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        Toxic algae blooms: A growing worldwide menace that generate mysterious toxins
    
Senior projects reporter Tony Bartelme reports that harmful algae blooms are a growing worldwide menace, and a lab in Charleston is in the thick of the search to identify unbelievably dangerous toxins.

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A solar entrepreneur and a former Baptist pastor are fighting for a Congressional seat in a district devastated by the hurricane.

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        Solutions series: Wastewater and public health in the rural South
    
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