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COLUMBIA — First Lady Jenny Sanford announced this morning that she is filing for a divorce from Governor Mark Sanford. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics -- including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack Obama's push for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases. Full Story »

Robert is mentally disabled and recently lost his job. Elizabeth, his wife of 20 years, is the sole support for the household and, after paying rent, there is little left for utilities and medical bills, let alone food. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Senators working on a compromise climate bill unveiled the basics of their plan Thursday, including encouragement for new nuclear power plants, a continued use of coal and a greenhouse gas emissions-reduction target that's lower than what the Senate had been considering. Full Story »

A Charleston man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery last month in the parking lot of a Savannah Highway motel. Full Story »

The S.C. Highway Patrol charged a pickup truck driver in Wednesday night's head-on collision on Interstate 26 with drunken driving. Full Story »

Customers at a North Charleston store were robbed Wednesday by a man who walked in, showed a handgun and demanded that everyone empty their pockets. Full Story »

Goose Creek -- The Berkeley County Democratic Party will hold its holiday party and meeting from 6-8 tonight at the Berkeley Electric Co-op, 2 Spring Hall Drive. Full Story »

COLUMBIA -- A day after facing a political firing squad and coming out standing, Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday that he will try to get along better with legislators but that he has no plans to back down from issues that often made him their adversary. Full Story »

You have to give Charleston County officials credit; they don't give up. Fifteen years later, they are still doing their darnedest to sell the idea of a toll road across Johns Island. Full Story »

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are considering changing a proposed expansion of Medicare to address complaints from doctors and hospitals and defray costs for consumers, officials said Thursday, two days after party leaders hailed it as part of a breakthrough for health care. Full Story »

WALTERBORO -- Two witnesses saw 19-year-old Danziel Chapman inside a car that a barrage of high-powered gunfire was unleashed from, killing three people and wounding six last month, a prosecutor said in court Thursday. Full Story »

OSLO -- Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Union leaders, among the most passionate backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, pressed Democratic senators Thursday to drop a tax on high-value insurance plans to pay for remaking the nation's system. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Capitol Hill Democrats are muscling through a deficit-swelling spending bill, giving domestic programs their third major boost this year and awarding lawmakers with more than 5,000 back-home projects. Full Story »

The city of North Charleston will resume its gun buyback program Saturday, following last year's event where 245 firearms were turned in to authorities. Full Story »

The Jewish festival of lights, Hanukkah, begins at sundown. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 B.C. after it had been profaned by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greek king of Syria and overlord of Palestine. Full Story »

On Saturday, the Waccamaw Regional Transportation Authority will offer three round-trip bus rides between Charleston and the Grand Strand as part of a new service that also will help Myrtle Beach veterans who need a ride here for medical care. Full Story »

BAKER , Cheryl Ann Rudolph, 53, of North Charleston , a homemaker, died Sunday. Arrangements by Tri-County Cremation Center of Summerville. BUFFKIN , Bobbie Carter, 76, of North Charleston , wife of Jim Buffkin, died Monday. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home. Full Story »

Academic Magnet High claimed the top spot among magnet schools nationwide in a ranking of the country's best high schools released Thursday by U.S. News & World Report. Full Story »

Operators of the Charleston Animal Society say animals are suffering and food donations have fallen because of ongoing construction in front of their shelter on Remount Road. Full Story »

A Charleston County jury found Oran Lamar Smith, 33, guilty of murder in connection with the strangling death of Cheryl Lynn Snow in a North Charleston apartment complex two years ago. Circuit Court Judge R. Markley Dennis sentenced Smith to 30 years in prison. Full Story »

Those controlling the screening process for 9th Circuit Family Court Judge F.P. "Charlie" Segars-Andrews are keeping quiet until her case is settled in the coming weeks. Full Story »

November was no turkey when it came to residential real estate sales. In fact, it marked the return of something the industry hasn't seen in quite a while: a sense of urgency among buyers. Full Story »