17 Feb 2009
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 2009
Page
1
Officials said the youngest chargeable age is 10 and prosecutors will not pursue charges against two 10-year-old boys found with more than three grams of marijuana at school in February. They reportedly planned to sell the drugs for dessert and bubble.
A series of crashes including an overturned car and a tractor trailer fire tied up traffic in Aiken. Witnesses on U S Highway 1 near Gun Range Road watched black smoke from the burning truck as responders arrived. no injuries reported. A 2008 Chevrolet and a 2002 Mitsubishi collided at South Boundary and Powderhouse Road after one vehicle failed to yield.
Linda Williams and her 12 year old son Shaun were killed in 1991 in Sumter National Forest. Luke Williams III, husband and father, is scheduled for lethal injection at Broad River Correctional Institution after exhausting appeals. He was convicted by an Edgefield County jury in 1993 for the murders.
Mary Elien Johnson Danforth of New Ellenton and Kenneth Milligan of Williston are listed in the deaths and funerals notices for the six to seven A section. The brief obituary items note their residence and service details as recorded in the tribute column.
Most area TV stations shifted to digital on or before midnight despite a June 12 delay approval. In Aiken some sets blank while others show programs as viewers rely on antennas. WIS TV plans to wait until June. Converter boxes cost about $60 and stock is limited. some stores report sold out.
Hundreds of stations moved to the February 17 deadline despite a June 12 delay approval. Nielsen reports 5.8 million households remain unready while 4 million converter box coupons await funding. Government leases analog spectrum and will reclaim it for public safety, with FCC auctions raising over 19 billion dollars across 10110 licenses.
A brief listing compares prices across retailers Best Buy Wal Mart and Target with prices ranging from 45 to 59.99 dollars. Best Buy items priced 49.99 to 59.99 Wal Mart items at 49.87 Target items at 45.00.
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