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    "title": "Amazon packing after House vote",
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    "created": "2011-04-28 12:37:55 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>Amazon all but told South Carolina goodbye Wednesday after the online retailer lost a legislative showdown on a sales tax collection exemption it wants to open a distribution center that would bring 1,249 jobs to the Midlands.</p>\n<p>Company officials immediately halted plans to equip and staff the one million-square-foot building under construction at I-77 and 12th Street near Cayce.</p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0080\u009cAs a result of today\u00e2\u0080\u0099s unfortunate House vote, we\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve canceled $52 million in procurement contracts and removed all South Carolina fulfillment center job postings from our (Web) site,\u00e2\u0080\u009d said Paul Misener, Amazon vice president for global public policy.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/28/1795776/amazon-packing-after-house-vote.html\">Amazon packing after House vote - S.C. Politics - TheState.com</a></em>.</p>\n"
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