fall on bad or good economic policy. >> rick, seattles minimum wage now is even bigger than washington states minimum wage. >> it is a little bit bigger than the average in washington state and yet you have all been sitting here telling us how great -- >> the states mandated minimum wage. >> but seattle does pay more. youre right about that. also keep in mind this minimum wage is going to grow gradually. i have to highlight, i heard sabrina say i was right. so what i want ...

We need to get moving on becoming less dependent on mideast soil? >> absolutely. we should have that kind of a back up. the pipeline should have been approved years ago. also the white house should rule restrictions on federal lands on drilling for gas and oil and they should also green light. so bull market there. more supply and well get through this crisis but we have to get the signal out there and the white house is not giving it. >> rick, we have them saying it and the nebraska governor sa...