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  • 10
    Jan
    2013
    3:51pm, EST

    Emotional goodbye as Gov. Haley's husband prepares for deployment in Afghanistan

    Rainier Ehrhardt / AP

    South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley comforts her son, Nalin, 10, and her daughter, Rena, 14, as her husband, Capt. Michael Haley, right, gets ready for a deployment ceremony for the South Carolina Army National Guard at Ft. Jackson on Jan. 10.

    AP reports-- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's husband is leaving with his Army National Guard unit for a month of training before deploying to Afghanistan.

    Guard Maj. Cindi King says Capt. Michael Haley's unit departs Thursday for Camp Atterbury in Indiana. The unit is not scheduled to return to South Carolina before the yearlong mission. Full Story

    Rainier Ehrhardt / AP

    Gov. Haley hugs her husband during a deployment ceremony at Ft. Jackson, S.C, on Jan. 10.

    U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Gov. Haley, Capt. Michael Haley and daughter Rena Haley, 14, talk before the deployment ceremony.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: 

    • Back from Afghanistan, soldier finds comfort in daily chores of family life
    • Soldiers remember fallen comrade in Afghanistan
    • Saving Private Ryan: US soldier wounded by IED blast in Afghanistan

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    10 comments

    In a long line of many men and women, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, partners, and grandchildren who have gone off to serve.

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  • 9
    Nov
    2012
    7:11pm, EST

    Rob Carr / Getty Images

    USS Yorktown hosts women's basketball game between Notre Dame and Ohio State

    Natalie Achonwa of Notre Dame reaches for the ball against Ashley Adams of Ohio State during the Walmart Carrier Classic on the deck of the USS Yorktown in Charleston, S.C., Nov. 9, 2012.

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    As poverty and human suffering is ongoing here in America, why is this such a great event!??

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  • 8
    Aug
    2012
    2:06pm, EDT

    PGA Water hazard, alligators included

    Mathieu Belanger / Reuters

    An alligator floats in a pond under rainy skies during practice for the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, S. C. on Wednesday.

    Championship play starts Aug. 9.

    Tannen Maury / EPA

    Joost Luiten of the Netherlands takes a picture of an alligator swimming in a lagoon beside the 17th green during practice for the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S. C. on Aug. 8.

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  • 22
    Jun
    2012
    3:52pm, EDT

    David Goldman / AP

    Land art representing "Dueling Banjos," a reference to the movie "Deliverance", stands at the entrance to the Chattooga River Festival in Long Creek, S.C. on June 22, 2012. Communities along the Chattooga River are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie's release with the first-ever Chattooga River Festival. Some locals are unhappy with reminding the world to the area's connection to the movie. Festival organizers say they hope the event can be an annual draw that raises money to preserve the Chattooga River and promotes environmental stewardship.

    Chattooga River Festival celebrates movie ties

    Read more about the 40th anniversary of “Deliverance.”

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    These Banjos were built by Bill Echols. Contact him at artinwoodbill@gmail.com.

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  • 21
    Jun
    2012
    7:43pm, EDT

    Barbecue cook preserves bygone Southern methods

    Barbecue cooker Terry Blow stokes coals in a burn barrel outside the pit house at Scott's Barbecue in Hemingway, S. C. on June 20, 2012.

    Photos and text by Randall Hill / Reuters

    Only 10 to 15 barbecue pits throughout the South still use fire-coal-pit methods, according to food historian Rien Fertel. Workers at Scott’s Barbecue in Hemingway, S. C., cook nine hogs in a process that takes about 12 hours.

    Barbecue cooker Terry Blow carries coals to the pit house at Scott's Barbecue.

    Pit workers Larry Mitchell (L) and Willie Johnson prepare sauce at Scott's Barbecue.

    Pit cooker Willie Johnson hydrates after an overnight cooking process at Scott's Barbecue.

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    4 comments

    Dam now I am hungry... BLONDIE MAKE ME A SANDWICH!!!!!

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  • 4
    May
    2012
    7:18pm, EDT

    Long Grey Line ceremony at Citadel celebrates graduating seniors

    Richard Ellis / Getty Images

    Graduating seniors at the Citadel are reflected in the brass uniform buckle of an undergraduate before the Long Grey Line ceremony on Friday in Charleston, South Carolina. The Long Grey Line has been performed at the Citadel since 1842 and honors the graduating seniors.

    Richard Ellis / Getty Images

    Graduating seniors at the Citadel perform the brassing ceremony following the Long Grey Line ceremony. Brassing involves scratching the uniform buckle of undergraduates by punching it with your class ring.

