Sanford

Accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford, whose attorney says he is unfit to stand trial on allegations of fraud, will be examined by a government psychiatrist. Federal prosecutors asked for the examination after the court-appointed defense attorney argued that Stanford is too heavily medicated to...

On Black Friday, shoppers across America will set out in search of bargains on flat screen TVs, Verizon Droids, Snuggies and... guns? Only in South Carolina. The Palmetto State is offering its residents a sales tax holiday beginning on Black Friday. For guns. It is the only two day sales tax...

South Carolina's biggest paper, The State, owes beleaguered Governor Mark Sanford a big "thank you." Traffic to its Web site is surging. Page views recently soared by 447 percent year-over-year while unique visits skyrocketed by 1,080 percent over the same period in 2008, according to Gary Ward,...