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Ariz. senator weighs possible run against Giffords
A Republican Arizona state senator plans to announce Monday that he has formed an exploratory committee to examine a possible run next year for the congressional seat held by Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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UK police make arrest in hacking attacks
LONDON - British police say they have made a significant arrest in their investigation into hacking attacks on international business and intelligence agencies.
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Alvin Greene could see end to charges
Prosecutors say former U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene can enter a pretrial intervention program that will drop a misdemeanor obscenity charge against him.
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Graham, Scott vow to tie up government to get port deepening money
Sen. Lindsey Graham has vowed to hold up the business of the U.S. Senate until he gets funding for a study to deepen the Port of Charleston.
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Manning mayor wins special Statehouse election
Manning Mayor Kevin Johnson will be the newest representative in South Carolina's Statehouse.
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Geraldine Ferraro, first woman VP candidate dies at 75
Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman to run for vice president on a major U.S. party ticket, only to lose in a landslide, died Saturday. She was 75.
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Alvin Greene trounced in bid for state house seat
Greene picked up just 36 votes, or less than 1 percent of the ballots cast, in unofficial results from Tuesday's Democratic primary for the seat anchored by his hometown of Manning.
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Alvin Greene back on a ballot
This time, the 33-year-old Democrat is trying to win the Democratic nomination for a state House seat anchored in his hometown of Manning.
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Former US Sen. candidate Greene runs for SC House
Alvin Greene is running for the South Carolina House after a failed bid for the U.S. Senate that splashed the unemployed Army veteran onto the national political scene.
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Departing Gov. Sanford gives campaign cash away
South Carolina's frugal Gov. Mark Sanford has been spreading cash to cheer charities.
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Awaiting hearing, SC's Greene discusses 2012 bid
Former U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene has requested a jury trial on charges he showed obscene material to a college student.
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Senator DeMint offers advice to tea party winners
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) said in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, Tea party Republicans were elected to save the country.
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Jim DeMint, Republican, re-elected to U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint addresses supporters gathered in Greenville, South Carolina.
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Election day draws near, both parties talking victory
It's the last full week of campaigning before the mid-term elections. There are just a few more days to convince voters.
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Alvin Greene can stay free
A judge says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene can remain free on a misdemeanor obscenity charge.
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Lowcountry food writer running for US Senate
Nathalie Dupree running for US Senate as write-in candidate.
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Greene sports T-shirt poking fun at SC's travails
Multiple media outlets report Greene sported a shirt stating, "South Carolina: We Don't Make These Things Up!"
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Attack on guard renews fight to jam cell phones in SC prisons
The director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections hopes the public will put pressure on Congress to act after people hear Capt. Robert Johnson’s story.
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Greene breaks into dance during interview
Alvin Greene started dancing when the radio station played a song about his run for senate.
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Alvin Greene continues campaign stop after losing sponsor
U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene is taking his longshot campaign to northern South Carolina on Monday.
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Clyburn won't vote for Greene
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina says he will not be voting for his party's nominee for U.S. Senate because of a pending felony indictment.
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Senate candidate Alvin Greene thrown out of Democratic breakfast
Democratic Party officials asked Greene to speak at their monthly meeting Saturday in Seneca. But that invitation was retracted after Greene was indicted Aug. 13.
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Marshall differs from Hagan on tobacco tax
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elaine Marshall is taking a different approach from fellow party member Sen. Kay Hagan on a vote to expand tobacco taxes.
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Greene stops on the Grand Strand for a round of golf
Alvin Greene made an appearance on the Grand Strand Sunday to play his first ever game of golf. Greene’s time on the course was like his political career so far, short. After only 10 holes, he called it a day.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene howls
In a bizarre interview at his home in Manning, South Carolina, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Alvin Greene said he is not quitting the race even after his indictment on a felony charge of obscenity.
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