    Richard Ellis / Getty Images

    Graduating Citadel seniors harrass an undergraduate before the start of the Long Grey Line ceremony.

    Richard Ellis / Getty Images

    Graduating Citadel seniors stand to watch underclassman parade past during the Long Grey Line ceremony.

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  • 3
    Mar
    2012
    6:41pm, EST

    Plantations that rarely changed hands now see market glut in South Carolina

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    A circular driveway leads to the main house at Silver Hill Plantation in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17. The house was restored in 1999 by the current owners of the property. Silver Hill is listed for sale with Friendfield Plantation that includes 3264 acres of land along the marsh outside of in Georgetown, S.C. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, more than a half-dozen antebellum plantations, which don't change hands often, are for sale.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Grounds manager Ed Carter walks down the stairway in the main house at Silver Hill Plantation in Georgetown, S.C, Feb. 17. Carter has worked on the property for 22 years and has collected a working history from his years of service.

    Asking prices range from just over $3 million to $20 million for plantations of 350 acres to as many as 7,000 acres. Costly maintenance ups the financial pressure for any potential owner.

    A plantation "is not for everybody," Charleston real estate broker Helen Geer said. "These places are very, very expensive to take care of, and people are cash-strapped right now."

    At least eight plantations currently are for sale. They can be found at the end of gated, long dirt roads overhung by grand, centuries-old live oaks draped in Spanish moss.

    -- Reported by Reuters

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    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Friendfield Plantation grounds manager Ed Carter, left, and realtor Chip Hall of Plantation Services, Inc., stand in the front entrance of the main house at Silver Hill Plantation in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17. Silver Hill is listed for sale with Friendfield Plantation and includes 3264 acres of land along the marsh outside of Georgetown.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    The view from a porch overlooks the former rice fields at the main house at Silver Hill Plantation, in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Realtor Chip Hall of Plantation Services, Inc. and Friendfield Plantation grounds manager Ed Carter walk to the main house at Friendfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17. The main plantation house at Friendfield was built in 1790 but burned in the 1920s. This house was built in 1930 on the foundation of the original plantation house.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Friendfield Plantation custodian Vanessa Robinson cleans a study at Friendfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17. She has worked at the plantation for the last 9 years. The plantation has ties to Michelle Obama's family in South Carolina. According to plantation staff, Obama's great-great-grandfather, Jim Robinson, was a slave at Friendfield Plantation.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Layers of wall coverings peel from the walls of the slave quarters at Friendfield Plantation, in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17, 2012. The buildings used up to the 1970s and were homes of the plantation workers and sharechoppers.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    A grave stone with just the first name of Jane shows the passage of time at the slave cemetery at Friendfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C., Feb. 17. According to the 1860 census, 273 slaves lived at Friendfield Plantation.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Medway Plantation property manager Bob Hortman and his dog Cooper, stand by the main plantation house in Goose Creek, S.C., Feb. 17. Hortman has lived and worked on the property for 34 years and oversees the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the plantation. Medway Plantation has 6728 total acres of land with 50 miles of maintained roads. The main building was built in 1686 and is the oldest brick structure in South Carolina.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    Garden worker Carolyn F. Mack takes a short break from her duties at Medway Plantation in Goose Creek, S.C., Feb. 17. Mack has worked at the plantation for the last 16 years, taking over a job previously held by her mother Janie Freeman who worked at the plantation for 22 years.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    A sculpture adorns the front grounds at Medway Plantation in Goose Creek, S.C., Feb. 17.

    Randall Hill / Reuters

    The late afternoon sunset reflects over a retention pond on the property at Medway Plantation in Goose Creek, S.C., Feb. 17. The plantation contains 6,728 acres of land and is staffed by 7 full-time employees. Upkeep on the property can run as high as $500,000 a year.

     

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    Fascinating story and pictures. Well done.

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  • 21
    Jan
    2012
    11:07pm, EST

    Santorum "glitter-bombed" at South Carolina Republican primary

    Members of Occupy Charleston "glitter-bombed" Rick Santorum at the tail end of his speech here at the Citadel tonight.

    The occupiers, mostly College of Charleston students, shouted "Occupy!" and threw green glitter in the direction of the podium. One of the students told BuzzFeed afterwards that "I got him in the face!"

    Rainier Ehrhardt / AP

    An occupy protester throws glitter onto former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum as he signs autographs after speaking at a South Carolina Republican presidential primary-night rally at The Citadel, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Charleston, S.C.

