SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources is investigating vandalism at an Indian mound in Manchester State Forest southwest of Sumter.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, under duress two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary, acknowledges he has part of his millions invested in the Cayman Islands, although his aides say he never used the location as a tax haven.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Feed the Children is helping a local South Carolina group deliver two tractor-trailer trucks full of food to needy families.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is rolling out a TV ad with his closing appeal for votes in Saturday's South Carolina primary, taking a swipe at President Barack Obama's economic policies and making a tough-to-keep promise to restore the nation's triple-A credit rating.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — New age and service-length requirements in a proposal to reform South Carolina's pension system may not apply to current employees after all.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney's Republican rivals are intensifying their efforts to erode if not eliminate his standing as the man most likely to defeat President Barack Obama this fall.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two men and two women died in a fiery early morning wreck near Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — The retrial of a man charged with killing a Myrtle Beach police officer is scheduled to start in March,

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says Mitt Romney changed his position on legalized abortion out of political convenience.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's parole board is holding a second hearing for former HomeGold executive Ronnie Sheppard, whose parole was revoked after the attorney general's office complained that it wasn't notified.

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Texans Rick Perry and Ron Paul are the only GOP candidates in the field with a military background. But all the contenders are beating the military drum these days in South Carolina.