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Rapidly-growing Asian airlines race to find qualified pilots
NEW YORK - The deadly crash of a TransAsia plane into a river in Taiwan is again focusing the world's attention on the safety challenges facing fast-growing Asian airlines.
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Anger, grief in Mideast at IS killing of Jordanian pilot
CAIRO - The horrific fate of a captured Jordanian pilot, burned to death by the Islamic State group, unleashed a wave of grief and rage on Wednesday across the Middle East, a region long accustomed to...
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Berkeley County sheriff resigns after DUI arrest in December
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt has resigned after being charged in December with drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
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FCC chairman proposes regulating Internet like phone service
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Declaring that the Internet must not be taken over by big business interests, a top U.S. regulator on Wednesday proposed dramatically expanding the government's power to oversee...
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Some GOP want tax credits in health alternative
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A small, influential group of Republicans, in search of a replacement health care law, will propose tax credits to help lower-income individuals and families purchase insurance,...
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Pentagon nominee leaning toward sending arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama's pick to run the Pentagon said Wednesday he's inclined to back increased U.S. assistance to Ukraine, including lethal arms, to fight anti-government rebels...
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The Saratoga WarHorses in Aiken: Their Stories
This is the first in a series of stories about some Thoroughbred horses here in Aiken. Each of them has been selected to participate in the Saratoga WarHorse program in sessions that are conducted in...
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What's playing in Aiken the weekend of Feb. 6?
A house cleaner has her life turned upside down when she is saved from bounty hunters by a genetically engineered ex-military warrior and learns she is intergalactic royalty. With Channing Tatum, Mila...
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Grammy facts: Timberlake's redemption, Joan Rivers, Pharrell
NEW YORK - The Grammy Awards, airing live on Sunday, include predictable nominees like Beyonce and Taylor Swift, and awards like best rap song and best country album. But we take a look at interesting...
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How much is too much television?
NEW YORK - Beth Hoppe loves television dramas. Yet even with a digital video recorder and on-demand services that enable her to watch on her own schedule, there's not enough time to see everything on...
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E.B. White classics will soon be available as e-books
NEW YORK - Three E.B. White classics read by millions of parents to their children will soon be available on the digital screen.
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Beck, Blige, Sia, ELO among Grammy performers
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Beck, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and the Electric Light Orchestra are among a new batch of performers added to the bill for Sunday's Grammy Awards.
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With black bear population on rise, Florida may allow hunts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - With Florida's black bears rebounding from near extinction, clashes with humans are on the rise, and the state is considering a limited hunting season as part of the solution.
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Disneyland measles outbreak isn't largest in recent memory
LOS ANGELES - The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn't the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio's Amish country, where 383 people fell ill...
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Kevin Hart, Nicki Minaj to headline BET Experience in June
NEW YORK - Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj will headline the events leading to the BET Awards.
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GOP governors with 2016 aspirations love to bash Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As they begin to shape their prospective bids for president, a group of ambitious Republican governors are eager to seize on voters' contempt for that most dirty of political words:...
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Aiken Tech manufacturing training center construction 'on schedule and on...
At almost 50 percent finished, Aiken Technical College's new state-of-the-art Center for Energy and Advanced Manufacturing is "on schedule and on budget," said ATC President Dr. Susan Winsor.
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Coalition for Suicide Prevention's efforts gaining momentum
In May 2013, representatives of Mental Health America of Aiken County and The Aiken Center, an addiction-services provider, organized a meeting to look at the possibility of creating an alliance that...
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'Zeutering' a non-surgical option for male dogs at the SPCA Albrecht Center
The SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare recently began offering owners of male dogs an option for neutering their animals that doesn't require surgery.
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Europe's ATR in focus again after second Taiwan air disaster
HONG KONG (AP) - European aircraft maker ATR is in the spotlight again after the dramatic crash Wednesday of a TransAsia Airways turboprop into a river in Taiwan. It's the second time in seven months...
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