Articles tagged with carolina
Sat, May 19, 2012
Tropical Storm Alberto loses strength, forecasters say
By Harriet McLeod
Charleston, South Carolina (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Alberto churned off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Sunday, and heavy rain ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
South Carolina woman battles flesh-eating bacterial disease
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A new mother of twins in Greenville, South Carolina, is the latest victim of a rare and ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
South Carolina marks ex-slave's daring sail to freedom
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Descendants of Civil War hero Robert Smalls are celebrating the ex-slave who 150 years ago this weekend ...
Sat, May 12, 2012
South Carolina marks ex-slave's daring sail to freedom
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Descendants of Civil War hero Robert Smalls are celebrating the ex-slave who 150 years ago this weekend ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Evan Rachel Wood's tears over controversial North Carolina bill
From WENN.com
Voters turned out across the state on Tuesday morning (08May12) and The Ides of March star rallied support for the gay ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Evan Rachel Wood's tears over controversial North Carolina bill
From WENN.com
Voters turned out across the state on Tuesday morning (08May12) and The Ides of March star rallied support for the gay ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Evan Rachel Wood rallying fans against controversial North Carolina bill
From WENN.com
Voting in North Carolina began early Tuesday morning and The Ides of March star is now rallying support for the gay ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Obama walks fine line in bashing Romney, courting Wall Street
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For President Barack Obama's re-election team, it's sort of like threading a needle.
While trying to define ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
North Carolina voters approve same-sex marriage ban
By Wade Rawlins
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions ...
Sat, May 05, 2012
North Carolina may hand setback to gay marriage push
By Wade Rawlins
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Efforts to legalize gay marriage have met success in several U.S. states this year but could ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Boeing debuts first 787 Dreamliner made in South Carolina
By Kyle Peterson
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Friday unveiled the first 787 Dreamliner made in its new South Carolina assembly plant ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
DR Horton to drop natgas drilling rights in North Carolina
By Michelle Conlin
(Reuters) - D.R. Horton, the largest homebuilder in the United States, said it is suspending its practice of keeping the rights ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
North Carolina judge commutes death sentence, cites jury race bias
By Wade Rawlins
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina judge on Friday commuted the death sentence of a black man convicted of the ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Missing North Carolina soldier feared in danger
By Harriet McLeod
(Reuters) - North Carolina police are investigating the disappearance of a 23-year-old Fort Bragg soldier last seen at a bar over the ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
K-Wings blank Stingrays to take 3-0 series lead
CHARLESTON, SC (WKZO) – The Kalamazoo Wings trailed 30-23 in shots-on-goal in Wednesday night’s Game 3 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinals to the ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Cherokee adoption battle in South Carolina high court
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The adoptive parents of a 2-1/2-year-old Cherokee girl at the center of a custody battle stemming ...
Sat, April 14, 2012
K-Wings outlast Stingrays in Game 1 of Eastern Conference semis
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) – Kalamazoo used home ice advantage to take Game 1 of the ECHL’s best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals Friday over the South Carolina ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
South Carolina governor faces ethics hearing over donations
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A state ethics commission is investigating allegations that South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley did not report ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
U.S. agency okays Scana nuclear units in South Carolina
TON (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday approved a license for Scana Corp to build two reactors at the Virgil Summer ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
South Carolina mother gets 35 years for killing toddlers
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A South Carolina mother will spend 35 years in prison for suffocating her two toddlers and leaving ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
South Carolina lieutenant governor is indicted, resigns
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina Republican Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard resigned on Friday just hours before the state attorney announced ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
Obama to tout energy plans in battleground North Carolina
By Missy Ryan
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama travels on Wednesday to the electoral battleground of North Carolina, where he will promote plans to boost ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Boy, 7, survives brush with tornado in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A 7-year-old boy was recovering on Sunday after a tornado sheared off the walls of his North Carolina home, snatched ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Historic plantations hit the market in South Carolina
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The privately owned historic plantations that dot South Carolina's low country don't switch hands often ...
