OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The defending champion South Carolina Gamecocks open their bid for another College World Series title by taking on Texas A&M tonight. Yesterday, pitcher Michael Roth was honored with the NCAA Division One Men's Baseball Championship Elite 88 award.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Thousands of Carolinas homes and businesses are out of power as severe storms roll over the mountains and down the foothills, knocking down trees and power lines.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Fayetteville has been declared an All-America City for the third time.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Three sea turtles are back in the Atlantic Ocean after being treated at the South Carolina Aquarium's turtle hospital.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two leaders of South Carolina's Medicaid agency took jobs with a company overpaid by $10 million months before the problem was discovered.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has signed into law a bill designed to stop a South Carolina town from using a traffic camera to send speeders a ticket in the mail.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina measure meant to discourage thieves from gutting air conditioning units and farm irrigation systems to resell the copper has been signed into law.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina state trooper found $2.4 million worth of cocaine in the back seat of a truck during a traffic stop.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A nonprofit organization that builds homes for injured veterans is presenting keys to new homes to two South Carolina men and their families.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina students will likely be paying more this fall.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Lexington County deputies are coordinating a motorcycle ride to raise money for an effort to send World War II veterans to visit memorials in Washington.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has told a congressional committee that the National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing has the potential to affect workers across America.

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office says a South Carolina woman died when her car was hit by a truck after she drove the wrong way on a road.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina troopers are looking for a vehicle involved in a crash that killed a mother of five in Orangeburg.

BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A special camp for South Carolina children battling cancer is wrapping up a week of activities.