Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:54 PM EST
When things looked their darkest for Gov. Mark Sanford — when he was in danger of being impeached for running off to Argentina to see his mistress — his best insurance policy may well have been South Carolina's lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer.
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Tue Jan 5, 2010 9:23 AM EST
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says a county Republican Party's decision to censure him is misguided and the result of fringe supporters of libertarian-leaning congressman Ron Paul.
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:19 PM EST
Advocates for disabled South Carolina residents have sued Gov. Mark Sanford and lawmakers, saying they slashed services after illegally sending federal stimulus money to a state savings account.
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Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:12 PM EST
A South Carolina priest missed the $1 million top prize in a poker tournament to be televised this weekend but he won $100,000 for his church and he hopes his participation gives viewers a "fun twist" on their perceptions of the priesthood.
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Wed Dec 2, 2009 3:07 PM EST
An economist for the University of South Carolina is cautiously forecasting the state will begin recovering in 2010 — though not by much — barring more financial shocks.
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Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:29 PM EST
Three South Carolina men accused of bilking people out of more than $80 million lied about how they would invest their money, so it doesn't matter if investors knew it was risky, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:17 AM EST
South Carolina shoppers will get a second chance to buy tax-free guns.
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:45 PM EDT
South Carolina legislators have approved an economic incentive package believed to be tailored to lure a Boeing Co. assembly plant to the state.
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
Two Republican county officials in South Carolina have apologized after they disparaged Jews in a newspaper op-ed in support of a fiscally conservative U.S. senator.
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:42 AM EDT
South Carolina pardoned syndicated radio host Tom Joyner's great-uncles Wednesday, nearly a century after they were sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.
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Thu Oct 8, 2009 6:01 AM EDT
Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner is asking South Carolina to posthumously pardon two of his great-uncles — black landowners executed in 1915 after being convicted of murdering an elderly Confederate Army veteran.
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Sat Oct 3, 2009 1:37 PM EDT
The fire chief in one of South Carolina's busiest tourist spots said he won't alter his agency's practices even though his crews failed to extinguish a small blaze that mushroomed into the worst wildfire in state history.
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Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:56 PM EDT
A South Carolina legislator has filed a defamation lawsuit over an anonymous letter mailed to her Spartanburg County constituents that suggests she had an affair with Gov. Mark Sanford.
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Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:06 PM EDT
A national Republican fundraising committee says U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson has raised more than $700,000 since yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address.
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Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:34 PM EDT
Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week on whether to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address.
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Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:09 AM EDT
Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Barack Obama's health care address is giving a boost to his Democratic opponent.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT
Rep. Joe Wilson may have apologized for his outburst during President Barack Obama's health care address, but he is telling supporters he will continue to speak loudly about the issue and "not be muzzled".
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT
Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention.
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Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:47 PM EDT
Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. "You lie!" Wilson blurted out during President Barack Obama's health care address to a joint session Wednesday night, an outburst that made some supporters shudder even as others believed it could give Wilson a political boost in his conservative hometown.
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Wed Aug 5, 2009 4:14 PM EDT
A South Carolina teen admitted to plotting to blow up his high school Wednesday, and prosecutors agreed to ask for a 10-year prison sentence.
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:01 AM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:28 PM EDT
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford headed out of state Wednesday for personal time with his wife, as the two try to reconcile, and skipped a meeting with a top economic adviser ahead of what's expected to be more bad economic news including rising joblessness.
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:52 PM EDT
When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared, his wife hoped he was really hiking on the Appalachian Trail as his staff had claimed. Like the rest of America, she was stunned to find out he had dared to go to Argentina to see his mistress, a trip she told him not to take.
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Mon May 4, 2009 2:37 PM EDT
Students who had grown resigned to old, "nasty" furnishings at their dilapidated middle school in rural South Carolina were elated Monday to find new furniture and a freshly painted cafeteria, thanks to a student's plea, a president's speech and a businessman's response.
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Thu Apr 2, 2009 7:14 PM EDT
Parents and teachers in a state with one of the nation's worst graduation rates are predicting their governor's vow to reject federal cash for schools will cost hundreds of teaching jobs, crowd classrooms and hurt poor children.
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