JEFFREY COLLINS

Associated Press
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Black leaders to SC gov: You're a minority, too

Civil rights leaders bothered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's stance on issues like requiring voters to show their IDs at the polls are reminding the governor that she is a minority, too.

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Scalia on unlimited political ads: Turn off the TV

U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia has a simple solution for people who don't like all the political advertisements unleashed by the court's decision two years ago that ended limits on corporate contributions in political campaigns — change the channel or turn off the TV.

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NTSB faults pilots in 2 fatal helicopter crashes

Federal safety investigators on Friday faulted pilots who tried to outrun approaching storms in two fatal medical helicopter crashes in South Carolina and Tennessee.

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SC voters take in topsy-turvy week before primary

For weeks, Renee Boling was sure she was going to vote for Mitt Romney in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary. But a series of events this week changed her mind, and seemingly the minds of many others across the state.

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South Carolina women lose 66-58 to No. 9 Kentucky

The reason No. 24 South Carolina lost to No. 9 Kentucky was evident every time the ball rolled out of one of the Gamecocks' hands.

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No. 9 Kentucky women stay atop SEC with 66-58 win

Kelya Snowden scored 15 points to lead No. 9 Kentucky to a 66-58 win over No. 24 South Carolina on Sunday.

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With time, money running out, SC often turns nasty

In mailboxes across South Carolina in 2007, likely Republican voters received a Christmas card signed by "The Romney Family" with a quotation from a 19th century Mormon leader suggesting God had several wives.

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With time, money running out, SC often turns nasty

South Carolina has a reputation for nasty politics — and there's a good reason for that.

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Business-friendly SC may forgive Romney's job cuts

At first glance, South Carolina seems like a place where attacks on Mitt Romney's experience at the helm of a venture capital firm that cut jobs would resonate in the GOP primary.

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No. 2 UConn women use D to beat Charleston 72 -24

Bria Hartley scored 15 points and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 13 as No. 2 Connecticut bounced back from a rare regular season loss with a 72-24 victory over the College of Charleston on Wednesday night.

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No. 23 North Carolina women beat E. Carolina 65-61

Chay Shegog scored 19 points and Krista Goss had 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 23 North Carolina to a 65-61 win over East Carolina on Tuesday night.

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Aryan Nations leader sentenced for fraud in SC

Avowed white supremacist August Kreis III has said plenty of racist, hateful and violent things, but suggesting that his Aryan Nations group should join with al-Qaida against their common enemies — Jews and the American government — is what finally led him into legal trouble for fraud.

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No. 15 South Carolina edges Florida 17-12

Quarterback Connor Shaw ran for 88 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Carolina to a 17-12 win over Florida on Saturday.

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SC federal judge sanctions boxer Floyd Mayweather

Prizefighter Floyd Mayweather Jr. must perform 40 hours of community service after he angered a federal judge in South Carolina who learned Mayweather was actually burning money in a nightclub on the day he was supposed to give a deposition and not resting up from injuries he sustained in a fight, as he had claimed.

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Police: Woman killed 4 in SC for insurance money

Police say a South Carolina woman shot and killed her two sons, her ex-husband and stepmother to collect life insurance and tried to make it look like one son killed them all.

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SC family brings State Fair to homebound patriarch

Scott Jacobs' broken down body finally couldn't take it anymore, and the latest blow from Lou Gehrig's Disease came with cruel timing: He would have to miss the South Carolina State Fair in October for the first time in 55 years.

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No. 18 SCarolina beats Kentucky 54-3

Football finally got fun again for South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. Connor Shaw had a good day, too.

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No. 12 South Carolina shuts down Vandy in 21-3 win

For the first time in his seven years at South Carolina, Steve Spurrier team is 4-0. But like most of his Gamecocks teams, he can't get the offense where he wants it.

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Recession upends dreams of aspiring teachers

Stay-at-home-mom Cindy DePace was just hitting 30 when she decided to return to the work force by going back to school and becoming a teacher.

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Police: Trucker killed 3 prostitutes across South

Long-haul trucker John Boyer's gray beard and round face give him a grandfatherly appearance, but when he opens his mouth, he seethes with anger toward women. This hatred had murderous results, authorities said, as he picked up prostitutes around the Southeast, killed them and dumped their bodies near interstate highways. He's accused of at least three slayings and is suspected in a fourth.

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Navy can't quite pull off 'storybook' upset

Navy quarterback Kriss Proctor was just where he wanted to be against No. 10 South Carolina.

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No. 10 South Carolina holds off Navy 24-21

Marcus Lattimore ran for more yards against Navy than South Carolina Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers ran for in any one game during his remarkable career.

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SC woman facing prison accuses US agent of rape

A South Carolina woman claims in court documents that a Secret Service agent raped her on a couch in his office when she was arrested on embezzlement charges and warned her not to tell anyone if she didn't want to get into bigger trouble.

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Tobacco companies file lawsuit over warning labels

Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products and will cost millions to produce.

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Tobacco firms sue FDA over new graphic warnings

Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday over new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the warnings violate their free speech rights and will cost millions of dollars to print.

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