President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

After SC governor’s affair, subdued holiday season highlights fractures in first family

It’s a subdued holiday season for SC first family

Guard recuperating after assault by 2 inmates on SC death row; suspects placed in isolation

Guard assaulted by 2 inmates on SC death row

Mother, teen daughters killed in Kansas shooting touched many in brief time in Missouri

Kansas shooting victims remembered in Mo.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A mother and her two teen daughters killed in a holiday weekend shooting in Kansas are being mourned in the town they called home for just over one year.

Univ. of South Carolina sets 2015 as goal to cut campus vehicle pollution by 90 percent

USC sets 2015 goal to cut campus vehicle pollution

Clemson getting $98M for wind turbine test facility officials say could mean thousands of jobs

Clemson to get $98M for wind energy test facility

Federal jury finds ‘3 Hebrew Boys’ guilty of all charges in $80 million SC fraud scheme

SC jury finds ‘3 Hebrew Boys’ guilty in scam

AP NewsBreak: Panel of SC lawmakers to begin discussing impeachment of governor next week

AP NewsBreak: SC lawmakers to take up impeachment

Ethics official says SC gov wants to record his unreported private flights

SC Gov. Mark Sanford reporting private plane trips

AP NewsBreak: Ethics official says SC gov wants to record his unreported private flights

AP NewsBreak: Official says SC gov reporting trips

Police: Family members of 6 charged in Mo. child sex case remember posing with naked men

Police seize more vids in Mo. sex abuse case

Police: 800-pound SC man dies after 8 months in recliner; wife says he was ready to see Jesus

Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner

SC offering shoppers a 48-hour sales tax break on guns called ‘Second Amendment Weekend’

SC offering shoppers tax-free weekend on guns

SC Gov. Mark Sanford to face ethics accusations tied to probe into his travel, finances

SC Gov. Mark Sanford to face ethics accusations

SC commission to decide on whether investigation into SC governor’s travel merits prosecution

Decision on SC governor expected from ethics panel

SC panel says Gov. Sanford should face ethics accusations tied to probe into travel, finances

SC panel says governor should face ethics charges

SC panel says Gov. Mark Sanford should face hearing on ethics claims tied to travel, finances

SC ethics panel calls for hearing on gov’s ethics

SC commission hearing details on whether Gov. Sanford’s travel merits prosecution

SC ethics panel weighing Gov. Sanford charges

SC commission to decide whether investigation into Gov. Sanford’s travel merits prosecution

SC panel to decide if Gov. Sanford to face charges

SC House speaker: Governor’s rendezvous not serious enough to bring impeachment proceedings

SC lawmaker: Rendezvous not enough to impeach gov

Rep. files measure to impeach SC gov for leaving state to see lover; House to debate in Jan.

SC lawmaker introduces measure to impeach governor

Poll: half of Southern Democrats opposed to outraged by Wilson’s shout to Obama of ‘You lie!’

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

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Atlantic coast deals with drenching rain, wind from Ida remnants; 5 deaths blamed on storm

Atlantic coast drenched from Ida remnants

NORFOLK, Va. — A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges and causing at least five deaths.

Va., other areas cope with floods as Ida’s remnants pelt Atlantic coast with rain, wind gusts

Ida’s torrents dump floods along Atlantic coast

Relentless rains prompt flood warnings from NC to Long Island as Ida remnants soak seaboard

Waning Ida’s downpours swamp Mid-Atlantic coast

Poll: Most Southerners want government aid for states, job creation; a third fear job loss

Disgraced SC gov no longer has much political capital, but his estranged wife is using hers

Popular SC first lady endorses governor candidate

Family disappointed after gun charge nets man who killed SC trick-or-treater 16-year sentence

SC gov says he wants to reconcile with first lady; doesn’t begrudge her speaking out

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker settles lawsuit over fatal plane crash

Several Mo. schools complain about notebooks, pencils with logo similar to Obama’s campaign