The Palmetto Scoop

The latest editorial cartoon from award-winning TPS contributor Mike Beckom tackles Death’s recent visits to a number of big-name celebrities. [...]

Following new revelations about Mark Sanford’s affair with an Argentinian woman, South Carolina’s attorney general has requested a State Law Enforcement Division investigation of the governor’s travel records. [...]

It was the highest-scoring game in California League history — a combined 51 runs between the High Desert Mavericks and the Lake Elsinore Storm. And two former SC stars did their part to pitch in. [...]

South Carolina’s two largest newspapers are encouraging Gov. Mark Sanford to stay in office and not resign over controversy surrounding his extramarital affair with an Argentina woman. [...]

A number of media organizations were fooled Monday into believing that 1980s star Rick Astley had been found dead at a Berlin Hotel, among other places. [...]

South Carolina’s second-in-command says he will not run for a full term as governor if Mark Sanford were to resign and leave him in control. [...]

A bunch of geniuses working for Toyota in Japan have successfully pulled off one of the most inovative bits of medical technology in a long time. [...]

A day after announcing that he would not resign as governor, Mark Sanford is hoping to put his marital infidelities and criticism over his five day disappearance to an end. [...]

When Congress passed a massive $700 billion bank bailout last October, it was difficult to predict the quantity of pork that had been added by legislators. [...]

In the bitter, dirty world of South Carolina politics, there’s one man who has never been afraid to go after an opponent when it is advantageous: Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer. [...]