Sat, March 03, 2012
Historic plantations hit the market in South Carolina
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The privately owned historic plantations that dot South Carolina's low country don't switch hands often ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Family sues South Carolina restaurant for wrongful death
By Harriet McLeod
(Reuters) - The family of a South Carolina man killed in a fiery car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
North Carolina Congresswoman Myrick will not run in 2012
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina Republican Congresswoman Sue Myrick, a former mayor of Charlotte and vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
South Carolina sues Obama administration over voter ID law
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's attorney general sued President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday over the federal government ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Giltz expected to be charged with Kalamazoo woman's murder Friday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A Kalamazoo woman who sought refuge with the older couple next door in Swansboro, North Carolina when her marriage dissolved last October ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
North Carolina governor will not seek second term
By Wade Rawlins
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina's Democratic Governor Bev Perdue announced she would not seek a second term on Thursday ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
North Carolina governor will not seek second term
By Wade Rawlins
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan 26 - North Carolina's Democratic Governor Bev Perdue, facing tough re-election odds, said on Thursday she would ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
North Carolina governor will not seek second term
By Wade Rawlins
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan 26 - North Carolina's Democratic Governor Bev Perdue announced she would not seek a second term on ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Former Kalamazoo Woman Shot, Killed in North Carolina
SWANSBORO (WKZO) -- Police in North Carolina have released the name of a former Kalamazoo woman shot to death on Monday.
Suzy Zemlick, 50, married ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
South Carolina tries to break political "old boys network"
By Harriet McLeod
Charleston, South Carolina (Reuters) - A bipartisan group in South Carolina, which has the lowest percentage of women in state political office ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
South Carolina Outcome Could Help Michigan's GOP Primary
SOUTH CAROLINA (WKZO) -- Michigan native Mitt Romney got the message after losing big to Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, beaten up at the debates ...
Sat, January 21, 2012
Gingrich upends Republican race in South Carolina
(Reuters) - Newt Gingrich jolted the Republican presidential race on Saturday with a convincing come-from-behind victory in South Carolina, where voters rejected frontrunner Mitt Romney ...
Sat, January 21, 2012
Romney vs Gingrich in crucial South Carolina fight
By Alistair Bell
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney must overcome wily political veteran Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Stephen Colbert "campaigns" in South Carolina
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Television comedian Stephen Colbert took his political shtick down south on Friday, staging a mock campaign rally ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Santorum makes bid for middle ground in South Carolina
By Samuel P. Jacobs and Colleen Jenkins
LEXINGTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum made his closing argument on Friday to South ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
VIDEO: The GOP debate's best moments
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) -- The four remaining major GOP candidates in the 2012 presidential race clashed over issues of character, leadership, taxes and Mitt ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Romney hobbles through debate ahead of South Carolina primary
By Sam Youngman
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Mitt Romney is still the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, but if he wins the South ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Romney leads in South Carolina, Gingrich gaining ground
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is gaining ground in South Carolina, but rival Mitt Romney still leads in the ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Fading Gingrich behind in new poll, hits Romney in ad
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Friday as ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
South Carolina Democrats unamused by Colbert's ploy
By Alina Selyukh and Harriet McLeod
WASHINGTON/CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) -
Late-night TV comedian Stephen Colbert is urging his South Carolina fans to cast ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Sharp clashes at Republican debate ahead of vote
By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates tore into each other on Thursday and Newt Gingrich snarled at ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Influential military vote in South Carolina split
By Colleen Jenkins
SUMTER, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's current and former military personnel form an influential voting bloc but they are split ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Suddenly, Romney faces fight in South Carolina
By Alistair Bell
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney struggled to regain his footing on Wednesday as his once formidable lead in the ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
In South Carolina, attorney general says voting rights at risk
By John Whitesides
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, appearing at a Martin Luther King holiday rally in South Carolina ...
Sun, January 15, 2012
Santorum targets Romney in South Carolina
By Colleen Jenkins
FLORENCE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum took aim at front-runner Mitt Romney on Sunday as he sought to ...
Sun, January 15, 2012
In flap over S. Carolina law, old tensions and a campaign issue
By Andy Sullivan
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - The state that fired the first shot in the Civil War is once again battling the U ...
Sat, January 14, 2012
Romney opens 21-point lead in South Carolina: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election ...
