Editorial Be kind on the roadways
Aiken County sees another bicycle fatality as Gerald Hooker and his wife were struck on Banks Mill Road while turning onto Lone Oak Drive. The piece urges shared road courtesy and support for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure while noting past incidents and the need for careful driving.
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Aiken County
Gerald Hooker
Banks Mill Road
Lone Oak Drive
Hooker
Matthew Burke
Fort Gordon
Beech Island Avenue
Burke
Augusta
Savannah River
Fragmented quotes mix of crime and sports and apologies
A collage of quoted lines includes a farewell email from Josh Powell before a deadly house fire, Eli Manning commenting on Ahmad Bradshaw's late touchdown, and apologies from NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy about Madonna's halftime gesture during a performance.
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Josh Powell
Powell
New York Giants
Eli Manning
Ahmad Bradshaw
Giants
Brian McCarthy
NFL
Madonna
M.I.A
Advertising leadership roles at The Aiken Standard
Production Director Phillip Yates Byates Advertising Director Dee Taylor Business Manager Terri Cheek Classified Advertising Manager Letitia Jefferson Laura Tiedman named in staff listing at aikenstandard.com. Official site notes these executives guiding print and digital ads.
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Phillip Yates Byates
Aikenstandard.com
Dee Taylor
Letitia Jeffersonefferson
Aikenstandard
USC System Vital to State Economy and Growth
The University of South Carolina's eight campuses and 155,000 alumni drive a $4.1 billion annual impact nationwide, supporting 53,000 jobs and boosting wages. USC Aiken adds $180 million in impact and 2,163 jobs. The system returns $75 million more to state taxes than funding. Palmetto College plan aims to combine campuses with online upper-level courses to expand degrees without relocation.
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University of South Carolina
Palmetto State
USC
South Carolina
Darla Moore School of Business Division of
Joseph C. von Nessen
USC Aiken
University of South Carolina System
Lancaster
Salkehatchie
Sumter
Union
Palmetto College
Job growth accelerates as U S adds 243000 jobs in January
The Labor Department reports 243000 net jobs created in January and unemployment at 8.3 percent. The release boosts the Obama administration while complicating Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich Rick Santorum Ron Paul and John Boehner as they had counted on weaker economy. The 23 straight months of growth remains intact.
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U.S. Labor Department
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
Rick Santorum
Ron Paul
John Boehner
Obama
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Boehner
Political attacks on Obama over GM aid and housing recovery
The letter argues politicians lack credit for saving the auto industry and criticizes Romney and others for obstruction. It links housing rescue to Romney’s Bain past and notes the president’s Friday veteran firefighter job initiative needing about 5 to 6 billion dollars, ending with an uncertain line about oil, Moses, and Aiken.
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Mitt Romney
Romney
Bain Capital
Iraq
Afghanistan
Moses Mims Aiken
We Can Do Better on Gun Security
Liam McGinley urges stronger gun controls after the death of Officer Sandy Rogers and the earlier case of Officer Richard son. He compares gun safety to driving licensing and school bus regulations, calls for accountability for gun buyers, and questions societal violence.
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Rogers
Richland Avenue
Liam McGinley Aiken
Letter to editor honors Cpl Sandy Rogers by Stacy Glover
A mother of a police officer thanks Stacy Glover for a beautiful letter to the editor commemorating Cpl. Sandy Rogers. The reader says the words warmed her heart and expresses gratitude for the thoughtful tribute.
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Stacy Glover
Cpl
Sandy Rogers
Public Safety Debate: More Police Latitude for Gun Draw
Community calls for engagement rule changes as a high rate of arrests and violence prompts debate. Critics say officers should be allowed to draw weapons during encounters until the person’s identity is clear. The text cites Officer Rogers’s death during a suspicious car check and a routine traffic stop incident.
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South Carolina
Aiken Public Safety
Rogers
Richardson
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Scott B. Huntershunter
Timothy E. O’briant Tobriant
Terri Cheekcheek
Michael W. Gibbons
Gibbons
Laura Tiedman
Tiedman
Taylor Jones
All Rights
Harris Pastides
Tim Simmons
Hel Saeit Ee
Aiken
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