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The article reports that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc. (PETA) has criticized egg production practices at an egg farm operated by Trappist monks at a monastery in South Carolina. PETA produced a video in which several monks are shown discussing their egg production practices including "forced molting," a practice that was banned by United Egg Producers in 2006. In the film, a practice called debeaking adopted at the monastery was also criticized.

The article reports that more than a month after the death of legendary soul singer James Brown, his body has not been buried yet. As per his will, he want his body to be placed in a mausoleum on his 60-acre property just across the South Carolina near the Savannah River. In a will read to the survivors on January 11, Brown left the bulk of his assets, including the Beech Island property and the copyrights of his extensive music catalog to the trustees of his estates.

The article reports that a sweeping rejection of South Carolina's $6.6 billion budget by Governor Mark Sanford, which was immediately overrode by the legislators, has set the stage for an election-year showdown among Republicans.

The article presents news briefs in the U.S. Lynndie England, a military service personnel incarcerated for abusing detainees in Iraq, was badly burned in prison kitchen accident. Freman Hendrix, a mayoral candidate in Detroit who ordered a recount, has finally conceded. South Carolina Judge Thomas W. Cooper Jr. has ruled that lawmakers had violated the state's constitutional guarantee in education by underfinancing early childhood education program in rural school districts. A police chief in New Orleans has supported the independent review board to investigate a police shooting incident. The number of prisoners at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay who are currently in a hunger strike has increased to 84.

The article reports on the death of 9 firefighters in a furniture warehouse fire in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 19, 2007. The casualty is said to be the deadliest for firefighters in three decades in the U.S. except September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. The fire began at 6:15 p.m. on June 18, 2007 at a warehouse and showroom of Sofa Super Store. The firefighters were killed when the burning roof of the warehouse fell on them.