Success at Aiken Trials boosts Triple Crown fans
The 2004 Triple Crown event in Aiken drew about 8 000 for the Thoroughbred races, with polo attendance above 5 000 at Powder House Field. Organizers praised smooth operations and planned targeted marketing to grow next year’s turnout while noting minor PA issues and strong public safety performance.
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Aiken Jaycee
Mike Fanning
Aiken
Fanning
Jaycees
Powder House Field
USCA
Randy Warrick
Warrick
David Turno
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Turno
J.C. Lexow
Flexow
Aikenstandard
West Nile cases rise as warmer weather brings outdoor risk
The article notes increasing West Nile virus activity with 282 infected birds last year up from 52 the year before. Positive mosquito pools appear in Aiken Horry and York counties while 45 percent of cases in the Lowcountry 33 percent in the Midlands and 22 percent in the Upstate. Parents ask about safety for children and repellents.
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Evans
Aiken
Horry
York
West Nile
Brazilian storm in Atlantic hailed as first hurricane on record
A coastal storm battered southern Brazil injuring at least 39 and destroying hundreds of homes in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. Winds spiked to 75 to 94 mph with satellite estimates, as authorities searched for 11 missing fishermen and the storm dissipated inland.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
South Atlantic
Santa Catarina
Navy
Paolo Baltore
Athalde Cambruzi
Icara
Marcio Luiz Alves
Catarina
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazilian Center For Weather Forecasting and
U.S
AccuWeather
States weigh borrowing boom as debts rise across states
States lean toward more borrowing to fund delayed services as governors seek revenue through bonds while voters resist new taxes. Illinois criticizes a 1 billion road-bond plan, California votes for 15 billion in bonds, and New Jersey Pennsylvania and South Carolina explore loans amid a fragile economic rebound.
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Illinois
GOP
Steve Rauschenberger
Rod Blagojevich
California
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Virginia
Rendell
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