Haley picks ex-newspaper exec to lead SC Commerce – msnbc.com
COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Gov.-elect Nikki Haley on Monday picked BMW executive and former newspaper editor Bobby Hitt to lead the state Commerce Department. Her first Cabinet pick comes four weeks after she won election to become the state’s

Ex-Marine gets about 20 years for strangling wife – AP – msnbc.com
A former Marine who admitted strangling his wife with a belt after believing she had been possessed by another person was sentenced Wednesday to more than 19 years in prison and will receive mental health treatment behind bars. Cody Richardson, 23