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FAMILY AND MARRIAGE: New Year's goal - Fatherhood
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." - Sigmund Freud
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FAITH AND VALUES: God's tender side
His name is Harold, and he lives near Atlanta. Harold is a child who very much wanted to be in his church's Christmas pageant. Harold wasn't selected for one of the larger parts. He was selected to be...
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MYSTERY PLANT: This mystery plant produces the caper
The word "caper" can be used in a couple of very different ways. As a verb, it means to hop or jump around playfully, perhaps dancing; Shakespeare uses the word this way a number of times in his plays....
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Love, forgiveness and a second chance in the New Year
"No matter how dark the night, morning always comes. And our journey begins anew." --Anonymous
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Helicoptering? Parents go with kids to college
NEW YORK -- Lori Osterberg and her husband are lifelong Denver folk, but they got restless and intended to relocate for adventure's sake once their only child left home for college.
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Texas movie set used by John Wayne fading away
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas -- Time and Mother Nature are threatening to dismantle the Alamo. Not the original, but the replica 18th-century Spanish mission and Old West movie set John Wayne built for his...
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At 89, enigmatic Angela Lansbury is back in the 'Spirit'
LOS ANGELES -- Angela Lansbury has moved yet again.
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Awards, directing debuts part of 2014 Aiken arts season
Editor's note: This story is first in a two-part series on the 2014 arts year. The last day will be Monday.
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New festivals part of 2014 arts year
With spring came the return of the Aiken Bluegrass Festival.
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Column: The hurdles of Jeb Bush
In 1968, a singularly traumatic year - assassinations, urban riots, 16,899 Americans killed in Vietnam - Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the ebullient Minnesotan, said his presidential campaign was...
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Editorial: The potential is there for a not so lame duck term
The last few months of a presidential term are usually seen, at least anecdotally, as being "lame duck," where not much is expected to get accomplished.
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TalkBack for Dec. 28: Gas prices, bike riders and mall walkers
Quit complaining about the gas prices - they are as low as they've been in years. Don't complain if they go up or down by five cents.
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S.C. Sen. Tom Young named Aiken Standard's Person of the Year
The future of Aiken County's education system essentially hinged on two ballot questions in 2014.
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Aiken County legislators share thoughts on guns, domestic violence
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of articles about the upcoming session of the South Carolina General Assembly. Each member of Aiken County's delegation visited the Aiken Standard for an...
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Contention growing over Aiken County coroner's transportation services
Contention over who should be picking up and transporting the deceased in Aiken County has led County Coroner Tim Carlton to retain an attorney.
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Rashad Byrd is the Aiken Standard Defensive Player of the Year
NORTH AUGUSTA -- Rashad Byrd is familiar with making big plays on both offense and defense on the football field. Coming into the 2014 season, there was speculation the North Augusta standout would be...
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Jet carrying 162 lost over stormy Indonesian waters
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Several hours of searching Indonesian waters turned up no sign of an AirAsia plane that disappeared Sunday with 162 people on board in airspace possibly thick with dense storm...
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Blotter for Dec. 29
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:
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Aiken Standard's Top Ten Photos of the Year
The Aiken Standard captured breaking news and moments that brought smiles or tears to the faces of residents around the county through the lens of a camera.
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