Sat, January 14, 2012
North Carolina shooter dies from self-inflicted wound
(Reuters) - The North Carolina lumber company worker who shot dead three fellow employees before turning a shotgun on himself died from his wound on ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Attorney General to speak on voting rights in South Carolina
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder plans to deliver a speech on voting rights on Monday at a Martin Luther King ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Gunman kills 3 in North Carolina workplace shooting
Star, North Carolina (Reuters) - A lumber company worker in Star, North Carolina, is suspected of shooting dead three colleagues and critically injuring another, before ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
Republicans head to South Carolina, guns blazing
COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:32am EST
(Reuters) - Republican presidential contenders brought buckets of cash and sharp rhetoric ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
Possible tornado injures 10 in North Carolina
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A possible mid-winter tornado has struck a small western North Carolina community, injuring 10 people, two seriously, authorities said on ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Gingrich warns in South Carolina about "moderate" Romney
By John Whitesides
ROCK HILL, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich, back on conservative turf in South Carolina, warned on Wednesday ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
North Carolina may compensate sterilization victims
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 2,000 people forcibly sterilized under a past North Carolina program should be compensated $50,000 ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
In South Carolina, Romney defends record at equity firm Bain
By Steve Holland
GREER, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney defended his leadership on Thursday of a private equity firm at the center ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Santorum employs "Iowa Lite" strategy in South Carolina
By Colleen Jenkins
BLUFFTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Looking to recapture the magic of his Iowa surge, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is bringing to ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
South Carolina to sue Obama administration over voter ID law
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina will sue the administration of President Barack Obama over its rejection of the state's ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
North Carolina to compensate sterilization victims
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 2,000 people forcibly sterilized under a past North Carolina program should be compensated $50,000 ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
North Carolina moves to compensate sterilization victims
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 2,000 people forcibly sterilized under a past North Carolina program should be compensated $50,000 ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Perry pleads for second look in South Carolina
By John Whitesides
ANDERSON, South Carolina (Reuters) - After rejection in Iowa and surrender in New Hampshire, Republican Rick Perry has pinned his fading presidential ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Republicans head to South Carolina, guns blazing
By Steve Holland
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential contenders brought buckets of cash and sharp rhetoric to South Carolina on Wednesday for an ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
South Carolina evangelicals edge toward Santorum
By John Whitesides
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Religious conservative voters in South Carolina, shaking off months of indecision, are showing signs of movement toward ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
Carolina in mind, Republicans stress social stances
By Sam Youngman
GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Most of the Republican presidential candidates laid out their credentials as social conservatives in a debate on ...
Sat, January 07, 2012
Insight: In South Carolina primary, a fundraising showdown
By Samuel P. Jacobs and Alexander Cohen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The obscure groups behind the spending spree in the race for the Republican nomination for ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Tough South Carolina fight looms in Republican race
By John Whitesides
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Even as the Republican presidential candidates fight it out in New Hampshire, a bigger showdown is looming ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
N.Carolina senate votes to override veto of gutted death row law
By Wade Rawlins
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina state senators voted on Wednesday to override the governor's veto of a measure that ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Michele Bachmann ends campaign
By Eric Johnson
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Representative Michele Bachmann ended her campaign to become the 2012 Republican presidential nominee on Wednesday and called ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Obama administration blocks South Carolina voter ID law
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that requires voters to have photo identification because ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Judge blocks parts of South Carolina immigration law
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina is barred from enforcing several key parts of its new law aimed at curbing illegal ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Judge blocks parts of South Carolina immigration law
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina is barred from enforcing several key areas of its new law aimed to curb illegal ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Judge to rule by end-year on South Carolina immigration law
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A federal judge said on Monday he would decide by the end of 2011 whether to block ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
South Carolina has first human rabies case in 50 years
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A middle-aged woman in South Carolina has contracted the state's first case of human rabies in ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Romney raises doubts about Gingrich in South Carolina
By Steve Holland
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney sought to create doubts about rival Newt Gingrich among South Carolina ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Romney warms up tepid South Carolina campaign
By Steve Holland
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warmed up his tepid campaign in South Carolina on Friday with the ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
South Carolina protesters allowed to camp overnight: judge
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that anti-Wall Street protesters may camp overnight indefinitely on the South ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
North Carolina governor vetoes repeal of Racial Justice Act
(Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue on Wednesday vetoed an effort by legislators to gut a two-year-old law that lets death row inmates appeal ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
South Carolina could be Perry's last stand
By Peter Henderson and Karen Brooks
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina might be the last stand for Texas Governor Rick Perry if he ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Judge blocks anti-abortion license plates in North Carolina
By Jim Brumm
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - A judge on Monday blocked the state of North Carolina from issuing voluntary vehicle license plates with ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Carolina Herrera to sell "Twilight" wedding dress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Twilight" fans can have their very own fairytale wedding experience next year when Carolina Herrera's CHNY boutiques begin selling gowns ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
East Carolina University lifts campus lock-down
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - East Carolina University lifted its locked-down status on Wednesday after reports of a man carrying a rifle near the campus ...
Wed, November 02, 2011
U.S. tries "hip hop" diplomacy in Pakistan
By Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Considered by many Pakistanis to be public enemy number one, the United States on Monday turned to the musical ...
Thu, October 13, 2011
North Carolina men convicted of conspiring to aid militants
By Ned Barnett
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A federal jury found three North Carolina men guilty on Thursday of conspiring to provide material support ...
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