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

Categories: Business, Most Viewed| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: Business| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: Business| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: Business| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: Politics, Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

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

Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely

Categories: Top Stories, U.S., World| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: Entertainment| Nov 20, 2009

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

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

Categories: Sports| Nov 20, 2009

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

Categories: Sports| Nov 20, 2009

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