After Christmas shoppers flood Aiken stores
The day after Christmas shoppers pack stores in Aiken for returns and after-Christmas deals. Nashayne Straty from Dillard's J B White notes heavy return and exchange activity while Mary Blocker searches for sale items. Linda Wise at Wal Mart observes long return lines.
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Aiken
Oaante” Treme Beetr
Nashayne Straty
Dillard’s
J.B. White
Mary Blocker
Wal-Mart
Linda Wise
Post holiday returns spike as stores rush to clear items
Returns flood Wal Mart Goody's and Kmart after Christmas while shoppers stock up for next year. 50 percent discounts lure bargain hunters at Lenox Square as warm weather dampens coat sales and overall holiday results remain below expectations.
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Michele Johnson
Wal Mart
Goody
Bridget
Evans
Rick Brown
Kmart
Gwendolyn Kelly
Atlanta
Lenox Square
Wall Street
Associated Press
Lawmakers Clash Over South Carolina Budget Outlook
South Carolina lawmakers differ on next year’s budget with at least 580 million in new funds plus 28 million from a tobacco settlement. House leaders call the outlook very bright as revenue stays strong, while Senate members warn the picture may require tax changes. Senator John Drummond proposes a possible 6 cent gas tax increase to fund road projects and the Infrastructure Bank. Hodges opposes any gas tax rise.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House Ways and Means
Henry Brown
R-Hanahan
Senate Finance Committee
John Drummond
D Ninety Six
Drummond
Hodges
Nina Brook
Billy Bean
Man Found Dead Behind Lucky Video in Aiken
Aiken County deputies report a quiet Christmas with one notable incident the discovery of Leon Toney, 35, behind Lucky Video on Edgefield Highway Saturday afternoon. Autopsy scheduled. coroner Sue Townsend says investigation continues with no signs of injury evident. He was last seen Thursday.
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Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Deaths of Charles T. Owings Jr and Eunice Sean Seay
Notices announce the deaths of Charles T. Owings Jr in North Augusta and Eunice Sean Seay in Lexington with memorial details expected to follow.
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Charles T. Owings Jr
North Augusta
Eunice Sean Seay
Lexington
Georgia Lottery Draws Friday and Saturday Numbers
Late Friday numbers show 1 31 for Big Money while Saturday midday 728 and evening 1 7 2 are listed. Additional codes 41 eorga Lotto 6 142831 42 appear in the scrambled text.
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Coa
Eorga
Hodges Upset Tops S C News Of 1998
Democrat Jim Hodges won the South Carolina governor election in a year shaped by gambling politics. Gov David Beasley conceded after a bid to ban video gambling failed, ending a 16 year GOP governor run as Hodges promised a state lottery to fund education.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
South Carolina
David Beasley
Year’s top stories include ruling games legality and first gambling boat sail
The year highlighted legal sports outcomes and the debut of a gambling boat from the state. Eight events are named, including Hollings reelection to a sixth term over Bob Inglis, wins for two Democrats in state offices, a $37.8 million Klan verdict for burning a Clarendon church, and storms from Bonnie to Earl.
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U.S
Ernest
Fritz) Hollings
Bob Inglis
Hodges
Statehouse
Ku Klux Klan
Top South Carolina News of 1998 Selected by AP Members
The year’s top SC stories include Hodges defeating Beasley and backing a education lottery, lawmakers legalizing video gambling, Macedonia Baptist Church receiving 37.8 million from KKK, Democrats winning three constitutional offices, Hurricane Bonnie threats and Earl remnants, LIFE Scholarship passage, Hollings winning a sixth term, welfare work requirements, Beasley flight reimbursements, and the Victoria Casino launching from Little River.
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Clarendon County Church
Grand Strand
Bonnie
Earl
LIFE
Beasley
Jim Hodges
David Beasley
Supreme Court
Macedonia Baptist Church
KKK
Democratic US
Ernest
Fritz) Hollings
Bob Inglis
Victori Casino
Little River
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