Rain stops Nadal, Djokovic in French Open final
By HOWARD FENDRICH PARIS -- His big lead over Novak Djokovic in Sunday's drenched French Open final slipping away, Rafael Nadal tossed a soaked, clay-smeared tennis ball toward the chair umpire. A...
View ArticleReport: Haley administration won't release emails
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Nikki Haley's administration is refusing to release some emails related to an ongoing ethics investigation, something a media attorney says is an abuse of the law. The Post and...
View ArticleEx-SC county councilman facing new federal charge
ANDERSON -- The former Anderson County councilman accused of running a multi-million dollar precious metals Ponzi scheme is facing more legal troubles. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
View ArticleHaley, Graham, Duncan to discuss offshore drilling
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina's governor and two of the state's congressional Republicans are talking about federal offshore drilling legislation. Gov. Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and U.S. Rep....
View ArticleCitadel OKs tuition increase
CHARLESTON -- Cadets at South Carolina's military college are going to be paying $300 more a semester under a tuition increase approved by the school. WCSC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/KGVe5U ) that The...
View ArticleOrangeburg man charged in girlfriend's stabbing death
ORANGEBURG -- Authorities say a Bowman man has been arrested and charged in the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said Saturday 34-year-old Timothy Tirrell...
View ArticleSC Guard revamps armories to save $300K in budget
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina National Guard is replacing drafty windows, updating aged heating and air conditioning units and asking soldiers and airmen to police power usage in...
View ArticleSeneca man dies in apparent Chauga River drowning
WESTMINSTER -- A 31-year-old Seneca man as died in an apparent drowning on the Chauga River near Westminster. Oconee County coroner Karl Addis identified the victim as Troy Jamal Brown. His body was...
View ArticleActivists call for end to NYC carriage horse rides
NEW YORK -- A renewed push is under way in New York City to ban horse-drawn carriages after a horse was recently injured in an accident with an SUV. Carriage rides through Central Park are a staple of...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Looming tax hike not the biggest ever
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts are...
View ArticleFBI: violent crime down for fifth straight year
By PETE YOST WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of violent crimes reported to police across the country fell 4 percent last year when compared to 2010, the fifth straight year of declines. The FBI also...
View ArticleMore facing drug charges related to fatal SC fire
CHARLESTON -- More people are facing drug charges in connection with a fatal Goose Creek apartment fire that killed three people. Berkeley County authorities say Alberta Pierson and Michael Still have...
View ArticleSC man dies after jet ski crash on Lake Murray
COLUMBIA -- Authorities say a West Columbia man has died after a jet ski crash on Lake Murray. Lexington County Coroner Harry O. Harman says 49-year-old Richard Stowe was riding a jet ski at around...
View ArticleCourt in session for Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case
By MARK SCOLFORO BELLEFONTE, Pa -- A jury of seven women and five men will get their first glimpse of the case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky -- and his defense --...
View Article'Green Acres' character actor Frank Cady dies
LOS ANGELES -- Frank Cady, a character actor best known as the general-store owner on the sitcom "Green Acres," has died. He was 96. Cady's daughter Catherine Turk tells the Los Angeles Times...
View Article'Jersey Shore' cast member Deena arrested in NJ
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A "Jersey Shore" cast member has been arrested in the New Jersey town where the MTV show is based. Seaside Heights Police Chief Tommy Boyd tells WNBC TV in New York that Deena...
View Article50 years later, Seattle Center continues to evolve
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP SEATTLE -- Fifty years after the World's Fair inserted the Space Needle into Seattle's skyline, the city is celebrating that anniversary by offering an array of new things...
View ArticleHBO documentarians look for Bush the man
By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK -- Tourism officials in Maine will be delighted when they see HBO's new documentary on President George H.W. Bush. The leisurely paced film has so many pictures of waves...
View ArticleMan in 80s leads Pa. police on low-speed chase
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Police believe an elderly man who led them on a low-speed chase in western Pennsylvania may have been suffering from dementia. The Beaver County Times (http://bit.ly/LL3C0f ) reports...
View ArticleScores feared dead in Afghan earthquake
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Scores of people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Details of the destruction were slow to...
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