Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from the central part of the ship.

Divers had planned to recover the second-largest artifact on what's believed to be the Queen Anne's Revenge but discovered it was too well-attached to other items in the ballast pile, said project Mark Wilde-Ramsing. Instead they pulled up another anchor that is the third-largest artifact and likely was the typical anchor for the ship.

Two CSX train crew members have been killed and two others injured when a pair of freight trains collided south of Charlotte, N.C.

CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan said the locomotives were traveling through Mineral Springs when one train struck the other from behind early Tuesday.

County officials said one of the railroad employees died at the scene. The other was pronounced dead at a Charlotte hospital. Two additional crew members were treated at the scene.

One train had 12 freight cars and was traveling from Atlanta to Charlotte. The other had nine cars and was heading to Hamlet from New Orleans.

Both trains derailed and five homes near the track were evacuated when a fire started. CSX officials said no hazardous materials were involved.

South Carolina's House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a comprehensive illegal immigration bill that would allow police to ask for citizenship documentation from anyone they stop or detain for another reason.

It would also allow police to hold a person who fails to provide documentation until their citizenship status is determined.

The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday night voted 69-43 to approve a Senate bill and added amendments. The Senate must concur. If it does not, a conference committee will reconcile the two houses' differences.

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is expected to sign the bill.

Their haunting chirrup strikes fear into the heart of every gardener.

For thirteen years this cicada hoard has lain dormant in its underground lair, awaiting the right time to strike. And it appears that that time has come.

Even at this very moment, billions of the winged insect are crawling from their exoskeleton cages, ready to suck the sap out of every plant, tree and bush that gets in their way.

But they are here to breed, laying eggs in the twigs and branches of trees as they call out to mates with their deafening song.
The red-eyed army has already reached the southern states of America, prompting many farmers to cover their crops with heavy protective netting.
'There are billions of them in the trees,' Greta Beekhuis told USA Today from her home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. 'The sound of the cicadas is clearly audible over the line.

S. CAROLINA -- Aiken County Council by majority voted to enact its unauthorized alien ordinance on third reading but voted unanimously to table its sexual offender ordinance until Jan. 1, 2008, to give the City of Aiken and the City of North Augusta time

Summerville businessman aiming for next year's Republican primary John J. Cina, a Summerville businessman, has never sought public office before but is starting his political career by setting his sights high. He said Friday he will oppose U.S. Sen. Linds