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FTC takes DirecTV to court, alleges deceptive advertising
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is taking the nation's biggest satellite TV provider to court, accusing DirecTV of misleading millions of consumers about the cost of its programming.The Federal Trade...
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House rejects sending counties $10M for ice storm cleanup
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The South Carolina House has refused to give up to $10 million to 22 counties to cover part of their cleanup costs from last winter's ice storm.But the reimbursements could still...
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Fossils of sea creature give clues to early limb evolution
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fossils of a wacky-looking, 7-foot-long sea creature are providing new clues about how limbs developed in the family of animals that includes lobsters, crabs, scorpions and insects.The...
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Demonstrative, Palace Malice to be honored Sunday
Demonstrative won a 2014 Eclipse Award as the champion steeplechase horse.Palace Malice captured the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap last year, and he was a finalist for the 2014 Eclipse Award for...
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Juilliard in Aiken to hold memorial concert for co-founder, Gregory Smith
In addition to being a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gregory White Smith is known for being a co-founder of the Juilliard in Aiken festival, which is finishing up its seventh year.Smith, who died last...
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Blotter for March 12
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 61-year-old Aiken woman reported her purse stolen from a store on York Street on Monday.A 66-year-old Graniteville man reported...
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Bookings for March 12
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for March 10, 2015. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released....
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Whiskey Road ditches pose safety risk, residents say
The City of Aiken nor the S.C. Department of Transportation have no current plans to cover the deep ditches that line portions of Whiskey Road, but some Aiken residents say they see those ditches as a...
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Two children, one woman killed in house fire in Edgefield County
Three people, including two children, were killed in a Wednesday mobile home fire in Edgefield County.Laterrious Watkins, 24, and her two children Aubrey McKie, 2, and Jacob McKie Jr., 1, died in the...
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Cumbee Center director Kay Mixon to retire
Kay Mixon is known as an outspoken advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and even though she will retire as executive director of the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons...
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Aiken equine groups welcome Olympians
Tara Bostwick put Tuesday's Masterclass in perspective by referring to the featured guests as the LeBron James and Kevin Durant of the eventing world for their Olympic gold medals.As vice president of...
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S.C. House rejects $10M fund match for PAX expenses
Although the South Carolina House rejected ponying up to $10 million to cover 22 counties impacted by the February ice storm, S.C. Rep. Bill Hixon, R-North Augusta, says he was "promised" by both House...
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2 officers shot at protest outside Ferguson police station
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered after the resignation of the city's police chief in...
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Puppy mill, Citadel player collapse & nightclub owner missing: News around...
Conway woman agrees to allow seized dogs to be adoptedCONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A Conway woman has dropped her request to have nearly 150 dogs seized from her property returned to her.Multiple media outlets...
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Secret Service investigating agents' crash near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Homeland Security Department is investigating two senior Secret Service agents accused of crashing a car into a White House security barrier, an agency spokesman says.Secret...
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Aiken County athletic directors list high school facility needs
The athletic directors at each of the county's seven high schools have compiled a list of facilities needs for the Aiken County School Board to consider - a list totaling $39.9 million.Members of the...
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Government wants ex-SC State chairman to forfeit $350K
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the former chairman of South Carolina State University's board of trustees should forfeit about $350,000 following his conviction on public corruption...
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Fake IRS agents target more than 366,000 in huge tax scam
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail as part of a huge nationwide tax scam.More than 3,000 people...
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From pop-up to red screen: Google's safe browsing system targets 'unwanted...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Get ready to see more red warning signs online as Google adds ammunition to its technological artillery for targeting devious schemes lurking on websites.The latest weapon is...
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Dogs removed from Aiken home after abandoned by owner
Officers removed two dogs from an Aiken home Tuesday after their owner moved from the home and abandoned the animals, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.The landlord of the home on...
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