Sat, Jul 4th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

(CNN) -- A 15-year-old South Carolina girl who was shot earlier this week by a man authorities say fits the description of a serial killer has died, police said Saturday. Abby Tyler died at 11:25 a.m. Saturday at Spartanburg Regional Medical ...Read More

Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of Them

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed |

California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October, the Labor Department said Friday. Joblessness rose in 29 states last month compared with 22 in September, the agency said in a monthly state breakdown. Michigan had the ...Read More

SC jury finds '3 Hebrew Boys' guilty in scam

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Business |

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Three South Carolina men have been found guilty of bilking thousands of investors out of more than $80 million. A federal jury of four men and eight women deliberated for less than four hours Friday before finding Timothy ...Read More

Boeing Incentives for South Carolina Plant May Be $400 Million

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Business |

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. may get as much as $400million in incentives to build its new 787 Dreamliner factory inSouth Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford said in an interviewtoday. Incentives offered by the state, including exemptions onsales tax and fuel ...Read More

Boeing Breaks Ground on South Carolina Dreamliner Plant

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Business |

Boeing Co. on Friday broke ground in North Charleston, S.C., on a second assembly facility for its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner-across the country from its traditional plane-making hub in Seattle. The aerospace giant last month chose South Carolina over the current Dreamliner ...Read More

AP NewsBreak: SC lawmakers to take up impeachment

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Politics, Top Stories, U.S. |

AP NewsBreak: SC lawmakers to take up impeachment COLUMBIA, S.C.—South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press he is appointing ...Read More

South Carolina Lawmakers to Formally Consider Sanford Impeachment

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | U.S. |

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press on Friday that he will gather a seven-member ...Read More

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | U.S., World |

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported ...Read More

Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S., World |

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver. State Superior Court Judge Edward M. Coleman indefinitely delayed a ...Read More

'Project Runway' winner: Season 6' queen of mean has her day

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Entertainment |

The nice girls did finish last - or at least they didn't win - on the "Project Runway" season finale Thursday night. New Yorker Irina Shabayeva, or "Mean-a Irina" as she was dubbed by fellow competitors, was named the winner of ...Read More

Man charged with raping, killing NC girl, 5

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.—A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days. Authorities said Thursday that Shaniya Davis was sexually ...Read More

Archie scores 18 points to lead South Carolina to 78-68 victory over La Salle

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Sports |

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Dominique Archie scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring effort for South Carolina as the Gamecocks cruised past La Salle 78-68 in the first round of the Charleston Classic on Thursday night. Leading by two at ...Read More

South Carolina defeats La Salle 78-68

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Sports |

Dominique Archie scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring effort for South Carolina as the Gamecocks cruised past La Salle 78-68 in the first round of the Charleston Classic on Thursday night. "We had told our guys coming into this ...Read More

N.C. man faces murder charge in girl’s death

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville ...Read More

Man Charged with Murder of Shaniya Davis

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | World |

A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom ...Read More

Obesity Highest in Southeast, Appalachia

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Health |

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region ...Read More

US survey shows southern counties most obese

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Health, Top Stories |

ATLANTA—The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region ...Read More

Search warrant: Suspect admitted taking NC girl

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Search warrant: Suspect admitted taking NC girl FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- A search warrant says a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who was later found dead told police he took the girl to the hotel where she was last seen alive. Multiple media reported the ...Read More

Police to add new charges in slain NC girl's case

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Police to add new charges in slain NC girl's case FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Investigators probing the kidnapping and death of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl say they can't file more charges until they decide where the crimes occurred. Fayetteville police had said they planned to file more charges in the death ...Read More

Slain NC girl's aunt says mother was neglectful

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | U.S. |

Slain NC girl's aunt says mother was neglectful FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Investigators piecing together why and where a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was killed plan to add new charges on top of counts including kidnapping and selling the girl for sexual slavery. Fayetteville police planned a briefing Wednesday to ...Read More

South Carolina Lawmakers Debate Impeachment of Gov. Sanford

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | U.S. |

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina lawmakers took positions on either side of the first formal move to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday, a day before the release of a pivotal decision into the embattled Republican's travel practices. Four Republican legislators ...Read More