Sony delays PlayStation 3 launch to November
Sony Corp delays the PlayStation 3 release until November, delaying a major product not only for the company but for the broader video game industry. Marble Slab Creamery and One Stop Party Store opened at the Shoppes on Whiskey. The 64th Aiken Trials run this weekend at The Aiken Training Track with a street fair Friday. Roland Smith announces bid for re election as head of the Aiken County Legislative Delegation.
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Sony Corp
Marble Slab Creamery
Whiskey Center
Aiken
Roland Smith
Aiken County
Book Love Spotlight Promotes Reading in Aiken
Brigitte Wilson profiles today’s featured title and author Joanne Fluke. The Aiken Standard highlights readers and a high tech world through a casual note about Lemon Meringue Pie Murder and the reading discussion.
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Joanne Fluke
Area Deaths Highlight Local Obituaries 6A
Obituaries list Mattie H Bradley of Beech Island Margie Y DuBose of Johnston and Leita Mae Enroe of Winnsboro with notices appearing on page 6A under Deaths and Funerals.
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Mattie H. Bradley
Beech
Sland
Margie Y. DuBose
Johnston
Leita Mae
Enroe
Winnsboro
Fire at Hitchcock Plaza traced to old Kroger debris pile ignition
Firefighters arrived at Hitchcock Plaza and found flames filling the building but determined a debris pile inside the shuttered Kroger on Silver Bluff Road ignited by a welder's torch spark. Smoke remained heavy after the blaze was tamed while work began on plans for the center's revival and new tenants.
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Ginny Southworth
Kroger
Silver Bluff Road
Aiken Public Safety
Hitchcock Plaza
Pete Frommer
Frommer
Big Box
T. J. Maxx
Ross
Dress For Less
Bed, Bath & Beyond
Car wreck kills Jackson woman in single-vehicle crash
A 21-year-old Jackson woman, Santana Hughes, died from head trauma after her car veered off the road, became airborne, and struck a tree. Two young passengers were hospitalized. The incident is reported on WRECK, page 12A.
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Jackson
Santana Hughes
Old Jackson Highway
Two Aiken principals announce retirement plans
Two veteran Aiken County principals plan to retire at term end. George Rogers Kennedy Middle School retires after 39 years including 21 as principal. Barry Pitts Leavelle McCampbell Middle School cites cancer and energy limits, ending a 36 year career.
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Aiken County
George Rogers
Kennedy Middle School
Barry Pitts
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Pitts
Rogers
Marlboro County
Greenwood County
Kennedy
Schofield Middle School
North Augusta
Paul Knox
Jefferson Junior
Midland Valley High School
Health care equal-opportunity flaws in large U S study
A New England Journal of Medicine survey of 6712 urban patients finds overall top-quality care at 55 percent with blacks and Hispanics at 58 percent and whites 54 percent. Higher income groups fared better, while minorities showed gaps in expensive care contexts.
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Boston
U.S
Donald Berwick
Institute For Healthcare Improvement
Cambridge
Mass
New England Journal of Medicine
Steven Asch
Rand Health Research Institute
Santa Monica
Calif
Miami
Seattle
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