NASA shuttle launch delayed by faulty fuel gauge reading
The first shuttle since the Columbia disaster faces a delay due to a faulty fuel gauge reading. Separate coverage notes dancers for the studio winning 25 top awards at the Hollywood Vibe National Dance Competition in Orlando, with results and context. President Bush declines to comment on Rove in the CIA officer identity leak case, citing to let the investigation proceed without prejudgment.
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Columbia
Orlando
Fla
Rove
CIA
What are you reading Meet today's book lover high tech world
Aiken Standard highlights readers and reading to spark discussion. Tim Bussey of Aiken reviews Estrategias para Triular by Miguel Angel Conejo on page 4A, inviting engagement with contemporary literature and reader interests.
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Aiken
Estrategias
Miguel Angel Conejo
Graniteville man dies after Saturday traffic wreck
A Graniteville resident, 73 year old Raymond McKeon of Bristol Drive, died at a local hospital from injuries after a Saturday crash on Augusta Road. He was a front seat passenger in a vehicle that pulled from a driveway into U.S. 421 and was struck by a northbound Ford pickup. McKeon was transported to the Medical College of Georgia shock trauma unit and died at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday from respiratory failure. Speed was not a factor. no charges expected. This marks the 16th traffic fatality in Aiken County for 2005.
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Augusta Road
Raymond McKeon
Bristol Drive
U.S. 421
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Carlton
McKeon
Aiken County Ems
Medical College of Georgia
Aiken
Willie T. Abney
Abbeville Avenue
Aiken County Detention Center
Education outreach leader faced cutback at Savannah River lab
Tony Mills, longtime coordinator of SREL education programs, traces his passion to a 1980s talk by Dr. Whit Gibbons. The Savannah River Ecology Lab faces a 45 percent funding cut from the DOE, forcing staff reductions and fewer programs, though Mills vows to keep high quality outreach and field trips to schools and community sites.
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Tony Mills
Savannah River Ecology Lab
SREL
Augusta
Whit Gibbons
Mills
U.S. Department of Energy
University of Georgia Conference Center
New Ellenton
Tony
New Ellenton Middle School
Sheneque Jackson
Presidential Scholar reflects on lifetime of learning
Aiken High valedictorian Shahin Vann reflects on her Presidential Scholar visit to Washington and meeting other young women in science. Her sister Gayle Koch, also an Aiken High valedictorian, pursued chemical engineering and earned a doctorate. Vann credits mentors, family, and the era’s climate for shaping her career in engineering and consulting.
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Shahin Rothermel
Washington, D.C
Iraq
Supreme Court
Aiken High
Caryle Schleamann
Washington
Nixon
White House
Vann
Atlanta
Boston
U.S. Department of Education
Esther Schlea
Caryle
Schlea
Savannah River
Carl Schlea
Harold Richard Lott Obituary in Blackville
Harold Richard Lott of Blackville dies. Funeral plans and memorial details appear in the community notice page 6A under Deaths and Funerals.
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Harold Richard Lott
Blackville
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