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	Watch the slideshow Mr. Clout By Robert Behre House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn will use his influence to try to shatter myths about blacks, and to help his state
	Watch the audio slideshow Quiet spirit of quilts BY Jack Mccray Dorothy Montgomery pursues self-discovery through art. For several years now, she has focused on quilting. While she continues to learn about herself, she shares her work, enlightening and entertaining people with her craft.
	Poverty panel discussion Audio Slideshow - Windows media - Audio only - MP3 version Read the transcript Lowcountry forum addresses poverty's iron grip By Adam Parker
	Living on $6 an hour - View an audio-visual presentation on Brenda Kelly and her family
	Westward's voyage - audio slideshow Enhanced slideshow with audio and video - (Quicktime movie)
	Auditions slideshow
	Clemson USC Football Game Saturday November 25, 2006 at Death Valley - Slideshow
	Carolina/Clemson The Post and Courier & ECPI College of Technology presents: Pre-Game ecpi SHOWDOWN!
	Seafood run: Scientists put crustaceans to the test on a miniature treadmill Scientists at the College of Charleston's Grice Marine Laboratory designed special treadmills for crabs and shrimp so they could research how the sea creatures perform physically when they are fighting an infection. View a demonstration of a crab in action on the treadmill here, and read the story here .
	Valerie Lynch-Beaudin performs "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Valerie Lynch-Beaudin, a local choir teacher and former touring singer, performs "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" at Amuse, a West Ashley Italian restaurant, on Oct. 10, 2006.
	Ms. Gilmore tells her story Margaret Taylor Gilmore has lived her 80-plus years with a sensitivity to nature, other people and an inner voice. Her observations fill “80 little books.” The book DOVE is home to some of her introspective essays and poems and was illustrated by Alice Ward, a friend who has been partially blind since childhood. Ms. Gilmore tells her story best in her own words.
	Protecting the Turtles Eager mosquitoes and blistering heat can't keep volunteers from the Fish and Wildlife Service's turtle protection program. From July through September, volunteers go out to Cape and Lighthouse islands in the Cape Romain National Wildlife refuge to protect turtle nests and collect data on hatchings.
	Local hero laid to rest St. Stephen native Marine Sgt. John Paul Phillips, who died after long, painful months in a hospital burn unit, was laid to rest August 26th at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. View the gallery of images from his funeral and read the story here.
	Dragway feeling the pressure from developers This will likely be the last season for the Lowcountry Dragway, a well-loved racetrack that is a Berkeley County landmark. View this audio slideshow from a night at the track created by staff photographer Alan Hawes, and read the story here.
	Is it Charleston or is it Venice? Downpours left Charleston a city of canals on Thursday morning, August 25th. View this slideshow of images from the flooding created by staff photographer Mic Smith, and read the story here.
	Clipper Cliques slideshow Two neighborhood barbershops offer customers a good haircut and a sense of camaraderie. Watch, and hear, this audio slideshow and read the story here.
	Nora Lands, the flag lady Isle of Palms resident Nora Lands repairs the flags that fly over Forts Moultrie and Sumter, at Liberty Square downtown and at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant. View the audio slideshow of her at work, and read the full story here.
	Limehouse Produce slideshow Limehouse Produce supplies 500 clients, including most of the restaurants, caterers, hotels, schools, hospitals and vegetable stands in the greater Charleston area. View this slideshow of a day at the produce wholesaler's, and read the full story here.
	Wetlands sideshow The isolated wetlands bill, which stalled in the state Legislature this past session, would require state Department of Health and Environmental Control permits for impacts to isolated wetlands of more than half an acre. View this slideshow on wetlands, and read the full story here.
	Westward voyage slideshow The staysail schooner Westward, a ship in the Ocean Classroom Foundation's fleet, was home and school to Scott West, the 2006 Post and Courier Sail Training Scholarship winner. View this slideshow of images from the schooner Westward, and read the complete story here.
