Shrugging off a disappointing showing in Iowa's caucuses, Rick Perry said Tuesday he would compete in South Carolina regardless of the final tallies here and bought television time to back it up.Perry encouraged supporters to keep the faith in his national aspirations as his advisers cast the coming contest in South Carolina as the first real test of his presidential campaign. Before Iowans met at...

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is unveiling his agenda for 2012 in a series of news conferences across the 2nd congressional district.The South Carolina Republican is talking about his agenda Thursday. He has events planned at automotive shops in West Columbia and Beaufort and at a gas station

Responding to his insurgent campaign’s first crisis, Herman Cain was upbeat and defiant. “To quote my chief of staff and all the people around this country, ‘Let Herman be Herman,’“ he said Monday. “And Herman is gonna stay Herman.” I was afraid of that. Cain’s policy positions range from the ignorant to the unworkable to the just plain goofy...

Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry will bring his struggling campaign to the Palmetto State Tuesday for two public events and a fundraiser.Perry will speak Tuesday morning at ISO Poly Films, a plastics manufacturer, in Gray Court. He is expected to outline the second part of his economic

-about debate in Myrtle Beach. That debate will be held Jan. 16 and broadcast by Fox News.The events lead up to...

People look at some news photos shot on Sept. 11, 2001, and wonder how those who took them could bear to keep working in the face of such tragedy.Richard Drew said his lens acts as a filter: "The things are happening over there, on the other side."Another Associated Press photographer, the late Marty Lederhandler, put it this way: "I let the camera absorb all the disaster or the sadness of an even...

The possibility of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain could put a damper on one of the major outdoor-event weekends of the year in the Midlands. The national Storm Prediction Center says there’s a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in the Midlands from Friday night through Sunday morning. The last two possibly severe fronts that moved through the state tossed trees onto hundreds of houses A...

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was recovering in a U.S. hospital Tuesday from a sexual attack and beating she suffered while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo.Logan was in the city's Tahrir Square on Friday after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down when she, her team

Even as Parkinson's disease began taking its toll on Dick Winters, who led his "Band of Brothers" through some of World War II's fiercest European battles, the unassuming hero refused, as always, to let his men down.Friends accompanied him to public events, subtly clearing a path

Organizers of events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in South Carolina say the commemorations may spark differences of opinion and evoke painful memories.But the organizers, who meet with reporters in Charleston on Wednesday to outline their plans, say the anniversary also brings

Queen Elizabeth II is now on Facebook - but she's not going to be your friend.Britain's queen has launched a series of official pages offering the website's 500 million users daily updates on her engagements, the royal household said Sunday.The 84-year-old British monarch will be featured in videos, photos and news items on the site, which will be available starting Monday, alongside other members...

Tourism along South Carolina's Grand Strand is up this fall as couples and groups spend time at the beach. But officials say the golf business remains weak.The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that revenue per hotel room is up more than 7 percent since Labor Day compared with last year. Coastal Carolina University researcher Taylor Damonte says rising room rates mean travelers can expect fewer di...

Longshot Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene has made numerous appearances wearing a T-shirt promoting his campaign. Now, the unemployed veteran has been spotted wearing a different shirt that pokes fun at South Carolina's tumultuous time in the spotlight - including his surprise primary victory.Greene appeared Monday at a Rotary Club event in Aiken sporting a white shirt featuring a blue ...

The White House party crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, were stopped in a limo near the White House Wednesday evening as President Barack Obama was holding his second official state dinner.The limo driver ran through a red light around 8 p.m., just blocks from the White House and was stopped by a uniformed Secret Service officer, according to Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan. The driver h...

Bikers are again avoiding Myrtle Beach as the annual spring bike rallies get under way on the South Carolina coast.The Sun News reports bikers gathered beyond the city limits as the Cruisin' the Coast rally began over the weekend.Two years ago, the city passed laws to curb the rallies. Those rules included outlawing parking lot gatherings, loud mufflers and riding without helmets.Butch Thomas says...