COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the South Carolina state lottery:...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a shark apparently bit a 17-year-old girl in knee-deep water off Litchfield Beach in Georgetown County....

MARION, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a man trying to break into his ex-wife's home through a tiny window got stuck and choked to death....

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the North Carolina Education Lottery:...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A panel assembled by South Carolina's governor has 50 recommendations on how the state can reduce greenhouse gas emissions....

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Beaufort County is dealing with a rash of metal thefts, including thieves who recently stole 40 soccer goals from a fenced-in enclosure with barbed wire....

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a woman was injured, but is expected to recover after she was struck by a car that went over a wall in a crash at Cherokee Speedway....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - More than 14,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the past eight months, according to federal immigration officials....

Highlights of the history of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe:...

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Fort Monroe - a Union oasis where fugitive slaves flocked during the Civil War - returns to Virginia's control when the Army pulls out in 2011, and historians are trying to protect the future of the "Freedom Fortress."...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When residents of a tiny Kenyan village sold their chickens and cattle to buy Milton Ochieng's $900 plane ticket to Dartmouth College, they told him they wanted something in return....

LOGAN, Ohio (AP) - South Carolina authorities say they are questioning people in southern Ohio about the death of a recent Logan High School graduate who fell from a sixth-story hotel window while in Myrtle Beach....

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A funeral home is paying for the casket and final arrangements for the family of an 8-year-old girl who authorities say was raped and killed by a 14-year-old neighbor within sight of her home....

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - From his early days as television commentator and on through a three-decade career in Congress, former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms never left any doubt about his beliefs....

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Fayetteville police say they don't expect any arrests over the holiday weekend in the killing of a pregnant soldier....

Reaction to the death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - At Fourth of July parades and barbecues around the Tar Heel state, Jesse Helms' supporters recalled this father of the conservative movement as the man who stood up for traditional values and the defeat of Communism - but still had time to help his constituents....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A Richland County deputy has been fired after troopers say he fled the scene of a wreck where he was driving drunk....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A search continued on Lake Murray for a couple missing for a week, and officials said they hope the extra boaters taking to the water this holiday weekend will help them find the man and his wife....