Search Everything in the Lowcountry and the Coastal Empire. An Atlanta woman has been convicted of intent to distribute methamphetamine in South Carolina. Amanda Jean Fordham, 29, was sentenced Thursday to 2o years in prison Thursday. Full Article at The Island Packet Online

A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas. Full Article at Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs

The owners of C&D Distributors in Lexington, S.C. -- twin sisters -- exploited a flaw in an automated Defense Department purchasing system: bills for shipping to combat areas or U.S. bases labeled priority usually were paid automatically,... Full Article at Detroit Free Press

Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, U.S. officials said. Full Article at Suburban Guerrilla

The strain on US forces of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan was exposed yesterday when the Pentagon published a report showing that the number of suicides among US troops is at its highest level since the 1991 Gulf war. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

American soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a military report. Full Article at The Independent

A government report says 99 U.S. soldiers on active duty killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in the Army in 26 years. A quarter of the cases happened in Iraq or Afghanistan. Full Article at CBS News

Grovelbot talked me into this sticky. when every thing i have doesn't mean a thing if it is with out you Source: (Bloomberg) Tony Capaccio 1 hour, 5 minutes ago Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5... Full Article at Democratic Underground

Ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in the Army in 26 years, a new report says. Full Article at ABC News