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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologized on Saturday for saying Barack Obama should seek — and could win — the White House because Obama was a “light skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

Nearly 2 million Americans have dropped out of the work force since last May — and if they hadn’t, the unemployment rate would have risen a lot more dramatically over the last several months.

base in Afghanistan demonstrate that al-Qaida and its supporters can react quickly when opportunities arise. The new attacks, plotted by local militants as opposed to al-Qaida’s core group, also warn of the possibility of new mini-fronts in the war on ...

Roadside bombs have killed eight Afghan soldiers and a U.S. service member in separate incidents in Afghanistan, officials said Friday.

Obama spoke after the Labor Department said the U.S. jobless rate was unchanged at 10 percent in December, following a decline the previous month. But the government’s broader measure of unemployment — which includes people who have stopped looking for ...

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s arraignment was brief — less than five minutes — and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.

Under the bill proposed by Sen. David Thomas, R-Greenville, anyone now receiving unemployment benefits must first submit to a test for illegal drugs. If the test is positive, the benefits are cut off, and the applicant has to complete drug ...

Yemen on Thursday provided the most comprehensive account yet of contacts between al-Qaida and the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner

South Carolina’s top Senate leader said Thursday a formal rebuke of Gov. Mark Sanford isn’t worth spending a lot of time on and he thinks it will die if it gets tied up in debate

Obama didn’t tell intelligence officials to dramatically change what they’re doing. Instead, he told them to do it better, and faster. He left it to them to figure out how. No officials were fired.

Shooter believed to be employee

South Carolina offered firm $11 million

Guard officials said about 40 to 45 percent of the 178th Field Artillery Battalion had served either in Iraq, Afghanistan or on prior domestic deployments since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Cold snap blamed for six deaths and threatens Florida citrus crops

Retirements may not be as bad as they might seem for majority party