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Voter ID battle moves to South Carolina after Pennsylvania ruling
The battle over voting rights in the November presidential election now swings to South Carolina, following the decision by the Pennsylvania courts on Tuesday to delay implementation of a voter ID requirement in that state. All eyes are now on the legal tussle between the department of justice and South Carolina, where probably…
Woman arrested for pointing gun says Republican Rep. was ‘following’ her
A woman in Spartanburg, South Carolina was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly pointed a gun at Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). A police report obtained by Politico indicated that Gowdy had been in his church parking lot waiting for his daughter when Gloria Yvonne Brackett approached him with a gun.…
Romney paid ‘at least 13%’ in taxes over past decade
WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney insisted Thursday he has paid at least 13 percent per year in taxes over the past decade, dismissing obsession over his personal finances as “small-minded.” Romney, a multimillionaire former investor, has been under assault by Democrats for his refusal to release pre-2010 tax…
Romney scolds ‘small minded’ people asking for his tax returns
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday insisted that he had paid more than 13 percent of his income in taxes — or more if donations to the Mormon church are included — over the last 10 years, and accused the people who want to see his returns of…
NY woman harassed after finding husband faked his own death
The wife of a New York man accused of faking his own death says he has been threatening her since being found several states away earlier this week. According to The Village Voice, Evana Roth has received hostile text messages after her husband, Raymond, was caught speeding by police in…
S.C. judge sentences drunk driver to 8 years, bible study
A South Carolina judge has sentenced a woman to eight years in prison and, as if that weren’t punishment enough, also stipulated that she must read the book of Job and deliver a report on it. Circuit Court Judge Michael Nettles handed down the unusual punishment, perhaps thinking that a…
Storm threatens big U.S. beach weekend
The southeastern US coast braced for the arrival of a subtropical storm that threatened Memorial Day holiday plans for hordes of beachgoers. Subtropical storm Beryl formed overnight in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina as rains generated by Bud — once a hurricane but now a rapidly weakening tropical depression — pelted Mexico’s Pacific coast. As Mexican authorities breathed…
The George Tierney of Greenville, South Carolina Kerfuffle: For Teh Google, Sandra Fluke, and Glory!
TBogg has a post up over at Firedoglake that is balls-to-the-wall hilarious. You see, George Tierney of Greenville, South Carolina doesn’t quite understand how teh Google works, and has threatened to sue TBogg over a post that Teh Boggs wrote about how George Tierney of Greenville, South Carolina is a colossal…
First tropical storm of season forms off U.S. east coast
The first tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane seasonformed Saturday off the southeastern US coast with winds of 45 miles (75 kilometers) per hour, US weather forecasters said. Dubbed “Alberto,” the storm was 140 miles (225 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, moving southwest at a speed of three miles (six kilometers) per…
‘Truck nuts’ lead to arrest of Mexican immigrant
A Mexican immigrant was arrested in South Carolina on Sunday after he was stopped by police because “pair of large fleshy testicles” were hanging from his truck. According to documents obtained by The Smoking Gun, Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office deputy J.R. Moore was on routine patrol when he spotted Joe…
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