South Carolina Sees Teen Birth Rate Drop Amid Calls for Expanded Education
The state reports 6 000 young women under 20 become mothers annually and ranks 11th in the U S for teen births. Planned Parenthood and Nurture Home leaders credit harder contraceptive use and better sex education while urging expanded access to contraception, accurate health info, and enhanced school programs. The discussion stresses prevention through comprehensive health education and services across Columbia and Charleston.
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South Carolina
U.S
Sloane Whelan
Planned Parenthood
Alton
Nurture Home
Martin
DSS
Whelan
Columbia
Charleston
Guilty plea in double gas station robberies on SRS security site
The suspects robbed two gas stations early July 6 using a black handgun, stole cash drawers and cigarettes, and fled at high speed. They crashed a PT Cruiser through SRS security gates near F-area before逃逃 the site. one suspect was captured, the other escaped. Sentencing awaits with a potential 10 year minimum and up to 30 years.
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Wilson
SAS
Aiken
Silver Bluff
Atomic
SRS
Thurmond
Department of Energy
WSI
Savannah River
Wackenhut
Wsi-Sr
ADPS
William Royster
South Carolina
Obama Inaugural Do-Over Delights with Gum and View
The article describes President Obama’s second inauguration day as more relaxed than 2009 with quieter crowds. It notes him chewing gum during the parade and the family enjoying the platform, plus Obama’s brief private swearing-in and his reflective moment at the Capitol.
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Obama
Washington
Barack Obama
White House
Nicolette
Sasha
Maria
Katasha Smart
Randallstown
Benjam Fantu
Qlite
Dallas
Agai Obama
Obama Inauguration Amid Renewed Democratic Pride
Wilbur Cole of Memphis says he is thankful for another four years of democracy as Obama is sworn in. He visits the civil rights museum near the site of King’s 1968 assassination on King's birthday holiday. Obama uses King’s Bible and Lincoln’s Bible for the oath and views a bronze King statue in the Capitol Rotunda.
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Wilbur Cole
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Dr. King
Oliver
National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis, Tenn
Inauguration Day Voices Span Hope and Critique
Diverse views surface during the presidential inauguration. Quotes include Obama’s aim for shared prosperity and progress, soldiers and teachers reflecting on national pride, and critics predicting debt and limited change. Public reactions span optimism, concern, and historic comparison to Dr. King.
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