Plea bargain chosen in Carter case praised by prosecutors
Prosecution calls the Monday plea deal for cop killer Stephen Carter the best option given trial uncertainties and dash cam footage. Judge Thurmond lauds the approach while acknowledging viewer desire for a death penalty and the heavy trial workload, including three years of proceedings and 10,000 pages of documents.
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Stephen Carter
Carter
Aiken Public Safety
Scotty Richardsor
Second
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Obama budget sticks to near term growth and louder taxes
President Barack Obama enters his seventh year with a budget that preserves a focus on immediate employment relief. The plan raises taxes and deficits, supports “middle class economics,” and defers hard long term choices despite warnings from the CBO about unsustainable entitlements and rising debt.
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Barack Obama
White House
Obama
Douglas Elmendorf
Congressional Budget Office
Elmendorf
Committee For
Congress
Vaccines and Ideology Clash in Modern Public Health
Column by Kathleen Parker critiques anti vaccine skepticism in Marin County and across the United States. It contrasts Galileo era ignorance with today’s vaccine debates, notes measles outbreaks, and urges GOP candidates to balance individual rights with public health while citing CDC director Frieden on safety.
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Galileo
Marin County
California
South
Jonas Salk
New Jersey
Chris Christie
U.S
Rand Paul
Kentucky
Christie
Paul
Laura Ingraham
GOP
Thomas Frieden
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Editorial critique of Haley road funding plan in Aiken Standard
A letter to the editor argues the Aiken Standard rushed to condemn Governor Nikki Haley's roads and bridges financing plan on January 30. It notes criticism without offering viable alternatives and urges the legislature to explore all funding options and fully assess financial impacts before closing on a solution.
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Aiken Standard
S.C
Nikki Haley
Haley
South Carolina
Bill Taylor
R-Aiken
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Kathleen Parker
Washington Post
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