Sununu pushes SRS pit facility amid stockpile report delays
Former New Hampshire governor John Sununu lobbies for the Savannah River Site pit facility as Congress awaits the long awaited stockpile report. He meets with lawmakers and DOE officials to stress advantages of the 310 square mile nuclear reservation while potential project funding could reach 4 billion and 1500 jobs across five communities.
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Savannah River
National Nuclear Security Administration
Congress
U.S. Department of Energy
SRS
New Hampshire
John Sununu
George H. W. Bush Sr
Lam
Humes
Fred Humes
Economic Development Partnership
Aiken
Edgefield
Sununu
DOE
Graham to lead Stand For Children after retirement
Gail Graham, longtime social worker and director of the Freedman Parenting Center, will retire from the Aiken County School District next month. In July she becomes state director of Stand For Children, after helping found the Aiken chapter last fall.
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Gail Graham
Aiken
Mike
Ence
Graham
Freedman
Graniteville
Salley
Ridge Spring
Aiken County
Stand For Children
Marion Wright Edelman
South Carolina
Rob Novit
Stand For
Eating fast and healthy pace of life fuels quick meals
Angela Muggenburg blends speed and calories as she eats at McDonald’s for convenience. She avoids fries and heavy condiments, watching portions, while shedding 25 pounds in five months. The National Restaurant Association cites 67 percent see convenience as important amid busy schedules.
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Springfield
Angela Muggenburg
McDonald’s
National Restaurant Association
Muggenburg
Golden Arches
Morgan Spurlock
McDonald's
VA health system under fire as veterans seek care
Returning troops face paperwork hurdles as the VA lacks a unified computer system to verify service history. Willlie Buckels, a Mississippi reservist, had to present Army records to gain treatment, highlighting ongoing gaps echoed by lawmakers. Nearly 18 000 Iraq veterans and 4 000 Afghanistan veterans sought VA care, many from National Guard or Reserve units, with back joint dental and digestive issues most common.
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Washington
Willie Buckels
Iraq
Mississippi
Veterans Affairs Department
Buckels
Christopher Smith
New Jersey
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Afghanistan
National Guard
Journalist who found real America in Aiken with a Queen encounter
Terry Willows, a British journalist now based in Aiken, recounts meeting Queen Elizabeth on a cruise and sharing oddball career highlights. He recalls interviewing Paul Newman in 1987, rushing to cover the 1989 Loma earthquake, and a failed Mick Jagger interview, reflecting on a long, storied career.
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England
Terry Willows
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Willows
Aiken
Paul Newman
el Paso
Texas
San Francisco
Mick Jagger
Los Angeles
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