State headlines
SC kidnapper of BBQ baron gets sentenced reduced
7/4/2009 12:14 AM
CHARLESTON (AP) -- A judge has cut the sentence of a man who kidnaped a Lowcountry barbecue baron by 13 years.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports Circuit Judge Michelle Childs reduced 52-year-old Charles Priest's sentence from 38 years to 2 ...
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7/4/2009 12:14 AM
Sanford headed to Florida on trip
COLUMBIA (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has left his official residence in the state capital and appears to be heading to spend the weekend with his wife and children.
Sanford left the governor's mansi ...
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7/4/2009 12:13 AM
ANDERSON (AP) -- A prosecutor again rejected a request from a man accused of killing two women to plead guilty to murder in exchange for a life sentence.
The Anderson Independent-Mail reports that prosecutor Chrissy Adams refused the plea deal, say ...
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7/4/2009 12:12 AM
ROCK HILL (AP) -- A massive, shuttered mill in Rock Hill has caught fire, the blaze so large smoke can be seen in the next county.
The Herald of Rock Hill reports a number of homes are being evacuated after the former Rock Hill Printing & Finis ...
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7/4/2009 12:11 AM
GAFFNEY -- Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.
Tanya Phillips had been looking forward to a backyard barbecue at he ...
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7/3/2009 12:16 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.
Zelaya was ousted in a military coup after he ignored a Supreme Court order to halt a co ...
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7/3/2009 12:12 AM
GAFFNEY -- The shooting deaths of three people in a northern area of South Carolina in the past week have been linked to the same killer, Cherokee County Sheriff Bill Blanton said Thursday.
Investigators made the link after finding 83-year-old Haze ...
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7/3/2009 12:08 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For years, the brick facade of a three-story house near the Capitol has functioned as a shield for the lawmakers who live and pray there, offering sanctuary from the temptations of political life - and discretion for those who suc ...
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7/2/2009 2:24 PM
COLUMBIA (AP) — The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman “inexcusable” but said Thursday she is willing to forgive him.Jenny Sanford’s e-mailed statement was her first public comment since her h ...
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7/2/2009 1:48 PM
COLUMBIA (AP) -- South Carolina's top prosecutor is calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to publicly release travel records tied to his affair with an Argentine woman.
State Attorney General Henry McMaster said Thursday that full disclosure of the infor ...
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7/2/2009 11:44 AM
COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina’s top cop says Gov. Mark Sanford did not improperly use state funds for visits with his Argentine mistress.State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd said Thursday that Sanford did not break any laws. The governo ...
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7/2/2009 9:09 AM
COLUMBIA -- After days of soul-baring and often odd confessions and apologies about an adulterous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford went silent as the clamor for his resignation grew.
Sanford, who has said he won't resign, made no public ...
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7/2/2009 9:04 AM
COLUMBIA -- In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love.
It is patient and kind, he wrote. It is NOT jealous or boastful.
The Christi ...
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7/2/2009 12:53 AM
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina residents - and the simply curious around the world - have watched Gov. Mark Sanford's lovelorn saga unfold, the central character spewing an odd script that would seem more appropriate for a soap opera than state governmen ...
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7/2/2009 12:48 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- We talk about sex. A lot.
But all too often we don't know exactly what we're talking about. What's considered getting to third base these days anyway?
And when it comes to philandering politicians, the line on what's considere ...
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7/1/2009 3:48 PM
COLUMBIA (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed out of a promise to release personal financial records proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress.
A day after Sanford declared in an emotional Associated Press i ...
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7/1/2009 3:02 PM
COLUMBIA -- The majority of South Carolina's state Senate Republicans are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to leave office.
The growing chorus of lawmakers who've publicly announced or told The Associated Press they want the philandering governor go ...
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7/1/2009 12:01 PM
COLUMBIA (AP) -- At least six South Carolina newspapers, including the Aiken Standard, say Gov. Mark Sanford should resign because of revelations about his affair with a woman in Argentina.
The Greenville News, The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, ...
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7/1/2009 9:46 AM
COLUMBIA -- After days of assuring the public he was firmly in control after admitting a scandalous affair, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford detailed other encounters with his Argentine "soul mate," dalliances with women before her, and his struggle ...
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7/1/2009 9:42 AM
WASHINGTON -- We talk about sex. A lot.
But all too often we don't know exactly what we're talking about. What's considered getting to third base these days anyway?
And when it comes to philandering politicians, the line on what's considere ...
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7/1/2009 12:20 AM
COLUMBIA -- Questions about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's political future continued to swirl Tuesday as the Republican revealed more details about his extramarital affair and admitted to dalliances with other women.
But many of the Republican ...
