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Hiker Falls to Death Trying to Save Dog

South Carolina man plunges 125 feet; dog regained footing, is OK

(Newser) - A hiker in South Carolina died after plummeting 125 feet in an attempt to save his dog, the AP reports. The dog stumbled on a ledge while on a hike with architect David Lewis and Lewis' girlfriend. When Lewis sought to save his pet—who regained its footing and survived—...

Toll Hits 25 in Southern Storms
 Toll Hits 47 in Southern Storms 
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Apr 17, 2011 7:24 AM CDT

Toll Hits 47 in Southern Storms

Tornadoes, rain, hail pelt the region

(Newser) - A devastating storm system ripped its way through the South yesterday, pummeling the region with tornadoes, flash flooding, and hail the size of softballs. The death toll shot up today to at least 47, reports NBC News, with emergency crews searching for more victims in hard-hit areas of Virginia and...

In South Carolina, Road Sign Warns 'Zombies Ahead'

Watch out for hunters and tanks, too

(Newser) - Undead ahead! Drivers in South Carolina were warned to be on the lookout for hunters, tanks, and zombies yesterday. Two electric signs near the town of Fort Mill on Highway 160 had apparently been tampered with: They flashed messages that read "Zombies Ahead," "Watch for Hunters" and...

South Carolina Goes After Facebooking Prisoners

Would tack 30 days on to the sentence of those found updating their status, etc.

(Newser) - It doesn't seem too hard to get access to a cellphone in prisons these days (see here and here )—and, by extension, update one's Facebook status. And South Carolina has had enough. The state is hoping to be the first in the nation to make in-prison status updates a...

South Carolina to Get Its Own Currency?

State sen. wants study on the subject

(Newser) - South Carolina may soon have its own currency, if one state senator has his way. Republican Lee Bright introduced legislation that would back the creation of such a currency, because, “If folks lose faith in the dollar, we need to have some kind of backup,” he tells the...

SC Lawmaker Under Fire for 'Brothers' Remark

Jokes that we need immigrants because blacks, whites don't work hard enough

(Newser) - A black state senator in South Carolina has caused a ruckus with his argument against a law curbing illegal immigration. The US needs these immigrants, said Robert Ford, because they're willing to do hard work that ordinary Americans won't. Except he used far more colorful language: "I know brothers—...

Mom Busted After Dumping Newborn in Stadium Toilet

Shivering, wet baby found gasping for air

(Newser) - A South Carolina mom has been busted after she gave birth in a stadium bathroom in the middle of a circus performance, then stuffed the newborn boy in the toilet, according to cops. The shivering baby was found gasping for breath some 90 minutes later by cleaning staff credited with...

South Carolina Mulls Ban on Sharia Law

Would 'prevent a court from enforcing foreign law in this state'

(Newser) - South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would explicitly state that "foreign law" could not be enforced in the Palmetto State—the latest in a series of laws that some critics say are really just trying to preemptively ban sharia law, Talking Points Memo reports. State Sen. Michael...

Alvin Greene Running for Office Again

But this time for South Carolina rep

(Newser) - Everyone’s favorite mumbling unemployed Senate candidate is jumping back in the political arena, this time running for the more attainable post of South Carolina state representative. Alvin Greene has signed up to run in the special election for state Rep. Cathy Harvin’s seat, paying his $165 entry fee...

Sanford Leaves Office Saying, 'Never Say Never'

Fallen conservative rock star considers the next chapter

(Newser) - Mark Sanford leaves the South Carolina governor's mansion next week a 50-year-old divorcee whose adultery ground his race toward political rock stardom to a screeching, sobbing halt. But though he's free to head out on the Appalachian trail for real this time, the AP notes in an exit interview that...

Note to Rand: How Do You Spell C-o-m-p-r-o-m-i-s-e?

Battle for Tea Party soul will pit extremists against pragmatists in DC

(Newser) - Eyeglass-doctor-turned-Kentucky-senator Rand Paul faces a massive learning curve in a complicated arena where compromise and strategy is the name of the game, note the Christian Science Monitor . Paul is perhaps the Tea Party's most fervent idealog of any of last night's victors. He doesn't have much of a chance of...

Blogger Swears to Nikki Haley Affair in Affidavit

Alleged lobbyist lover says he'll follow suit; Haley denies everything

(Newser) - Conservative blogger Will Folks is sticking to his guns about his alleged affair with Nikki Haley, giving a sworn affidavit in which he says he had “romantic encounters” with the would-be governor in his apartment, her Statehouse office, and her Cadillac. “Rep. Haley specifically requested that I notify...

Celebrity Chef Stirs Up SC Senate Race

Candidate Dupree says she'll cook Republican's goose

(Newser) - South Carolina's lopsided Senate race is getting spicier. Celebrity Charleston chef and cookbook author Nathalie Dupree is getting out of the kitchen to run as a write-in candidate. Dupree says she doesn't believe anybody else will challenge incumbent Republican Jim DeMint, whom she accuses of spending more time aiding Tea...

Killer Mom Was Angry About Baths

Flew into a 'rage' just hours before alleged murders

(Newser) - Shaquan Duley, the South Carolina mother who admitted last month to smothering her two children, was in a “rage” just hours before because her sister bathed the two boys without permission. Duley’s two sons were found dead in a car submerged in the river, and she is now...

Cops Order Alvin Greene to Leave Restaurant

His female friend fought with patrons

(Newser) - The strange candidacy of Alvin Greene takes another turn: Cops in South Carolina had to kick the Senate hopeful out of a restaurant after his female companion began arguing with patrons, reports the AP . Greene had originally been invited to the restaurant to speak to local Democrats, but they rescinded...

Mom Admits Suffocating Her 2 Toddlers
Mom Admits Suffocating
Her 2 Toddlers
Aug 17, 2010 12:33 PM CDT

Mom Admits Suffocating Her 2 Toddlers

Unemployed woman felt she had no way to support them

(Newser) - A South Carolina mother has admitted to smothering her two toddler sons, saying she didn’t think she could support them, according to police. The bodies were found in a car submerged in a river, but the woman, 29-year-old Shaquan Duley, allegedly told police that they were dead before she...

Greene's Indicted, but Not Disqualified

Apparently giving porn to a college kid doesn't preclude one from being a senator

(Newser) - Alvin Greene may have no campaign cash, have difficulty articulating his platform, have a penchant for posting the worst campaign videos ever, and may be facing a felony porn charge, but little details like that won't stop him from being the Democratic candidate for South Carolina's Senate seat. Greene meets...

Alvin Greene Indicted on Porn Charge

Weird Democratic candidate faces felony charge

(Newser) - Longshot US Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted today on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a South Carolina college student. A Richland County grand jury indicted Green for disseminating, procuring, or promoting obscenity—a felony—as well as a misdemeanor charge of communicating obscene materials...

SC Cop Fired After Breaking Handcuffed Inmate's Leg

Hit unresisting prisoner 27 times with baton

(Newser) - Generally if you're a cop, hitting an unresisting prisoner's leg with your baton—even pausing to get a bigger baton—27 times until it breaks isn't the best career move, to say the least. Especially if you do it on videotape. South Carolina deputy Oddie Tribble has been relieved of...

GOP Becoming a Party of 'Crackpots'

A good man goes down because he doesn't hate Obama enough

(Newser) - The Republican Party, once a great, intelligent institution, has been “hijacked by hustlers and extremists” out to destroy not only President Obama, but many in its own ranks, writes Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News . Lupica is furious over South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis’ primary loss to...

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