All posts tagged "south carolina"

  • Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives at a campaign event, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
    Presidential contenders fight for minority voters in SC

    DENMARK, S.C. (AP) — The fight for black voters turned into a tug-of-war over President Barack Obama’s legacy Friday as Democratic presidential hopefuls looked for an edge in South Carolina. Republicans, meanwhile, crisscrossed the state in search...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • This aerial photo show flooding around homes in the Carolina Forest community in Horry County, between Conway and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Carolinas saw sunshine Tuesday after days of inundation, but it could take weeks to recover from being pummeled by a historic rainstorm that caused widespread flooding and multiple deaths. (Janet Blackmon Morgan/The Sun News via AP)
    South Carolina cleans up, but worries remain amid floods

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The family of Miss South Carolina 1954 found her flood-soaked pageant scrapbook on a dining room floor littered with dead fish on Tuesday, as the first sunny day in nearly two weeks provided...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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  • A car is submerged in floodwaters in Florence, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 after steady rain left many roads impassable, while flooding continues in many parts of the state. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
    11 dead as Hurricane Joaquin brings ‘historic’ flooding to US

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Another day of heavy rain drenched an already inundated South Carolina on Monday as rescue teams went door-to-door to check on people in swamped neighborhoods and authorities surveyed a statewide road system torn...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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    Louder voices against common core

    Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Georgia — three states that received failing grades by Harvard’s Director of the Program on Educational Policy and Governance Paul Peterson in his “State Proficiency Standards Strength” evaluation — are forced by Common Core...

    • Posted May 4, 2015
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  • Law enforcement officers respond to a shooting at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. Police officers determined the shooting was a murder-suicide, isolated to one room in the School of Public Health building. (AP Photo/The State, Tim Dominick)
    Korean ex-wife kills professor in University of SC murder-suicide

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A professor who taught anatomy and physiology and was highly regarded by both his students and fellow faculty members was shot and killed by his ex-wife in an apparent murder-suicide at the University...

    • Posted February 8, 2015
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    S. Carolina and Korea agree to recognize driving licenses in both territories

    Kevin Shwedo, right, executive director of the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and Kim He-beom, Atlanta Consul General of South Korea, left, shake hands after reaching an agreement to acknowledge driving licenses in both territories,...

    • Posted July 25, 2014
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