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Haley, Sheheen push S.C. government overhaul bill

...the session ended in June without a compromise. Her order that legislators return to Columbia to hash it out prompted a showdown before the state Supreme Court, which ruled she overstepped her authority.The entire process began anew this year, with...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-19/haley-sheheen-push-sc-government-ov
Danica Patrick might need fans vote to make All-Star race field

...Speedway: She can either finish first or second in the Sprint Showdown qualifying race or she can win a fan vote.The top-two finish...Patrick manages to race her way into the lineup in the Sprint Showdown, she hopes Stenhouse wins the fan vote."I think I would...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2013-05-15/danica-patrick-might-need-
Carl Edwards honors Dick Trickle, wins pole for all-star race

...about "300 to one."The top two finishers in the Sprint Showdown and the winner of the fan vote will fill out the 22-car field...winner doesn't have to finish on the lead lap of the Sprint Showdown to qualify for the All-Star race as a way to ensure Patrick...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2013-05-17/carl-edwards-honors-dick-t
Reward outweighs risk at Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte

...top-two finishers in the 40-lap Sprint Showdown qualifying race and the winner of the...Talladega, Ala., to move out of the Showdown and into the main event."We were already...strategy was going to be to get to the Showdown, what we were going to do, consider...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2013-05-15/reward-outweighs-risk-spri
1942: Byron Nelson wins last Masters before World War II

...knowing how long the Masters Tournament would be suspended or the war would last, the gallery was treated to one of the best showdowns in tournament history.Nelson would win a record 11 tournaments in a row in 1945 and soon thereafter retire to start his...

http://augusta.com/masters/story/history/1942-byron-nelson-wins-last-masters-wor
Braves clobber Cardinals

ATLANTA - There are no showdowns in August. No messages delivered. This is dog day baseball, and there are no winners, just survivors. So, while the tendency...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/08/04/bra_350742.shtml
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Actions recapped from S.C. legislature

COLUMBIA -- Showdowns or slowdowns? The last days of the 1998 South Carolina legislative session will feature one or the other, but no one knows which...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/01/met_229956.shtml
Metro
Woods wins Players Championship after Garcia melts down

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - A weekend filled with sharp words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia came down to one last showdown Sunday in The Players Championship, this one staged across the water in a tiny, terrifying section of the TPC Sawgrass...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-05-12/woods-wins-players-champions
Network has tough choice on its hands

Saturday's showdowns pitting South Carolina against Tennessee and Georgia versus Florida are generating big-time buildup and plenty of anticipation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/10/27/col_302479.shtml
College
Snagged officer resigns

HINESVILLE, GA. -- When police raided a nightclub that hosted oily showdowns with nude women, a uniformed officer was caught in the audience. He resigned from the force on Thursday. "I'm sure he had...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/12/17/met_219190.shtml
Metro