HEALTH AND FITNESS: It's about time
Improving your health through diet, exercise, and weight loss takes motivation and dedication. It also takes time. This includes time to learn about what you should (and shouldn't) do as well as the...
View ArticleBe mindful of pet's eyes
Your pet's eye shouldn't have to fall out before you pay attention to it.
View ArticleActor-comedian Stephen Fry weds partner
LONDON - Actor-comedian Stephen Fry has married partner Elliott G. Spencer in eastern England.
View ArticlePlaintiffs in Brooks case oppose witness strike
Attorneys for a couple claiming losses to the fraudulent schemes of Jay Brooks have asked a judge to deny a defense request to strike their expert witness, who is an investigator with the S.C. Attorney...
View ArticleJackets pick up two region wins
North Augusta fell behind 6-0 in the opening possessions of its game with White Knoll on Friday night. Then, the 3-pointers started falling for the Yellow Jackets.
View ArticleLady Jackets stumble in early region tests
The third quarter proved to be the North Augusta girls' basketball team's undoing, as it remained winless in region play on Friday with a 54-46 loss to White Knoll.
View ArticleEnglish students use art to depict novels with oppressive themes
Savannah Ditty recently drove around North Augusta and Augusta taking scores of photographs of surveillance cameras for an Advanced Placement English project.
View ArticleIn the presence of the King
The Rev. Nathaniel Irvin said the feeling was indescribable; still, he thought back to 1963 – a time plagued with ongoing racism despite peaceful protests – and spoke about...
View ArticleEditorial: Work toward clarity in state education system
Bringing more accountability and uniformity to the state's education system is vital for South Carolina's future.
View ArticleFitness model struck and killed by train in California
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - A fitness model and actor featured on the cover of numerous fitness magazines was struck and killed by a train while filming on the tracks in Southern California, authorities...
View ArticleSnowplow tracking apps hold cities accountable for cleanup
CHICAGO - As another storm flung snow at Chicago, Alexandra Clark wondered how she'd get to work. Like an increasing number of snowbound city dwellers, she had a ready tool at hand: An app that tracks...
View ArticlePope leaves Manila, overwhelmed by millions who cheered him
MANILA, Philippines - Pope Francis flew home Monday after a weeklong trip to Asia, where he called for unity in Sri Lanka after a civil war and asked Filipinos to be "missionaries of the faith" in the...
View ArticleArgentina special prosecutor found fatally shot at his home
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A special prosecutor who had accused Argentine President Cristina Fernandez of shielding Iranian suspects in the South American country's worst terrorist attack was found dead...
View ArticleTo counter terror, Europe's police reconsider their arms
PARIS - One was a young policewoman, unarmed on the outskirts of Paris and felled by an assault rifle. Her partner, also without weapons, could do nothing to stop the gunman. Another was a first...
View ArticleMyanmar street kids turn to sniffing glue to forget hunger
HLAING THAR YAR, Myanmar - Sweaty hair matted to his pale, emaciated face, Thant Zin Oo starts his days early, winding through small alleyways outside Myanmar's biggest city Yangon and scavenging...
View ArticleYemen truce after Shiite rebels battle troops, seize media
SANAA, Yemen - A cease-fire halted intense clashes near the presidential palace in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Monday after Shiite rebels seized control of state-run media in a move that one official...
View ArticleFaith, community leaders gather in Atlanta to celebrate MLK
ATLANTA - Playing the Rev. Martin Luther King was deeply emotional and a heavy burden to bear, actor David Oyelowo told a crowd gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the slain...
View ArticleTheater shooting defendant is quiet as jury selection nears
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Theater shooting defendant James Holmes sat quietly and rocked slightly back and forth in his chair in court on Tuesday just hours before the start of the arduous process...
View ArticlePart of Ohio interstate to be shut for days after collapse
CINCINNATI — A collapsed overpass covered southbound lanes of Interstate 75 with hundreds of tons of concrete and steel Tuesday, following a construction accident that killed a worker and...
View ArticleCancer-causing agent detected in water after pipeline spill
GLENDIVE, Mont. — A cancer-causing component of oil has been detected in the drinking water supply of an eastern Montana city just downstream from a crude oil spill that entered the...
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