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High school athletic facilities improvements stall again
School Board member Keith Liner withdrew a proposal that would have allowed improvements at several high school athletic facilities to move forward at Tuesday's meeting.Liner withdrew the motion after...
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Local Boys & Girls Club celebrates founding, National Boys & Girls Club Week
The Nancy Moore Thurmond Boys & Girls Club on Laurens Street had two good reasons to throw a little party Monday afternoon."This is our kickoff for National Boys & Girls Club Week," said Shawn...
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Beyond Yucca Mountain: DOE launches search for separate nuclear waste sites
President Barack Obama authorized Tuesday the U.S. Department of Energy to search for separate material repositories for high-level radioactive nuclear weapon-related waste and spent nuclear fuel rods...
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Savannah River Site's Citizen Advisory Board gets briefing on WIPP
Members of the Savannah River Site's Citizens Advisory Board voiced concerns Tuesday that last year's exposure incident at a New Mexico pilot plant could leave SRS holding waste shipments intended for...
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Aiken Council to consider hospitality tax April 13
Aiken City Council will vote next month whether to approve a 1 percent hospitality tax for the City of Aiken.The item was not on Council's Monday agenda for reading or discussion, but Council member...
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Toddler's mother, first responders testify in homicide by child abuse trial
Nikki Walker spoke softly as she told a jury about the last time she saw her 2-year-old son, Caleb, alive."He was wonderful. He played with his brother," Walker said while testifying Tuesday in the...
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Babysitter abuse charge, stabbing murder sentence & Meryl Sheep's lamb: News...
Boiling Springs babysitter charged with abuseBOILING SPRINGS, S.C. (AP) — A 32-year-old Boiling Springs woman is accused of abusing a 3-month-old baby in her care.Deputies were called to the hospital...
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Germanwings' exec: 2 Americans among passengers on board of crashed plane
12:50 p.m. (1150 GMT, 7:50 a.m. EDT)Germanwings' chief executive says the airline's current information is that 72 Germans, 35 Spanish citizens and two Americans were on board the flight that crashed...
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HJ Heinz buying Kraft and building a $28 billion food giant
NEW YORK (AP) — H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods, creating one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world with annual revenue of about $28 billion.The Kraft Heinz Co. will own Kraft,...
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Aiken Character First Banner pillows to go on sale
Boosters of the Aiken Downtown Development Association are hoping that dozens of all-weather pillows will find a soft spot in local residents' hearts this spring.Sales of the pillows will help the...
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Police: S.Carolina man fled to Florida after deadly shooting
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police say a South Carolina man fatally shot another man in the head, stole his car and then drove to Florida for spring break.Daytona Beach police arrested 24-year-old...
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Feel-good tale: Man gets $7M lottery ticket in get-well card
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man recovering from surgery has won $7 million off a lottery ticket tucked into his get-well card.Joseph Amorese (am-ohr-EES'), of Easton, got the ticket from his...
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US officials: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who abandoned post, to be charged...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the Army sergeant who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years will be court martialed on charges of desertion and avoiding...
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Dedication of caretaker's cottage at Horn's Creek Church set for Sunday
SUBMITTED ARTICLEThe Edgefield County Historical Society will dedicate its new caretaker's cottage at Horn's Creek Church during its spring meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday.The ceremony, which is open to the...
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Gov. Nikki Haley: 'A good shower' needed after talk with legislators
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has incensed South Carolina legislators by suggesting people need to take a shower after talking to them.On Tuesday, Haley told a group of Realtors that they...
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Young entrepreneurs cash in on business investments
Sarah Yeargin and Laura Garcia were only asking for $465 when they pitched their business, Clothing Queen, to a group of investors. Instead, the two Aiken High students received $965 to expand their...
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Methodist pastors from around the state meeting in Aiken
Dozens of United Methodist pastors have Aiken on their agenda this week as participants in an annual pastoral conference being held at St. John's United Methodist Church. Its theme is Peace Be With...
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Aiken Horse Show has forest setting, interesting classes
One of the largest urban forests in the nation is the setting for the 99th Aiken Horse Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Competition starts at 9 a.m. each day in Hitchcock Woods, and spectators are...
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Belk in Aiken to hold Kidfest
The Aiken Mall Belk will hold Kidfest from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.There will be a fashion show for children. They will get to pick out an outfit from the kids department and model it in the fashion...
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Blotter for March 26
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:Vandalism was reported Monday after several windows were found broken out in a home on Sommers Avenue.A 28-year-old Aiken woman...
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