With her first 100 days behind her, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is renewing a push to streamline state government and put in place job-training measures to encourage people to get back to work.In an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, Haley ticked off several early accomplishments: passing legislation that put more House and Senate votes on the record; taking taxpayer cash away from...

Egypt's powerful military backed President Hosni Mubarak's plan to stay in office until September elections, enraging hundreds of thousands of protesters who deluged squares in at least three major cities Friday, marched on presidential palaces and broke through army barricades at the state TV building - key symbols of the authoritarian regime.The army's show of solidarity with the president was a...

CAIRO -President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down Thursday, saying in a televised speech that he would remain Egypt's head of state until elections in the fall but had delegated powers to his vice president. Anticipation turned to rage in Cairo's main square, where hundreds of thousands of Egyptians had gathered in hopes of witnessing history: a 17-day popular rebellion ending 30 years of U....

Addressing a demand for economic answers, President Barack Obama will try to convince the American people and a divided Congress that he has a vision for speeding up job creation, promoting spending on the core of his agenda but promising to rein in a growing, staggering debt. His State of the Union address will reflect reality: The economy trumps all.To a nationwide television audience Tuesday ni...

A new president has been named for the ETV public broadcasting network.Linda O’Bryon was selected by the ETV Commission on Wednesday. O’Bryon is the former chief of content officer at KQED/Northern California Public Broadcasting in San Francisco, the South Carolina network announced in a press release Thursday.During her tenure, the public broadcasting network launched the radio series &...

When Nikki Haley won election last week as governor of South Carolina, a small town halfway across the world in India's Punjab exploded in celebration.The Randhawa family in the town of Verka distributed sweets to neighbors, set off firecrackers and broke into traditional Punjabi dances to demonstrate its pride that a relative had been elected the first Indian-American female governor in U.S. hist...

The son of the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor has been charged with driving under the influence.Twenty-year-old James Ard of Effingham was booked at the Florence County jail shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday.Candidate Ken Ard confirmed his son was booked at the jail. He told WBTW-TV he would talk about his campaign but would handle family matters privately.Ken Ard is a Florence County co...

WASHINGTON - For Rep. John Spratt, the fallout from a landmark Supreme Court ruling that lifted limits on corporate campaign spending is more than $1 million from five groups based outside South Carolina and unified by the goal of defeating the House Budget Committee chairman.The groups targeting Spratt, a Democrat from York, have lofty, patriotic names, but the one that has spent the most - Citiz...