Obama's ambition Found: 13 Hours 35 Minutes ago Times Democrat - WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama was elected, in part, as the antidote to ambition. Unlike John F. Kennedy, who campaigned against the golf-playing complacency of the Eisenhower era, Obama appealed to a nation weary of large national exertions -- a nation longing for a normalcy beyond the wars, hurricanes, floods and assorted plagues of the Bush years....
Palmetto State to bell well-represented in D.C. for inauguration Found: 1 Day 3 Hours 3 Minutes ago The Herald - WASHINGTON -- South Carolinians who gave Barack Obama a decisive primary victory in the Palmetto State are joining a national migration to Washington to see the first black president sworn into office.Bus-tour operators were flooded with calls after Obama's Nov. 4 election triumph. Jubilant Obama backers called friends and relatives in Washington or tried their luck with hotels that filled up in days....
Duke Energy: Our crews are moving from one outage to the next Found: 1 Day 7 Hours 5 Minutes ago Greenville Online - The threat of flooding has passed, but now the Upstate faces a day of high winds that could topple trees and knock out power, according to the National Weather Service in Greer. Forecasters with the weather service warned that sustained winds of up to 35 mph could blow across the region with gusts up to 45 mph....
Strong winds causing downed trees, power outages Found: 1 Day 7 Hours 12 Minutes ago Greenville Online - A tree was down on northbound Interstate 385 near State 291 in Greenville and southbound Interstate 85 in Anderson County at the 16 mile marker, according to the Highway Patrol....
Obama, Bush, three former presidents finish historic lunch Found: 1 Day 8 Hours 43 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - The current president, his successor and their three living predecessors have wrapped up a White House lunch that is said to have included some valuable advice....
Obama names Killefer to performance job Found: 1 Day 13 Hours 5 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a former Clinton Treasury Department official to head up a new office that will closely follow how well federal programs are working. ...
VISITING ACT | Wu-Tang Clan | Still Bringing Da Ruckus: Wu-Tang ... Found: 1 Day 16 Hours 22 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - Time has left its mark upon the Wu-Tang Clan. It's been 15 years since the earth-shattering (at least in retrospect) release of 1993's still astounding Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), and the Clan keeps on keepin' on. But this is a different Wu than the one that brought us immortal cuts like "C.R.E.A.M." and "Protect Ya Neck." By Bryan Reed....
