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Officials say they've found elevated levels of a radioactive form of hydrogen in water in two wells at a South Carolina nuclear reactor site.

South Carolina residents could make their homes more energy-efficient with no money down, while also paying lower electricity bills, under a loan proposal that cleared a legislative panel Tuesday.

From time to time, I come across Silda and Eliot Spitzer . He is the former New York governor who had to leave office because of a sex scandal, and she is the wife who was roundly criticized at the time for publicly standing by her man after he was accused of seeing a prostitute in Washington .

Tim Scott, the first black Republican elected to the South Carolina Legislature since Reconstruction, abandoned his race for lieutenant governor on Monday to enter the crowded contest for the state's open 1st District congressional seat.

The maritime museum on South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, Patriots Point, is asking the public for ideas for the museum's future.

Andy Barr reports that the South Carolina Republican Party has established a formal relationship, of sorts, with local tea party groups: The agreement, as announced by South Carolina Republicans, is designed to serve four goals: increase precinct involvement, improve communication between the state party and grass-roots groups, create liaisons ...

A Coast Guard cutter based in South Carolina is headed to Haiti to help with earthquake recovery.

In her new book, " Staying True ," South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford talks about resilience and strength.

South Carolina's economic recovery could be helped by new limits on lawsuits, claims a business group as state lawmakers consider legislation to do just that.

South Carolina sophomore outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. will be out four to eight weeks with a broken right hand.

Traffic through South Carolina's largest port in Charleston has decreased 37 percent in the past five years, while shipping through the neighboring port of Savannah, Ga., has increased 42 percent.

South Carolina authorities say a 15-year-old girl walking by a mall near Columbia has been struck and killed by an SUV.

You might be forgiven for wondering which district, or even which state, Republican Rep.

Deadline: March 19, 2010 South Carolina PALMETTO HANDS Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition North Charleston Performing Arts Center & Charleston Area Convention Center Complex April 30 - May 8, 2010 Fine craft artists from across the state are invited to participate in the eighth annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition and ...

With temperatures in the 30s and stinging rainstorms turning the LeMons Supreme Court's BS Inspection area into a sea of mud, the 66 cars we examined at the Southern Discomfort '10 24 Hours of LeMons race felt like several hundred.

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South Carolina's schools chief called on legislators Thursday to increase the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to the national average and put half of the additional revenue toward education to stop looming teacher furloughs.

South Carolina House members are putting themselves on furlough to save money. The House agreed Thursday to forgo next week's session, though some representatives may come to Columbia for committee meetings.

CLOSE AVERAGE USER RATING Even as a Sappy Romance, "Dear John" Doesn't Deliver Christa Banister Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer Release Date: February 5, 2010 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Romance, Drama, Adaptation Run Time: 105 min.

Gov. Mark Sanford wants $300 million in federal stimulus money for South Carolina, less than a year after fighting against accepting more than $700 million.