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7/1/2009 12:18 AM
ATLANTA -- Crews used cranes Tuesday to lift crushed cars from a collapsed parking garage as they continued to stabilize the structure and search debris, but it still wasn't clear what caused the deck to collapse from the fourth floor to the ground l ...
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6/30/2009 2:22 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he “crossed lines” with a handful of women other than his mistress — but never had sex with them.
The governor said he “never crossed the ultimate line” with anyone but Mar ...
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6/30/2009 11:51 AM
COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found ...
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6/30/2009 1:09 AM
SUMTER -- Police have arrested a man in the shooting death of a South Carolina toddler.
Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson said Monday that 18-year-old Asherdon Fari Holloway of Sumter was arrested in Georgia last week and charged with murder.
P ...
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6/30/2009 1:09 AM
BEAUFORT -- After three months of searching treetops, consulting pricey animal psychics and listening for the distinctive squawk of his missing feathered friend, Gary Barnes decided it was time to move on.
Barnes, 56, a support equipment mechanic a ...
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6/30/2009 1:08 AM
HANAHAN -- The National Weather Service has confirmed that a weak, small-scale tornado touched down this weekend in the marshes of a South Carolina city less than 20 miles from Charleston.
Meteorologist John Jelsema said Tuesday that no one was inj ...
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6/30/2009 1:08 AM
NORTH CHARLESTON -- Two South Carolinians have died after their car was hit by another vehicle that ran a stop sign.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the North Charleston couple was killed in the wreck about 7 p.m. Sunday at a Charl ...
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6/30/2009 1:07 AM
GREENVILLE -- The owner of a South Carolina aviation parts repair business has been sentenced after pleading no contest in federal court to fraud.
The Greenville News reported Monday that 69-year-old Jerry Comeaux must repay nearly $400,000 and ser ...
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6/30/2009 1:07 AM
COWPENS -- Sheriff's deputies are looking for a person of interest in the shooting death of a prominent South Carolina peach farmer.
Multiple media outlets reported that 63-year-old Kline Wilson Cash of Cowpens was found shot to death at his home l ...
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6/30/2009 1:06 AM
LEXINGTON -- Two South Carolina children have died after a car crash in Lexington County.
Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman says 5-year-old Parker Hewitt and 3-year-old Haley Hewitt of Chapin were killed in a crash Monday morning.
Harman says ...
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6/30/2009 12:56 AM
COLUMBIA -- Gov. Mark Sanford's bombshell admission of an affair with an Argentine woman has touched off a delicate political dance among fellow Republicans vying to replace him when his term ends.
The most awkward shuffle is being done by Lt. Gov. ...
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6/30/2009 12:52 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admitted extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina could cost him his job. It could cost him his marriage.
And, under an antiquated state law, it could also cost him up to $500 and a yea ...
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6/29/2009 10:07 AM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- South Carolina's wandering governor didn't give away her name when he confessed to having an affair with an Argentine woman, but Maria Belen Chapur has finally stepped forward.
After evading hordes of local and foreig ...
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6/29/2009 9:52 AM
COLUMBIA -- Each Sunday afternoon in May, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife hosted five other couples at the executive mansion for a spiritual "boot camp." Topics discussed during the hour-and-a-half-long sessions included forgiveness and "not loving yo ...
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6/29/2009 12:43 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A potential White House contender in 2012 staked a claim Sunday to rehabilitating the Republican Party in the wake of extramarital affairs by two leading Republicans that have damaged the GOP's family-values image.
"Any time you ...
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6/29/2009 12:19 AM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A 41-year-old Argentine former reporter acknowledged having a relationship with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, saying Sunday that widely published e-mail correspondence between the two was obtained from her account witho ...
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6/28/2009 12:49 AM
BEAUFORT -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's mother said Saturday she is praying for her son as pressure mounts for a criminal probe into his secret trip to visit his lover in Argentina.
"I love him and support him," Margaret Sanford, 83, said wh ...
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6/28/2009 12:49 AM
COLUMBIA -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry was raising money at campaign headquarters when an Associated Press reporter called his press staff to ask what he was doing. An hour later, he walked into AP's statehouse bureau to show he was alive and well and not ...
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6/28/2009 12:44 AM
MYRTLE BEACH -- A South Carolina amusement park is paying tribute to Michael Jackson this weekend.
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that visitors to Freestyle Music Park Saturday can sign a canvas and leave cards as part of a memorial set up by ...
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6/28/2009 12:44 AM
CHARLESTON -- This weekend marks Carolina Day.
That's the 233rd anniversary of the battle in which a small group of patriots on Sullivans Island turned back a British fleet intent on capturing Charleston in June, 1776.
The anniversary is today, b ...
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