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Dim future for incandescents

Jeri Lynn Bethea tests newly manufactured light bulbs at American Light Bulb Manufacturing Inc. in Mullins, S.C. Monday. With incandescent bulbs being phased out under federal law in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescents, legislators want to exempt South Carolina from the measure, saying Washington has no business telling the state how to light its closets and countertops.
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Jeri Lynn Bethea tests newly manufactured light bulbs at American Light Bulb Manufacturing Inc. in Mullins, S.C. Monday. With incandescent bulbs being phased out under federal law in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescents, legislators want to exempt South Carolina from the measure, saying Washington has no business telling the state how to light its closets and countertops.