Big Game Jackpot Expected To Grow Amid Heavy Sales
Seven state lottery officials plan a Monday conference call to decide if weekend sales justify a higher jackpot. Final estimate set after Tuesday morning session with possible rise before the 11 pm EDT drawing. Total sales from last Tuesday through Friday topped 122 million led by New Jersey at 34 million.
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Virginia Haines
New Jersey Lottery
New Jersey
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Maryland
Massachu
Children's Gallery Opens at Aiken Center for the Arts
The newly sponsored Children’s Gallery at the Aiken Center for the Arts was dedicated on Sunday. Douglas Rabold, center director, praised Wyatt Development for its social philosophy and support. The ceremony also announced the 2000 Aiken County High School Artist Show winners, led by Matt Shealy of Midland Valley High with the People's Choice Award for his wire artwork.
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Ginny South
Brenda Wyatt
Aiken Center For the Arts
Doug Rabold
Wyatt
Aiken County
Douglas Rabold
Aiken Center For the
Aiken
Center For the Arts
Matt Shealy
Midland Valley High
Shealy
People’s Choice
America records eight year crime decline nationwide
The FBI reports a 7 percent drop in serious crime in 1999, extending a peak eight year trend begun in 1992. Major cities show signs of bottoming out, with declines across violent and property crimes, while experts warn the downward trend may not continue forever.
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Washington
FBI
Alfred Blumstein
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh
Blumstein
Debate decorum urged as Confederate flag issue returns
Columbia lawmakers vow civil conduct during renewed national focus on the Confederate flag debate. House Speaker David Wilkins says decorum will prevail as Republicans push a plan to place a square flag behind a Confederate monument on State House grounds, despite past clashes over the symbol.
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David Wilkins
John Graham Altman
Arleston
Martin Luther King Jr
Wilkins
Senate
State House
Isotope Therapy eyed for Aiken County facility
The Economic Development Partnership says a California firm, Mendel Group, will study the economic potential of a commercial medical isotope production facility in Aiken County. Chaput and Dangerfield outlined therapy advances and market demand to justify private sector nuclear medicine development, noting outpatient isotope therapy could save lives and reduce costs.
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Aiken County
EDP
Fred Humes
Tim Dangerfield
Ernest $. Chaput
Mendel Group
Dangerfield
Chaput
Jolinds
Humes
Mendel
Technology pinpoints gunshots in urban area
Aiken roots yield an urban gunshot location system ShotSpotter co owner Tony Bradshaw describes a microphone network on rooftops in high crime zones. The system locates gunfire within 20 feet, overlays it on aerial maps, and feeds details to dispatchers within 10 15 seconds. It records sounds for investigators and includes a resident warning and witness elicitation feature.
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Aiken
Tony Bradshaw
Bradshaw Consulting Services
Bradshaw
San Francisco
University of Cali
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