CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — An earthquake that registered a magnitude of 2.6 shook residents near Charleston but no damage has been reported.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman's campaign said Wednesday that jobs lost at a company managed by rival Mitt Romney counter his claims of being a job creator.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A magistrate has ruled gaming machines seized over the last several months in Beaufort, Georgetown and Jasper counties are not illegal gambling devices.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki says her office is updating a decades-old policy on what records must be kept and what can be destroyed following criticism about deleted e-mails.

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to killing a Colleton County sheriff's deputies more than three years ago.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A Cordova man and his estranged wife have been charged with animal cruelty after officials say they found more than 100 cats abandoned at a home in Orangeburg County.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — North Charleston police say they have arrested a man they say encouraged his brother to eat cocaine to destroy evidence, shortly before the brother died.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Occupy Columbia protesters are heading back to federal court.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Army National Guard unit is conducting practice flights over Berkeley County Airport with a small unmanned aerial vehicle.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston police are investigating another allegation of inappropriate sexual conduct at The Citadel's former summer camp.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Three Rock Hill women have been arrested in connection with a home invasion earlier this year.