South Carolina eyes jail alternatives for nonviolent offenders
Prison director Jon Ozmint urges more options to avoid jail for nonviolent cases and greater sentence flexibility for good conduct. State funding struggles amid rising inmate population and costly tough-on-crime budgets, with Gov. Sanford presenting a $5.1 billion, 320 page spending plan amid a heated session.
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Jon Ozmint
General Assembly
Mark Sanford
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Aitken Standard Staff and Contact Listing
A scrambled OCR style contact roster lists editors and staff at Aitken Standard and affiliated sites. Names include Scott B Hunter Jeffrey Wallace Arthur Zappa Ellen Priest Lee Tobin Timothy O Briant Phillip Yates Scot Newcom J David Boyd Letitia Jefferson with multiple domain cues.
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Scott B. Huntershunter
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Mstandard
Arthur T. Zappa
Kenstandard
Ellen C. Priest
O'Neill’s backlash after White House ouster stirs controversy
Former Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill faces fallout from his book and public remarks. The collaboration with Ron Suskind on The Price of Loyalty prompts a federal probe over alleged mishandled documents. He portrays Bush negatively while acknowledging voting for him in November.
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Bush
O'Neill
Department
O’neill
White House
Labor
Suskind
Dick Cheney
Bush White House
Madison Hotel
George W. Bush O'Neill
O'neill’s Bush
Andrew Card
Treasury
Card
Paul O'Neill
NBC
Katie Couric
Couric
Be careful on the highway a deer can strike hard
A driver recounts a Monday dawn collision with a deer while transporting his daughter to college. The right front of the car was dented and a headlight damaged but both occupants escaped injury. Other drivers stopped to help as the deer vanished into the woods, likely hurt.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Corey
Orangeburg
Legislators blamed as voters urged to oust them
A reader denounces state lawmakers for not understanding public school funding and argues they should be removed in favor of libertarian movers. The letter claims the School Board writes laws, then hands them to the House and Senate for voting. The author urges Aiken County voters to vote out incumbents or elect Liberarians who oppose regulations.
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Roland Smith
Roland
University of South Carolina
House
Senate
Department of Motor Vehicles
Department of Health and Environmental Controls
Department of Social Services
Barnwell
Aiken County
South Carolina
GOP Voters Urged to Vote for Democrat Sharpton in SC Primary
Walter McSherry of Aiken urges Republicans to vote in the South Carolina presidential primary on February 3 to help Democrats choose their nominee. He cites past behavior where Democrats voted in Republican primaries and argues Republicans should return the favor by supporting Al Sharpton this year.
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South Carolina
John McCain
al Sharpton
Democrats
Walter McSherry
Aiken
Aiken Standard Seeks Reader Letters to Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit viewpoints on topics of interest for the Letters to the Editor column. Letters may be edited and condensed. Include contact details and send by mail email or fax to the provided addresses.
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Swallace
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Creators Syndicate
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