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  • As the presidential campaigns shift their focus to South Carolina primary, the Palmetto State will be the focus of nationwide attention. Chad Prosser, director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, explains some his state's lesser-known treasures.
  • During the first week of the Sundance Film Festival, buyers compete for films in earnest. Competition for films is expected to be tougher this year because the screenwriters' strike means supply is limited. But the highest bidder might not be the best distributor for an independent film.
  • The incredibly expensive production costs of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a new series on Fox, reflect a trend in the industry: rising costs for producing scripted shows in the face of dwindling audiences. Even when the writers strike is resolved, the television industry will not have solved its problems.
  • Movie and television writers may get back to work this week. Negotiators for producers and the writers reached a tentative agreement late last week and members of the 10,000-strong Writers Guild are expected to quickly accept a new contract.
  • A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., features photos and portraits of hip hop performers and a wall of graffiti. The show likens rap and hip hop to self portraiture. Most of the lyrics, after all, are boasts about the emcee's prowess and badness.
  • New Jersey's governor is calling for a return to "normal" as the state's COVID cases start to fall. As of the second week of March, students and school staff will no longer be required to wear masks.
  • Spotify has doubled down on their stance to keep Joe Rogan's podcast on their platform, even after video evidence emerged of Rogan using racist language on his show over the years.
  • Frontier Airlines and Spirit — the nation's two largest low-cost carriers — are set to merge to create the fifth-largest airline in the country, in a deal valued at more then $6.5 billion.
  • In Ottawa, hundreds of large trucks and other vehicles have blocked streets in central districts of the Canadian city. The protest of vaccine rules is in its second week with no sign of a resolution.
  • Whether NATO should expand to include countries once under Soviet influence — including Ukraine — is a question that has dogged U.S. and Russian officials for 30 years.
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