City traffic plan draws mixed crowd at Aiken meeting
Aiken residents push back on a proposed ordinance requiring developers and businesses to conduct traffic studies before approvals. Homebuilders leaders cite potential growth stagnation while a banker blames infrastructure delays for road issues at the Tuesday council session.
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Pat Canning
Cassini enters slow final Saturn orbit powered by SRS plutonium
NASA says the Cassini mission will begin a four year Saturn orbit today at 3:36 p.m. powered by plutonium-238 created at the Savannah River Site during 1991 to 1995. The system uses 216 pellets in iridium shells delivering about 700 watts. The mission totals 3.27 billion with 2.6 from the U.S. and includes a Christmas release of the European Huygens probe to Titan on Jan 14, 2005.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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European Space
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
America
Titan
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Christiaan Huygens
Philip Lord
Saddam to face hearing today in Baghdad court
Saddam Hussein and 11 top lieutenants are to appear in Baghdad on Thursday to face war crimes charges. Pre trial talks cover foreign legal team access, TV coverage, and possible reinstatement of hanging. Iraq will take custody from the US Army on Wednesday for the first court appearance at the Iraqi Special Tribunal in the Green Zone.
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Salem Chalabi
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Gas prices to drop after Fourth of July in the Carolinas
Aiken residents Karl Sarka and James Shuler anticipate lower gasoline costs as statewide averages hover around 1.79 per gallon. Drivers report 1.75 to 1.78 across local zones with a peak of 1.90 on May 28. AAA Carolina spokesperson Sarah Davis notes prices should fall further.
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Aiken
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James Shuler
St. Matthews
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Sarah Davis
AAA
Carolinas
Army to recall 5600 retired soldiers for active duty
The Army will involuntarily recall about 5,600 recently separated soldiers with reserve obligations to active duty. Activation will run from July through December as Iraq and Afghanistan operations strain U.S. forces. This marks the first substantial Individual Ready Reserve activation since the 1991 Gulf War.
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