Two Aiken Men Arrested After Home Break In
Two men, Dion Marcus Cook and Bobby Lee Isaac, were arrested on charges including burglary and receiving stolen goods after a 5 am break in on Ligon Avenue. Police tracked a vehicle and a suspect, then Cook and Isaac were detained at the Aiken County Detention Center.
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Aiken
Ligon Avenue
Dion Marcus Cook
Pinecrest Avenue
Bobby Lee Isaac
Mississippi Avenue
Cook
Isaac
Aiken County
School Days opens battle reenactment
Thousands of children visit Confederate Memorial Park for the School Days component of the Battle of Aiken reenactment. Activities include a morning skirmish at 11 a.m and stations on soap making dyeing wood and candle making. Cadets from The Citadel join the event and sutlers sell period goods.
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Confederate Memorial Park
Battle of Aiken
Pete Peters
Barnard E. Bee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Aiken- Augusta
Orangeburg
Upstate
Peters
Citadel
Iraq
Battle of Aiken Schedule of Events
A schedule of living history events runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with military demonstrations infantry cannon fire and cavalry lectures at public address stations. A battle of Aiken segments, period crafts, music by The Band unreconstructed, and a dusk movie filming session are planned. Sunday continues with camps open and multiple demonstrations followed by a grand march and fire volley.
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Aiken
Barnwell
Alternative minimum tax creeps into less-wealthy ranks
The AMT is edging into middle income filers with large itemized deductions for state and local taxes and real and personal property taxes. Experts say more taxpayers face higher bills as the tax system constrains credits for children and business expenses.
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George Jandl
Lawmakers Scale Private School Tax Credit Plan
A revised bill lowers the private school tuition tax credit to 51 percent of per pupil spending about 2190 dollars under the House Ways and Means Committee budget standards. The credit would cover all tuition for students eligible for free or reduced meals, while supporters say the change limits budget impact and helps public schools.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Shirley Hinson
Goose Creek
Doug Smith
Spartanburg
Bush seeks to mend fences with Europe amid policy rifts
Brano Kovalcik, a 2002 USDA graduate from Slovakia and UF PhD candidate, told USC Aiken faculty and students that President Bush faces a widening gap between the United States and the 25 member European Union. He cited disagreements over Iraq, the Middle East, Iran's nuclear program and the environment, noting Europe and America hold different views.
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Bush
America
Germany
France
Brano Kovalcik
USC Aiken
U.S
European Union
Kovalcik
USDA
Slovakia
University of Florida
Europe
Iraq
Middle East
Iran
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T.L. Hanna High School
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Sports Illustrated
Cuba Gooding Jr
Rob Novit
Val Lumans
Girma Negash
USCA
USC Aikengrad
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