National Signing Day Highlights Local Football Prospects
Editorial lauds 14 local high school football players joining the Class of 2011 through National Signing Day. It notes the process, NCAA academic rules, and the role of coaches, with Haley Hunt and Emma Faubert signing for Clemson and Charleston Southern respectively. It thanks parents and mentors.
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NCAA
Aiken High
Haley Hunt
Emma Faubert
Hunt
Clemson
Faubert
Charleston Southern
Medicaid expansion would devastate South Carolina budgets
Senator Lindsey Graham warns that Obama era Medicaid expansion will worsen state finances. He cites a one billion dollar increase in state matching funds and a rise in eligible residents, arguing the policy makes it nearly impossible for South Carolina to escape economic woes. He attributes the stance to a broader political strategy, calling it the "Chicago way."
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Lindsey Graham
Obama
South Carolina
Graham
Chicago
Editor and publisher details for Aiken Standard listed
Public notice lists staff roles and contact emails for the Aiken Standard including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Executive Editor Timothy E. O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates and others with associated emails.
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Timothy E. O’briant Tobriant
Aikenstandard. Com
Phillip Yates Byates
Aikenstandard.com
Scientists Call Evolution Teaching Short of NRA Guidelines
A Penn State study reports only 28 percent of high school biology teachers consistently present evolution with evidence per NRC guidelines while 13 percent explicitly advocate creationism or intelligent design. The survey of 926 teachers, noted in Science, also finds 60 percent use strategies that downplay controversy or place evolution on par with creationism.
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National Research Council
Penn State
Michael Berkman
Eric Platzer
Science Magazine
South Carolina House Approves Voter ID Measure
South Carolina lawmakers approved a voter ID bill for the second year in a row by 75 to 45. The measure requires state issued picture IDs to vote and includes early voting, viewed as a compromise to curb fraud while Democrats question access for the elderly and others without IDs. The Senate may attach both ID and early voting again this year.
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South Carolina
House
GOP
Senate
Resa
Democrat
Orangeburg
Pruning the Federal Budget with a Surgeon’s Precision
A manufacturing insider urges Washington to cut budgets by a scalpel not a chainsaw. He argues top levels set overall cuts then managers allocate within departments, criticizing micro management and pork. The author calls for leaders to reduce their own agencies first and show results before trimming federal services.
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Washington
Obama
House
John Boehner
Speaker
Call To Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban After Mass Shootings
The piece argues for reinstating the assault weapons ban and strengthening gun tax laws citing mass shootings such as Tucson Columbine and Virginia Tech. It asserts Congress let the ban expire and notes surge in high capacity magazines and firearm sales, urging action despite political obstacles.
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Tucson
Columbine
Virginia Tech
Congress
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