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Five people have been convicted in a counterfeit check ring in which homeless people were recruited from Columbia area parks to cash fraudulent checks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.

A coroner will hold a trial to decide if a South Carolina woman committed suicide in 2001 or was killed by someone else.

A motor club analysis of traffic accidents in South Carolina found deaths were more likely to occur in rural counties bordering Georgia and South Carolina than in other counties.

Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve dozens of charges that he violated state ethics laws with his campaign spending and travel, including a taxpayer-funded rendezvous with his Argentine mistress, the State Ethics Commission said Thursday.

A cruise liner hit by an outbreak of stomach illness for the third trip in a row has returned to port in South Carolina.

South Carolina residents planning to purchase new, energy efficient appliances will be eligible to receive rebates ranging from $50 to $500 starting March 31.

A federal judge has ruled against a former South Carolina prisons employee who said he was forced to perform executions or face a demotion.

An analysis by AAA Carolinas of 2008 crashes shows traffic deaths in South Carolina are more likely in accidents occurring in rural counties that border North Carolina and Georgia.

The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship, diocese officials said Wednesday.

The father of a firefighter who died in a 2007 furniture store blaze that killed nine firefighters says families will meet with state fire investigators next week to discuss whether criminal negligence was involved in the deaths.

Legislators argued about whether South Carolina's health insurance plan should allow abortions for victims of rape and incest or when a mother's health is endangered.

According to a release from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the Caterpillar plant in Newberry is going to be expanded.

The mother of a man hit and killed by a small plane as he jogged on a South Carolina beach says he was on a business trip and looking forward to heading home for his daughter's third birthday.

Tony Dungy stood before more than 1,700 prisoners Tuesday, sharing a smile and message of hope that has become his life's work.

A South Carolina museum is considering whether to erect a monument to the state's secession from the Union almost 150 years ago.

Filing for elective offices is opening in South Carolina. Candidates for local, state and federal offices begin filing for the posts Tuesday.

John Edwards was "reckless" to stay in the 2008 presidential race, his mistress Rielle Hunter said in an interview with GQ Magazine, because he had "a lot of problems." Still, Hunter said, Edwards is better off as a humanitarian than a politician, and she compared his situation with that of scandal-ridden South Carolina Gov.

Democratic congressional leaders showed signs of progress Monday in winning anti-abortion Democrats whose votes are pivotal to President Barack Obama's fiercely contested remake of the health care system.

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint says he's "less confident" that Republicans can stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul from passing now that it's down to a few votes.

Hundreds of passengers have taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina.Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8.The ship has canceled a Monday port call and was ...