Новости за 20.02.2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s been 23 years since Joe Gibbs celebrated a Daytona 500 victory. Standing in his way now is a lineup as formidable as Howie Long, Marcus Allen and the 1983 Raiders.

The Citadel put on a good basketball show Saturday afternoon -- as long as the 3-pointers were going in.

Cupid has shot his arrows, but love lasts all year. To keep the Valentine’s Day feeling alive in your garden all spring and summer, consider these love-themed plants:

WASHINGTON -- Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has picked up more support from inside the South Carolina Congressional delegation.

COLUMBIA — Maybe it was getting his first start in nearly a month. Maybe it was his mother being in the stands at Colonial Life Arena for the first time ever. Whatever it was, it worked for Laimonas Chatkevicius — and it pulled South Carolina a little closer to its first NCAA Tournament berth in a dozen years.

When Phillis Kalisky moved in with her then-boyfriend, Jeff Mair, some 15 years ago, they ditched her old mattress, which she describes unkindly, and kept his, a brand-name innerspring mattress that was newer, though not devoid of problems.

The new one-act opera "Ruth" begins with a sequence of three jarring, dissonant chords from the ensemble, marking the three deaths that start off the biblical book of the same name.

It’s late winter, and I’ve been enjoying a nice long rest. You could call it hibernating, like the Lowcountry alligators are doing right now. I’m alive, of course, but sleeping or resting, not doing anything except waiting for the warm weather of spring.

Jamie Wilson of Mount Pleasant, a University of South Carolina commitment, finished second to Blake Taylor of Atkinson, N.C., in the inaugural Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship played at the TPC Myrtle Beach. Taylor posted a three-day total of 2-over-par 218 while Wilson finished with a score of 222.

Antlers will abound throughout the Palmetto State as the search for new state record deer antlers gets underway during the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ annual series of measuring sessions.

Hampton Anderson of Anderson won the first 2016 FLW Bass Fishing League South Carolina Division tournament held Feb. 15 on Lake Murray, finishing with a five-bass limit totaling 25 pounds, 3 ounces. Jack Hoy of Hollywood finished fifth in the co-angler division with two bass that weighed 10-12

When volunteers hit the waters next month to help clean up the upper Ashley River, organizers from the Summerville Saltwater Anglers fishing club hope for about twice the turnout of a year ago when the cleanup netted more than a dumpster of trash.

NEW DELHI — Lightson Ngashangva still remembers the long train journeys followed by interminable bus rides each summer when he went home from New Delhi to his village in India’s remote northeast.

On paper, Carey and Tom Paudler seem like ideal foster parents.

Week 16

Charlestonian Lee Pringle has a vision to highlight the suffering experienced by two groups who he says have been subjected to oppression and prejudice and continue experiencing injustice.

Hoverboards aren’t the only pieces of technology you need to worry about burning down your house. Turns out, sleeping with your smartphone can be just as dangerous.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is touring South Carolina to encourage people to vote.

Forecasts from the National Weather Service are predicting a beautiful Saturday for the Charleston area.

The moment of truth has arrived.

What: A program designed to give children a tour of Gullah culture and language.

The moment of truth has arrived.

Former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley went with Democrat Hillary Clinton for president months ago. North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey picked Republican Donald Trump last week.

Sick and tired of presidential politics?

So far, a multiplicity of polls make Donald Trump a solid favorite to win today’s S.C Republican presidential primary. Added to his nearly 20-point victory margin in last week’s New Hampshire primary, that would give the GOP front-runner more momentum going into the next series of contests.