Members of President Barack Obama’s team say they
are open to a cooperative program using taxpayer money but not
government control.

A prominent S.C. Republican Party activist is in hot water after describing an escaped gorilla at a South Carolina zoo as an “ancestor” of First Lady Michelle Obama, according to the website Fitsnews.com

Don’t for a moment think that South Carolina’s budget problems will be solved with $350 million in federal stimulus money that has been the subject of a months long dispute.

Facing his first few days as president-elect, Barack Obama, in addition to facing a national economic crisis, has already had to issue an apology for suggesting Nancy Reagan held seances in the white house.

Obama’s win impacts Upstate South Carolina African Americans who lived during the civil rights era. News Channel 7’s Andy Pierrotti talks to one woman who didn’t expect it to happen in her lifetime.

    Barack Obama’s nomination for the presidency by the Democratic Party didn’t surprise me.

    His selection of fellow U.S. Senator Joe Biden as running mate was a mild shocker.

    But I wasn’t prepared at all for today’s announcement by Senator John McCain, who will officially become the Republican Party’s nominee for president at next week’s convention.

    There is no attempt on my part in this item to tell you who to vote for… or vote against.

    You’ll decide that for yourself when you step into the voting booth this November 4th.

    It’s my personal reflection on a huge event in American history that’s happened this night in Denver, Colorado at the Democratic National Convention.

A company that monitors news coverage has found that, since June, the three major nightly newscasts have spent 114 minutes covering Barack Obama and 48 minutes covering John McCain. Network news executives say they’re covering Obama more because he’s making history as the first African-American nominee of a major party. But analysts say the networks are causing legitimate concern about fairness.