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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford , whose tryst with an Argentine lover blossomed into a wide-ranging scandal, is accused of breaking ethics laws by using taxpayer money for pricey airline seats , taking state planes for personal and political trips and occasionally tapping his campaign chest to reimburse himself for travel.

It may be hard to believe, but there are more than 50,000 dams in South Carolina.

Boeing's decision to build an assembly plant in South Carolina for its new 787 Dreamliner could spark development of the state's defense industry.

South Carolina is reporting fewer swine flu cases, but more deaths from the disease.

On the last Thursday in October, a unique government institution known as the S.C. Budget and Control Board quietly approved a $143 million contract that effectively leased out 95 percent of the state's broadcast bandwidth - owned by the public for decades - to two little-known private telecommunications companies for the next 30 years.

Authorities say two people have been charged with killing a random victim on the side of the road after deciding they wanted to kill someone.

There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over phantom congressional districts and the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic-stimulus plan.

Several measures indicate the number of swine flu cases in South Carolina is decreasing, but the most recent week reported was among the deadliest for the H1N1 virus outbreak.

A search for a missing South Carolina teenage has ended after children playing found her body dumped on the side of a road.

South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

Eleven people have been hospitalized after showing symptoms consistent with food poisoning, a South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control spokesman said Wednesday.

South Carolina stands to gain a seventh congressional seat if population projections hold for the 2010 census.

Gov. Mark Sanford agreed Thursday to remove the last hurdle to a long-delayed House of Representatives impeachment investigation of his travel and campaign expenses.

A Democrat running for governor says South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds if it wants to grow its economy.

Dominique Archie scored 17 points to lead a balanced scoring effort for South Carolina as the Gamecocks cruised past La Salle 78-68 in the first round of the Charleston Classic on Thursday night.Leading by two at the half, South Carolina started the second half with a 13-4 run and built a 17-point lead with 11:50 to play.La Salle never made a ...

Eight days after her husband admitted to an affair in June, South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford filed paperwork to trademark her name.

The Dorn VA Medical Center is opening a new outpatient clinic for veterans in South Carolina's Upstate.

Three former officials in a South Carolina county plagued by scandal are expected in court to face federal charges.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. Read more: Local , State , Community , Annual Scrooges and Angels , 2009 In the following news release, South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond announced today the fourteenth-annual Scrooges and Angels for 2009.

A state panel will decide as soon as today whether there is sufficient evidence to try South Carolina Gov.