Panel Won’t Release Open Records For Commerce Review
Columbia chair Joel Smith defends withholding documents used by two panels reviewing Commerce Department FOIA compliance and spending. He calls releasing papers before Tuesday’s meeting a crock, saying it could hinder discussion and public understanding. Bill Rogers argues the materials are public and should be released.
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Commerce Dept
Columbia
Commerce Department
Joel Smith
Smith
University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business
Associated Press
Jim Hodges
Bill Rogers
South Carolina Press Association
Rogers
Carrier Crew Endures Record-Setting Afghanistan Campaign
The USS Theodore Roosevelt battens down for Afghanistan strikes as F-14Bs and F/A-18Cs fly up to nine hours daily, logging about 1 million pounds of bombs since Oct. 17. Navy officials note long missions across Pakistan and Diego Garcia extend operations and strain personnel.
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Afghanistan
U.S
Taliban
al- Qaida
Arabian Sea
Richard O’hanlon
Roosevelt
Pakistan
Diego Garcia
Central
Indian Ocean
FBI raids two Chicago area Islamic charities in terrorism probe
Federal agents searched Global Relief Foundation in Bridgeview and Benevolence International Foundation in Palos Hills. Warrants were sealed and records and furniture were seized at Global Relief, which denies aiding terrorism and raises about $5 million yearly for programs in Muslim countries.
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FBI
Chicago
Ebony Harrel
Global Relief Foundation
Bridgeview
Benevolence International Foundation
Palos Hills
Global Relief
Asim Ghafoor
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Global
Tion
USA
Europe
NATO
U.S. Treasury Department
Man shoots former wife and grandmother at York courthouse
In York, a man shot and killed his former common law wife Wilma Thomas 69 and her granddaughter Shannon Thomas 25 in front of the Moss Justice Center while they waited to see a judge on a restraining order. Police arrested Michael Shawn Godfrey about 40 minutes later and charged him with murder and firearm offenses.
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York
York County
Wilma Thomas
Shannon Thomas
Doug McKown
Michael Shawn Godfrey
Moss Justice Center
Sheriff's Office
Criminal Court
Chesnee
Godfrey
Thomases
Tommy Pope
Pope
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America
John Oliveira
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Roy Kelley
Diamondbacks
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Kalmia Mall
Aree
Curios
Gordon Hwy
Southgate
Man
York Courthouse
Sill Magnolias
Still Magnolia
J.M. Green Co
J.M. Greene Co. Fine Jewelry
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Maurice Bessinger
Ezola Foster
Maurice
PWN OL Eoec
Aiken Standard
Margaret Holley
Aiken Office Supply
Daily Paper
Iken Office Supply & Book Shopp
Aiken Office Supply & Book Shop
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