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Hurricane Earl is smacking the North Carolina coast with heavy winds, rip tides and high waves. With winds near 125 mph, Earl is putting the East Coast all the way to Canada on alert for what could be a blustery next several days.
A 4-year-old Rock Hill boy was found wandering alone along a roadway around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, police say.
The owners of BATS BBQ, a Rock Hill barbecue restaurant, were told to cease-and-desist when they tried to register their trademark because DC Comics, the holder of the Batman trademark, objected.
Quarterback Stephen Garcia and freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore each ran for two touchdowns and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier won his 18th straight college opener 41-13 over Southern Miss on Thursday night at Williams-Brice Stadium.
The captain of a boat that rescued 13 people who escaped an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico says the blast aboard the vessel was so sudden that they didn't have time to get in a lifeboat.
An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections.
Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case.
A girl's march toward early puberty may begin in the arms of her first caregiver, a new study suggests.
The Winthrop University men's cross country team, like the rest of the Big South Conference, won't beat Liberty this year. The Flames return the NCAA individual champion, Sam Chelanga, as well as 20th-place finisher Evans Kigen.