Suspect charged in bank robberies in multiple states
Christopher Small, 25, of Merritt Island Florida, held in Salina after July 15 arrest following a getaway car sighting from a Great Plains Federal Credit Union robbery. He is tied to the June 24 People's Community Bank raid in Aiken, with DNA and fingerprint tests pending. Amber Ottone, 25, Statesville North Carolina, jailed for driving the getaway car in Salina. Officials probing additional Kansas and North Carolina heists.
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Salina
Kan
Florida
People’s Community Bank
Aiken
Kansas
North Carolina
Sali
Christopher Small
Merritt Island
Fla
Great Plains Federal Credit Union
Wendell Hall
Aiken Department of Public
Safety
Small
Mr Small
Hall
South Carolina
Amber L. Ottone
Statesville
N.C
Foster care picnic brings foster and adopted kids together
At the Aiken County Recreation Center in Graniteville an annual Foster Parents Association picnic gathered foster and adopted children for dinner and pool time. Organizers honored foster parents as essential supports while sharing personal adoption stories among families including Alicia Crossan and her husband Butch.
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Aiken County Recreation Center
Graniteville
Aiken County
Foster Parents Association
Patty Lloyd
Sharon Mills
Austin Scott
Department of Social Services
Alicia Crossan
DSS
Hus
U S troops positioned off Liberia as peacekeeping debated
President Bush moved U S forces into position near Liberia to back a West African peacekeeping mission amid renewed violence in Monrovia. Officials noted Marines may deploy offshore, with no decision yet on land deployment. UN chief Annan welcomed the step as progress toward peacekeeping.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
Liberia
Monrovia
Charles Taylor
White House
Scott McClellan
New York
United Nations
Kofi Annan
Why so late when people die Liberia attack shocks U.S. deployment
In Monrovia, amid a bloody assault on the U S Embassy and a refugee school, disbelief grows over why a long awaited U S peace deployment comes after a high toll. President Bush orders ships and troops to Liberia as scenes of casualties unfold at the capital's center.
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Newport High School
Monrovia
Liberia
U.S
Bush
Checks go out to millions as tax cuts spark school spending
The Treasury began mailing up to 400 per child to over 25 million middle income households. Jodi Mendoza from Portland plans to use funds for school clothes supplies and college savings. President Bush toured the printing plant with families who intend to buy school supplies tuition and uniforms.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Jodi Mendoza
Portland
Ore
Mendoza
Bush
Checks go out for Advance Child Tax Credit in South Carolina
Quick facts show 373,000 SC taxpayers qualify for the credit. Checks will be mailed automatically without IRS contact, based on the last two digits of the taxpayer’s Social Security number. If returns weren’t processed in time for initial dates, checks go out after IRS completion. Specific dates apply.
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IRS
South Carolina
Clemson Tackles Budget Cuts by Expanding Services
Clemson University's extension service boosts telephone and Internet access to offset reduced face to face contact from a 28 percent budget cut to 18.4 million over two years. In 2003, 126 employees chose early retirement, with 40 jobs lost in county offices affecting farmers and landowners who rely on agents for cattle to camelids.
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Columbia
Clemson University
Clemson
Cooperative Agricultural Research and Assistance
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