    Andrew Burton / Getty Images

    Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are forcibly removed from a primary night event held by Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum after protesting Santorum's stance on gay-rights at the end of the rally.

    Read the rest of the story on BuzzFeed.com

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    Awesome. Santorum is such a bigot, good for these young people!

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  • 21
    Jan
    2012
    8:27pm, EST

    Romney: 'Tomorrow we're going to move on to Florida'

    Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a primary election night rally in Columbia, S.C. on Jan. 21, 2012.

    Jim Young / Reuters

    Mitt Romney supporters listen to results as they wait for his rally at his South Carolina primary election night rally in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday night.

    By Robert Hood

    Former Governor Mitt Romney congratulated Newt Gingrich on Saturday night, and then went on to attack the record and policies of President Barack Obama. His supporters cheered loudly after Romney said he would “repeal Obamacare” when he is elected to the presidency. He rallied his supporters by saying that the Republican Party is the party of free markets and free enterprise, and that the GOP doesn’t demonize success.

    See more pictures from the South Carolina primary.

     

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    2008 all over again. Great job South Carolina- when are you going to learn to stop listening to what candidates say and research what they have done? Newt as the candidate is a gift to the democrats.

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  • 21
    Jan
    2012
    7:13pm, EST

    NBC News projects that Newt Gingrich will win the Republican South Carolina primary

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich takes part in a TV interview during a campaign event at the Grapevine Restaurant in Spartanburg, S.C., on Jan. 21, 2012.

    Michael O’Brian reports on msnbc.com that Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping off a remarkable comeback for his presidential bid that reshapes the trajectory of the battle for the GOP nomination.

    Based on early exit polls, NBC News projects Gingrich as the winner of the primary, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will finish second.

    See more photographic coverage of the South Carolina primary

    Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney battled nearly toe-to-toe for last-minute votes in the first-in-the-South primary. NBC's Ron Mott reports.

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    3 comments

    Of all the Republicans in America, this, this?! is the best they can pass through their primary process? A serial adulterer, paid shill for the people who bankrupted pension plans, race baiting egomaniac? We have become a third world country with comically flawed dictators both dem and repub.

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  • 21
    Jan
    2012
    1:42pm, EST

    Republican showdown at Tommy's Country Ham House

    Michael Reynolds / EPA

    Supporters of presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich hold up placards next to one another outside Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, S. C. on Jan 21. Both Gingrich and Romney scheduled visits to the restaurant at almost the same time.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Newt Gingrich, displays an autographed sign during a campaign stop at Tommy's Country Ham House.

    By Jon Sweeney, NBC News

    South Carolina presidential primary front runners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney avoided each other by minutes at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C. as voters headed to polls to cast their ballots in the state's primary election.

    Both scheduled campaign events at the restaurant for the same time, but Romney stopped by 45 minutes ahead of schedule. When Gingrich arrived, just minutes after Romney's bus left the parking lot, he said: "Where's Mitt?"

    The potential meeting began to garner several nicknames on like Hamgate, Hammegedon, and the Ham House Showdown.

    -- The Associated Press contributed to this post.

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    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney climbs over a table at a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House in Greenville, South Carolina Jan. 21.

    John W. Adkisson / Getty Images

    Supporters shelter themselves from the rain after Republican presidential candidate, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich spoke during a campaign stop at Tommy's Ham House on Jan. 21, in Greenville, S.C. Voters in South Carolina will head to the polls today to vote in the primary election for the Republican presidential candidate.

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  • 21
    Jan
    2012
    10:36am, EST

    Voters head to the polls in the South Carolina primary

    John Moore / Getty Images

    Republican primary voters sign in before casting ballots on Jan. 21 in Charleston, South Carolina. Voters decided between four major candidates in the key conservative state.

    South Carolina voters head to the polls as presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney fight for every last vote in this very hot race.

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    Republican presidential candidate, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich speaks during a live television interview during a campaign stop at the Grapevine Restaurant on Jan. 21, in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    Charles Dharapak / AP

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, calls eligible voters at his campaign headquarters in Greenville on Jan. 21, the day of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary.

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    Signs adorn the doorway to a polling place for the Republican primary election on Jan. 21, in Charleston, South Carolina. Voters decided between four major candidates in the key conservative state.

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    Who is leading in the GOP primary? Mr 1% Romney and Mr Big ideas Gingrich.But where are the new big ideas? Lower taxes? Less government regulation? My 11 year old son can write an essay about that. From the outside I must tell you. Truth and wisdom is a rare ingredient in the US primary election.Wat …

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