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Military: 2 soldiers' bodies recovered from helicopter wreck
NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) — Divers found the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed amid dense fog during a Florida training mission, killing 11 Marines and soldiers, but more bad weather prevented the recovery...
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'Star Wars: Episode VIII' snags a May 2017 release date
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — "Star Wars: Episode VIII" will blast into theaters on May 26, 2017, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced at a shareholder meeting Thursday.Rian Johnson, known for the...
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Ala. agency closes abuse complaint regarding Harper Lee
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama official says a state agency closed an inquiry into whether the deal to publish Harper Lee's upcoming novel involved financial fraud.Some in Lee's hometown of...
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Report: Aiken man had marijuana hidden in underwear
An Aiken man was jailed after officers found marijuana hidden in his underwear, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.Michael Dearon Lee, 20, of Greenville Street, was charged with...
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North Augusta school vies for Shuler supremacy
Kenneth Shuler North Augusta is out to prove it's the best of the Shuler schools.During the Best of Shuler Schools - or B.O.S.S. competition - the school competed against the other schools in the state...
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Brooks suit goes to arbitration
A judge halted legal proceedings in one of the civil suits against Compass Academy founder Jay Brooks, and the case is heading to arbitration, according to court documents.Circuit Court Judge Doyet...
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Bookings for March 13
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for March 11, 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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Man charged with cruelty to children
A man was charged with cruelty to children after choking his nephew and slamming him down in a chair while they were wrestling, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.Carl Watson, 60, was...
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Police: Elderly man pulled knife in restaurant
Officers were called to an Aiken restaurant early Thursday after a 78-year-old man pulled a knife in the restaurant, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.The incident happened about 2...
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Blotter for March 13
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 39-year-old Aiken woman was charged with disorderly conduct Wednesday after creating a disturbance on Laurens Street. The woman...
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Lowe's shoplifting suspects sought
The Aiken Department of Public Safety is seeking two men who have allegedly shoplifted from Lowe's in Aiken multiple times.All three incidents happened Monday at the Lowe's on Whiskey Road. The suspect...
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Ryan Abel to play Shrek in musical
Ryan Abel is no stranger to singing but is conquering a new challenge as Shrek.The lead singer of the Number 9 band was cast in the lead role of "Shrek, The Musical," which will play May 8 to 10 at the...
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Bookings for Barnwell County March 11-12
These are the bookings recorded for the Barnwell County Detention Center for March 11 and 12, 2015. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were...
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Senators critical of MOX costs at hearing
The first of two reports that will offer alternatives to the MOX method of plutonium disposition at the Savannah River Site is expected to surface in mid-April, with the second part of the study...
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Elementary kids discover jazz from Juilliard performers
"Do you know about the blues?" trumpeter Riley Mulherkar asked hundreds of children during a Kidz Bop jazz concert at the Etherredge Center on Thursday.That got the kids really excited. "Oh yeah," a...
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'Artificial Improvement': North Augusta reacts to FieldTurf rejection
Aiken County School Board's vote against FieldTurf at North Augusta High School has implications on more than the football program.By a 5-4 vote, the Board voted down Tuesday the revision that would...
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Rain could fall at the Aiken Trials on Saturday
The Aiken Triple Crown could get off to a wet start.The National Weather Service in Columbia is calling for a 50 percent chance of showers for the Aiken Trials on Saturday."Most of the rain should be...
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Aiken City Council to interview city manager candidates Saturday
Aiken City Council will interview what interim City Manager Roger LeDuc called five "semifinalists" Saturday for the city manager position - a position left open since June 2014.The interviews will...
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Crowning Lupus helps battle chronic autoimmune disease
Coping with lupus isn't easy, but Jade Nealious refuses to surrender in her battle with the chronic autoimmune disease."I have a motto: Run lupus, don't let it run you," she said. "It may knock me down...
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Fresh problems for Secret Service: Are leaders doing enough?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest in a string of baffling missteps by the Secret Service prompted fresh questions Thursday about whether the Obama administration has done enough to root out deep-seated...
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