Sumter (South Carolina)
Influential military vote in South Carolina split
Jan 18, 2012 23:15 EST
SUMTER, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's current and former military personnel form an influential voting bloc but they are split over which Republican to back in the state's presidential primary on Saturday.
Elections cause concern for some who lost clout
Nov 18, 2010 14:45 EST
Defeat of powerful incumbents causes concern in some communities losing congressional clout. There was a tinge of apprehension behind some of the smiles at the ribbon-cutting for the Liberty Lodge. And underneath the updates about a new public swimming pool and potential bus service, there was an unspoken uncertainty among some at the local chamber luncheon.
Financial disclosures for congressional leaders
Jun 16, 2010 16:14 EDT
Financial disclosure reports for Democratic, Republican leaders in Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
President Grant, The U.S. Giant
Jul 17, 2009 10:55 EDT
Ulysses S. Grant, a West point 18aduate and decorated Mexican War veteran, spent his late 30s struggling financially.
John Brown's fearsome pikes still hold fascination
Jun 14, 2009 12:15 EDT
John Brown's fearsome pikes, made to arm a slave rebellion, remain high-priced collectibles. The spears that John Brown ordered for his abolitionist army were fearsome, primitive things. Nearly seven feet long, the pikes had 10-inch steel blades made for slashing and impaling those who resisted the slave rebellion Brown envisioned.
Eli Lilly's Cure For Heartbreak
Jun 02, 2009 10:51 EDT
It wasn't just that a drought destroyed his cotton plantation in Mississippi, and that a business partner ran off with his money in 1866.
Gunman slays 13, kills self at immigrant center
Apr 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
A gunman Friday massacred 13 people and left four more fighting for their lives in an attack at an immigrant centre in New York state before turning the gun on himself, police said.
City in shock after US citizenship centre massacre
Apr 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
Residents of this small northeastern US city were in shock Saturday after a lone gunman massacred 13 people at a local citizenship center before taking his own life.
City in shock after US citizenship centre massacre
Apr 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
Residents of this small northeastern US city were in shock Saturday after a lone gunman massacred 13 people at a local citizenship center before taking his own life.
14 die in US citizenship center massacre
Apr 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
A lone killer armed with at least two handguns massacred 13 people at a citizenship center in New York state before apparently shooting himself, police said.
14 die in US citizenship center massacre
Apr 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
A lone killer armed with at least two handguns massacred 13 people at a citizenship center in New York state before apparently shooting himself, police said.
14 die in US citizenship center massacre
Apr 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
A lone killer armed with at least two handguns massacred 13 people at a citizenship center in New York state before apparently shooting himself, police said.
14 die in US citizenship center massacre
Apr 02, 2009 20:00 EDT
A lone killer armed with at least two handguns massacred 13 people at a citizenship center in New York state Friday before apparently shooting himself, police said.
Gunman kills 12-13 people, self in NY massacre
Apr 02, 2009 20:00 EDT
A gunman massacred 12 to 13 people Friday at an immigration center in upstate New York before taking at least 20 hostages, then apparently turning the gun on himself.
Gunman kills 12-13 people, self in NY massacre
Apr 02, 2009 20:00 EDT
A gunman massacred 12 to 13 people Friday at an immigration center in upstate New York before taking at least 20 hostages, then apparently turning the gun on himself.
Up to 13 feared dead in small NY town gun rampage
Apr 02, 2009 20:00 EDT
Up to 13 people may have been killed Friday in a rampage by a gunman believed to be holding dozens of hostages at a civic center in upstate New York, local radio reported.
Up to 13 feared dead in small NY town gun rampage
Apr 02, 2009 20:00 EDT
Up to 13 people may have been killed Friday in a rampage by a gunman believed to be holding dozens of hostages at a civic center in upstate New York, local radio reported.
US gunman's estranged wife worked at nursing home
Mar 29, 2009 20:00 EDT
A heavily-armed gunman accused of killing eight people at a North Carolina nursing home recently separated from his wife who worked at the facility, police said Monday.
Gunman's estranged wife worked at nursing home: police
Mar 29, 2009 20:00 EDT
A heavily-armed gunman accused of killing eight people at a North Carolina nursing home recently separated from his wife who worked at the facility, police said Monday.