Daniel Pearl remembered for pursuit of truth in press
Editorial honors Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl killed in Karachi while seeking to report on extremist aims. Praises Fox rights as foundational, notes Pearl’s sacrifice, his wife Marianne’s pregnancy, and his role in the war on terrorism. Calls his legacy a testament to free speech and the First Amendment.
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Daniel Pearl
Pearl
Wall Street Journal
Karachi
Pakistan
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Earl
Danny
Marianne
Aiken Standard Staff Credits List
Acknowledgment of page leadership and departmental roles at the Aiken Standard includes Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Production Director Phillip Yates Circulation Director Deborah Duches sr Pats J. David Boyd Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Jase Ane
Ang Ea
Timothy E. O'Briant
Phillip Yates
Deborah Duches Sr
Pats
J. David Boyd
Letitia Jefferson
Amy Kinard
Ellen Priest
Amy
Jamey Hunsucker
Debbie Dough
Jeff Gordon
Beltway buttinskis brawl over airport lines and boorish conduct
A Washington scene pits Health Secretary Tommy Thompson and other Beltway figures against travelers as they push in at Reagan National. The piece brands them beltway buttinskis, cites Thompson’s apology, and compares similar incidents involving Rep. Kennedy, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, noting heightened security tensions and public spats.
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Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Reagan National Airport
Washington, D.C
Thompson
HHS
Tony Jewell
Associated Press
Buttinskis
Patrick Kennedy
Los Angeles International
D.C
Hollywood
Kennedy
Congressional
FBI
Della Patton
L.A
Patton
Buttinski
Teddy Kennedy
Silver
New York
Hillary Clinton
Ernest Dymond
Sen
Clinton
Westchester County
Dymond
Secret Service
Sen. Clinton
Jack Ford
Washington Times
Hillary
Sheila Jackson Lee
Houston Press
Weekly Standard
Texas
Beltway
Africa
Prince Charles
Nelson Mandela
Sam
Washington
Rep. Lee
Race and unity call from a student leader
Carmeisha Ne’Shell Miller, student body president at Leavelle McCampbell Middle School, writes about racial prejudice and the need for unity. She urges love, equality, and nonjudgmental attitudes, noting Sept 11 showed Americans can come together and calling for ongoing national harmony.
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America
Carmeisha
Ne’Shell Miller
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Aiken Standard Letters to the Editor Guidelines
The Aiken Standard invites brief letters with the writer’s signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Submissions may be edited. Address Letters to the Editor PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 Email iwallace at aikenstandard dot com Fax 803 648 6052.
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S.C
Iwallace
Aikenstandard
Aiken, S.C
Shunter
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Standard highlights its customer service team
The Aiken Standard explains its merged customer service department now handles classified advertising and circulation. Eleven staff greet customers at the front counter and assist via phone or walk‑in visits. Personal bios describe Letitia Jefferson and 10 colleagues, their roles, and brief family details.
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Aiken Standard
The
Letitia Jefferson
Letitia
Brooklyn
Aiken
Bill
Karl Malone
Faleaser Elmore
Aiken Housing Authority
Gloria Dalton
Heather Jordan
Julie Lott
Julie
Cats
Augusta Lynx
Holley Towner
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Holley
Aaron
Claudia Hagood
Renee Rhoads
Scott B. Unter
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