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Nation:   Unemployment rises in 30 states in January   Obama pushing on health care end game   'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38   Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti Do you prefer the revised Columbia County school calendar to the old one? Yes - I like having the entire Thanksgiving week off No - I would rather have kept the fall break Don't care View Results Current Conditions Mostly cloudy, 55 °  Humidity: 79% Area forecasts -- GA -- Athens Augusta Columbia County -- S.C. -- Aiken County Columbia January S M T W T F S           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31