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Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Jamaican security guard accused in the stabbing deaths of a South Carolina couple at their Caribbean vacation home repeatedly rebuffed a judge's questions at the start of his murder trial.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A cruise liner making a monthlong cruise from England to the Caribbean and Mexico is stopping in Charleston.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  A trial date has been set for three suspects accused of killing a couple from South Carolina who lived in the Caribbean island of St. Maarten.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Officials in St. Maarten say a suspect has confessed to a role in the slaying of a South Carolina couple in the Dutch Caribbean country.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A couple slain in their home on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten are being remembered in South Carolina. Funeral services for Michael and Thelma King are scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Chapin United Methodist Church in Chapin.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A judge in St. Maarten has ordered a Jamaican security guard held as a suspect in the slaying of a South Carolina couple who were stabbed to death in their Caribbean vacation home.

Sunday, September 23, 2012  St. Maarten police say they have arrested a suspect in the slayings of a South Carolina couple.

Friday, September 21, 2012  A couple from South Carolina has been killed in the Dutch Caribbean country of St. Maarten.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Tropical Storm Ernesto formed Thursday to the east of the Lesser Antilles island chain in the Caribbean.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has another new addition.

Monday, December 05, 2011  A Coast Guard cutter based in Charleston has seized almost 2,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $24 million in the Caribbean Sea.

Monday, September 26, 2011  The City of Newberry celebrates it's 11th Annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 1, with live music, family entertainment, and vendors.

Friday, November 05, 2010  Updated with AP video: No survivors in Cuban airliner crash with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Now a powerful Category 4 storm, Hurricane Earl is barreling toward the U.S. coast after battering tiny island across the northeastern Caribbean.