	Spirit-filled The Pentecostal movement, with its emphasis on charismatic worship, is crossing denominational lines. Life Center Ministries, a Pentecostal church, now has more than 1,500 members. View this slideshow, with audio, of the church and its leader, Bishop Brian Moore. Read the full story here.
	Where baskets once thrived, now there are mostly cars With 3,500 homes on the books and a proposed road through historically black and unincorporated communities, many basket making families are facing a dilemma. These audio interviews are with basket stand owner Mary Bostic. Read the full story here. Audio interviews
	2006 Family Circle Cup Nadia Petrova defeated Patty Schnyder in the 2006 Family Circle Cup tennis tournament final. This slideshow, with audio, captures the sights and sounds of the 2006 tournament. Read The Post and Courier's coverage of the tournament here.
	Berkeley County Blueways slideshow Jim Hatch developed a paddle guide to the waters of Berkeley County. View this photo gallery of scenes from a kayaking day trip with Hatch through the northeastern corner of Lake Moultrie. To read the full story, click here.
	Bridge Blast images Want to watch 'em blow up? The Grace and Pearman bridges are gone now, but we have video and pictorial images of the entire process of bringing down the "old" bridges.
	2006 Cooper River Bridge Run slideshow Images and sound from the 2006 edition of the Cooper River Bridge Run, compiled by the photography staff of The Post and Courier. To see the paper's complete coverage of the historic 29th edition of the annual run, click here.
	2006 Goose Creek High School Miss L'Esprit Pageant slideshow Nineteen young women from Goose Creek High School spent two days rehearsing and competing in the fourth annual Miss L'Esprit Pageant. View photos of the event, which raised money for the production of the Goose Creek High School yearbook.
	"So You Think You Can Dance" slideshow Hundreds of hopefuls came to the Charleston Music Hall for their chance to shine during auditions for the second season of the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" on the Fox Television Network. Read the full story here.
	The Battle of Charleston slideshow - Experience the sights and sounds of the Battle of Charleston. Though the battle never happened during the Civil War, the history is real for both the spectators and the re-enactors who fight this make-believe battle set in March 1862. To read the story, click here.
	Prim and Proper A photo gallery of the Mount Pleasant Junior Cotillion's Grand Spring Dinner and Ball, an instructional dinner and dance that is the finale of a two-year course on manners. To read the story, click here.
	And the winners are ... Staff members of The Post and Courier received 66 prizes in the annual South Carolina Press Association journalism awards competition. Here's a slideshow of the award-winning photos, graphics and page designs. To read the story about all The Post and Courier winners, click here.
	Dog day in court (MP3 file) North Charleston municipal judge George Epps (inset picture, bottom right) had a verbal exchange in his courtroom on Feb. 8, 2006, when he questioned Bob Godfrey about his companion, Jasmine - Godfrey's canine medical assistant (both pictured at left). This audio file is of Judge Epps' exchange with Mr. Godfrey. To read the story about the incident, click here. Download the audio file (MP3)
	Oyster Festival gallery A pictorial look at the 2006 Oyster Festival, held at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant on Sunday, January 29th.
	Inferno Wrestling slide show The sights and sounds (Flash) of the Inferno Pro Wrestling league, a throwback to old school rasslin', To read the story on Inferno (published 1/28/2006), click here.
	Sandy Island Photos and video footage of the challenges of preserving an island that was once threatened with development. To read the story on the never-ending conservancy efforts at Sandy Island (published 11/13/2005), click here.
	Da Nyew Testament Listen to Mary Elizabeth Ravenell read, in Gullah, from a recently released Gullah translation of the Bible (Flash). To read the story on the Gullah Bible, click here.
	Haunted House slideshow Look and listen as Charleston's Old City Jail hosts some spooky Halloween fun (Flash). The folks working the "Jail of Corpses," though, say there's more going on than meets the eye. Read the story (pub. 10/28/2005) here.