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Jeffrey Johnson earns gold star at Citadel
Members of The Citadel South Carolina Corps of Cadets were recognized for earning Gold Stars in the fall 2014 semester. Gold Stars are awarded by The Citadel to cadets and students who have made a...
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Redcliffe names principal's award winners
The following students at Redcliffe Elementary were named to the principal's award winners for the second nine weeks: Haeley Bowman, Quentavious Carter, Gabriella Mayo, Luke Ormand, Taliyah Valentine,...
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Millbrook names terrific kids
The following students at Millbrook Elementary were named terrific kids for the second nine weeks: Maddie Nabors, Jocelyn China, Brooklyn Vickers, Jordan Smith, Hayden Heussy, Lacey Ocak, Makayla...
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Ukrainian separatist advance forces mass flight
SVYATOHIRSK, Ukraine - As fighting escalates around the town Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine, a growing wave of civilians are fleeing their homes, taking the risk of being struck by stray projectiles on...
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Egypt antiquities showman tells the world it's safe to visit
KRUGERSDORP, South Africa - Egypt's best-known archaeologist is a passionate showman with an explorer's fedora who joined the last, doomed Cabinet of President Hosni Mubarak, then resigned in a swirl...
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Jordan committed to anti-IS coalition, despite hostage drama
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan remains "as committed as ever" to a U.S.-led military coalition against the Islamic State group, the kingdom's foreign minister said Sunday, amid heightened fears for the life of...
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Obama proposing $478 billion public works program in budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The $4 trillion budget that President Barack Obama sends Congress on Monday proposes higher taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations, and an ambitious $478 billion public works...
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Officials meet to address safety after aviation calamities
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that...
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Regulators prepare rules on payday loans to shield borrowers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Troubled by consumer complaints and loopholes in state laws, federal regulators are putting together the first-ever rules on payday loans aimed at helping cash-strapped borrowers...
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Culturally sensitive palliative care represents new approach
WEST LINN, Ore. - When doctors diagnosed Pilar Alcantara with advanced breast cancer, she felt lost and intimidated.
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New spy case shows Russia up to old tricks, prosecutors say
NEW YORK - Three men accused in the latest Russian spy case didn't hide behind fake identities and weren't stealing military secrets. The evidence even suggests they were annoyed that their assignment...
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Sheriff seeking 'person of interest' after 5 people killed
LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a "person of interest" after five people were found slain inside a west Georgia home.
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Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said.
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Self-styled 'seer' faces murder trial for death he foretold
WICHITA, Kan. - The leader of a Kansas commune that prosecutors say lived off of insurance payouts following the deaths of group members is set to stand trial for murder in the 2003 drowning of one of...
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ANIMAL CONNECTION: Who let the dogs (and cats) out?
The SPCA in Aiken let the dogs out again on Feb. 1. Not the hordes of real dogs which are sheltered in the SPCA Albrecht Center, but the vinyl dogs which are part of the third annual, monthlong spay...
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WATCH: Aiken County Scripps National Spelling Bee
Watch the Aiken Standard's livestream of the Aiken County Scripps National Spelling Bee. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the URS Center for the Performing Arts.
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Obama sends record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget Monday that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations and eliminate tight federal spending caps...
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Carter pleads guilty to murder, gets life in prison
Stephon Carter, who was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Aiken Department of Public Safety Master Public Safety Officer Scotty Richardson and the shooting of a second officer in 2011,...
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Hitchcock Parkway and bike infrastructure on transportation subcommittee agenda
On Thursday, the subcommittee of the S.C. Augusta Regional Transportation Study will consider a request from the City of Aiken to apply for two sets of projects under an alternative transportation...
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