By Andrew Dys | Herald columnist
| 6:54AM
Wayne Vinson was blinded and burned over almost 70 percent of his body in an explosion at the Resolute Forest Products plant outside Rock Hill on May 19, 2012. He has endured incredible pain and surgeries and skin grafts and still hopes to see again.
The Associated Press
| 9:34AM
By Derrik J. Lang | Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
With a flawless voice that recalled past “American Idol” finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover of South Carolina did the one thing Hudson wasn’t able to do: She won the “American Idol” title.