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Friday, May 03, 2013  Vice President Joe Biden is visiting South Carolina to address a gathering of state Democrats. The vice president will be in Columbia on Friday to give remarks at the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner.

Friday, May 03, 2013  For a few hours, South Carolina will be at the center of American politics.

Friday, November 09, 2012  South Carolina's high court has put a stop to a recount of votes in Richland County.

Friday, November 09, 2012  South Carolina Republicans want the state's highest court to stop a recount of votes in Richland County.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  A judge has ordered that votes in a contested South Carolina legislative race be guarded by state police until a hearing can be held on alleged voting irregularities in Richland County.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A panel of three federal judges in Washington has upheld South Carolina's voter identification law, but says the state cannot put it in practice until 2013..

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Governor Nikki Haley and U.S. Rep. Tim Scott crashed the Democratic convention Tuesday to tell people why they shouldn't re-elect President Barack Obama.  However, South Carolina Democrats had their own message to share.

Saturday, June 23, 2012  The primary season likely limps to an end in South Carolina on Tuesday with runoffs in two congressional races, three legislative races and a handful of county contests.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  The South Carolina Supreme Court has denied reconsidering a Wednesday opinion that will disqualify dozens of candidates from the June primary ballot.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  South Carolina's Democrats and Republicans want clarification of a court ruling they fear might mean most candidates challenging incumbents across the state would be kept off ballots for the June primary.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  South Carolina's highest court says dozens of candidates cannot appear on the state's June primary ballots because of missing financial paperwork.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Just six weeks before voters head to the polls for the South Carolina primaries, the candidates eligible to run for state and local offices are still unclear. On Tuesday, South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit that could disqualify more than 100 Republican and Democratic hopefuls from the June 12 ballot.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  Governor Nikki Haley refused to answer questions from reporters Thursday regarding her role in dictating how federal health care reform should be enacted.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  Vice President Joe Biden is making a short visit to Charleston to raise money for President Obama's re-election campaign.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011  The bills from Gov. Nikki Haley's weeklong trip to Europe in June total more than $127,000 and are still coming in. But the governor returned home with two agreements with foreign employers that are in the works, not done deals as Haley has said.  Critics fire back at the trip calling it a waste of taxpayer money.