Biden, Sen. Ted Cruz Speak in South Carolina Amid 2016 Buzz
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina got a taste of two very different political acts Friday night.On one side was Vice President Joe Biden, a 35-year veteran of the Senate who showered praise on his old congressional coll…
Infidelity Dating Site Ashley Madison Uses Mark Sanford in Ad
Davis Turner/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Residents of Columbia, S.C., were greeted Tuesday with a new billboard advertising a dating website for married people, which featured an image of former South Carolina governor and admitted philanderer Mark…
Investigation Begins in Carolina Forest Fire that Burned 26 Homes
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock(CAROLINA FOREST, S.C.) — Officials are investigating a Saturday night brush fire that consumed 26 condominium buildings and burned more than 100 homes in Carolina Forest, S.C.The South Carolina Forestry Commission is han…
Investigation Begins in Carolina Forest Fire that Burned 26 Homes
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock(CAROLINA FOREST, S.C.) — Officials are investigating a Saturday night brush fire that consumed 26 condominium buildings and burned more than 100 homes in Carolina Forest, S.C.The South Carolina Forestry Commission is han…
South Carolina TV Wars: Mark Sanford vs. the World
(former) South Carolina governor website (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Mark Sanford wants you to know that he has learned from his mistakes and will try to change Washington if he gets there.That’s the message of his first TV ad, now visible on cable air…
Report: Mark Sanford Staging a Comeback with House Run
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Second chances do exist in politics, and Mark Sanford might just try his hand.According to The Weekly Standard, the disgraced former governor of South Carolina will run for Congress. South Carolina will stag…
ABC Scoreboard Roundup 1-1-13
Hemera/Getty ImagesCollege Football: (10) South Carolina (11-2) topped (18) Michigan (8-5), 33-28 in the Outback Bowl.
(20) Northwestern (10-3) took down Mississippi State (8-5), 34-20 in the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl.
Oklahoma State (8-5) dominated Pur…
No.10 South Carolina Outlasts Michigan 33-28
Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images(TAMPA, FL) – Dylan Thompson’s touchdown pass with 11 seconds remaining gave No. 10 South Carolina (11-2) a 33-28 victory over No. 18 Michigan in the Outback Bowl.
Thompson replaced starter Connor Shaw on the final d…
SC Governor Names Tim Scott to Replace Jim DeMint in Senate
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Tim Scott will be the first African American senator from the South since Reconstruction, following South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s announcement on Monday.Haley named Scott, a Tea Party Republican congress…
Michigan Suspends 3 Players Before Outback Bowl
Joe Robbins/Getty Images(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – In a blow to the Wolverines defense, the team suspended three players on Monday.
Punter Will Hagerup, senior linebacker Brandin Hawthorne, and starting senior cornerback J.T. Floyd were suspended for v…
Automated Poll Says Colbert, Tim Scott Favorites for South Carolina Senate Seat
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Tim Scott tops the list of candidates Republicans expect to see in South Carolina’s Senate seat this spring, but at least one poll found voters holding out hope for a wholly…
Nikki Haley Shoots Down Stephen Colbert for Senate
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley may have brought Stephen Colbert’s Senate candidacy to a halt with the click of a button.Rumors that the comedian was seeking the Senate spot…
Stephen Colbert Hints at South Carolina Senate Run
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Is Stephen Colbert seeking Jim DeMint’s Senate seat in South Carolina?You might think so looking at the @ColbertForSC Twitter account, created Thursday, shortly after DeMint anno…
Stephen Colbert Hints at South Carolina Senate Run
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Is Stephen Colbert seeking Jim DeMint’s Senate seat in South Carolina?You might think so looking at the @ColbertForSC Twitter account, created Thursday, shortly after DeMint anno…
Five Men Found Guilty for Playing Poker in a Private Home
Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled Wednesday that due to state laws, a poker game held in a private home six years ago has been determined as illegal.Twenty-five civilians were arrested at a ho…
Man Arrested In Deaths of 2 People Found in Barrels
Anderson County Sheriff”s Department(ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C.) — Authorities in South Carolina have arrested a man on murder charges after two bodies were found stuffed into barrels and discarded in a lake.John Michael Young, 35, was taken into custody …
Alabama, Kansas State Lead Latest BCS Standings
Andy Lyons/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In the latest edition of the BCS standings, the defending National Champions continue to have a strangle hold on the number one spot.
One night after putting on a tremendous comeback victory on the road against LSU,…
Scoreboard Roundup – 10/20/12
Banana Stock/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) — NCAAF: (1) Alabama (7-0) creamed Tennessee (3-4), 44-13.
(2) Florida (7-0) clobbered (7) South Carolina (6-2), 44-11.
(4) Kansas State (7-0) devoured West Virginia (5-2), 55-14.
(5) Notre Dame (7-0) edged B…
SC Running Back Lattimore May Not Play Against Florida
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier says star running back Marcus Lattimore may not play this Saturday against No. 3 Florida.
“Marcus Lattimore did not practice again today (Wednesday). I don’t know h…
Strict Voter ID Blocked for 2012, but What About the Future?
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Opponents of strict voter ID laws have had a good run in the courts recently.In the past few months, federal and state judges have used different legal grounds to block voter ID laws from going into effect durin…