Accused serial killer Rivera faces murder trial in Augusta
The 40 year old former North Augusta resident Reinaldo Rivera stands trial next week in Richmond County Superior Court charging 14 counts for attacks on three Georgia women. He appeared for questioning of a juror pool of more than 100 as jury selection begins.
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Augusta
Reinaldo Rivera
Richmond County
North Augusta
Superior Court
Albert Pickett
Rivera
Georgia
Gordon
Marni Glista
Glista
Woman dies in mobile home fire on Plantation Drive
A Sunday night blaze at a double wide mobile home on Plantation Drive left Margaret Hammond aged 62 dead. Mildred Lacy escaped with a dog missing since the fire. Fire investigators noted heavy smoke and Hammond’s attempt to extinguish flames before collapsing near the back door.
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Margaret Hammond
Phil Clarke
Aiken County
Clarke
Hammond
North Augusta
Lacy
Williams
Spirit rover posts 3-D view of Mars landscape
NASA released a 3-D black-and-white panorama from the Spirit rover showing a wind-swept Mars plain strewn with rocks. Mission scientists called the image a window onto the planet’s ancient past and identified Sleepy Hollow as a dust-filled impact crater for Spirit to visit.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Mars
Spirit
Matt Wallace
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Red Planet
Steve Squyres
Sleepy Hollow
Debt burden rises as Americans struggle with bills
New York reports growing consumer debt to a record $1.98 trillion as households like Bruce and Lorraine Esbensen of Clifton Heights face late payments and calls from creditors. Credit counselors helped, but repayment stretched over years. they now live paycheck to paycheck yet save for retirement.
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New York
Bruce
Lorraine Esbensen
Clifton Heights
Teacher Laura Smith Juggles Roles at Oakwood Windsor
Laura Smith serves as substitute teacher at Oakwood Windsor Elementary and helps in the office while advising The Beagle News. She plans to earn an education degree after completing a second semester at Aiken Technical College and transferring to USC Aiken.
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Rob Novit
Laura Smith
Oakwood-Windsor
USC Aiken
Sheehan
Laura
Chicago
Smith
Cleveland Job Corps
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Clearwater
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Graniteville
Elia Mae Penn Jackson
Johnston
Wilmer Kitchings
Wagoner
Edna McLellan
Greenville
Rebecca Ann Miller
Warrenville
Mattie Jacobs Price
Aiken
Jean Sawyer Smither
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