Inflation signals potential Fed hike amid rising prices
U S inflation rose to a 4.4 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate led by higher energy costs with gasoline. Core inflation advanced 3.0 percent so far this year, while April wholesale prices and consumer prices showed gains. Fed kept rates at 1 percent but signals higher rates may come later this year.
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Labor Department
Bill Cheney
MFC Global Investment Management
Federal Reserve
Commerce Department
Dow Jones
Alan Greenspan
Fed
Joel Naroff
Naroff Economic Advisors
Middle East
Scrutiny urged for church beyond abuse probes
At a Santa Clara conference leaders called for broad audits of church governance and accountability. Panetta urged follow up investigations into embezzlement and harassment, while McChesney pushed annual audits and better data on abuse and related issues.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Leon Panetta
U.S. Conference of Bishops Committee
Panetta
Clinton
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
United States
Kathleen McChesney
Office of Child and Youth Protection
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
McChesney
FBI
Survivors Walk for Hope At Annual Relay For Life
Survivors and supporters gathered for the Relay for Life event in Aiken. Speakers included S C Senator Tommy Moore and Mayor Fred Cavanaugh. A four year old Wilm's tumor survivor Jess Maddox and others spoke of hope, prayers, and progress against cancer.
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S.C
Tommy Moore
D Clearwater
Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Everett Johnson
Johnson
American Cancer Society
Jess Maddox
Wilm’s
Bob Maddox
North Aiken
Jess
Maddox
Tonya Swedenberg
Wagener
Thelma Thompson
Oakwood
Windsor Elementary
Thompson
Inmate Tucker Executed, Linked double-hatald Murders Recap
A violent offender known as Tucker is on death row after a series of robberies and murders. He allegedly killed Oakley in a home invasion and later killed Shannon Mellon while fleeing police, taking cash and valuables. He was captured in Maggie Valley North Carolina and is housed at Lieber Correctional Institution awaiting execution.
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Tucker
Oakley
Calhoun County
Shannon Mellon
Mellon
Maggie Valley
N.C
Lieber Correctional Institution
Ridgeville
Broad
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Aiken Medical Center
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