Legislators fail to ban video poker in final session days
South Carolina lawmakers abandon efforts to ban video poker as budget conferees drop the issue after Senate opposition blocks House plans. Gov Beasley and anti gambling allies failed to secure bipartisan support, leaving the 2 billion dollar industry intact and voters to decide in November.
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House
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Sen
Ryberg
South Carolina
David Beasley
Beasley
Democratic
General Assembly
Columbia
Aiken
Goliath
Exurbia blamed as factor in teen violence in Springfield shooting
An opinion argues that exurban isolation in Springfield Oregon drove Kip Kinkel to horrific violence. It warns communities away from standalone multiacre developments, stressing the need for social connection, sidewalks, and accessible public spaces to prevent teenage rage.
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Springfield
Ore
Kip Kinkel
Eugene
Cascade Mountains
Coast Range
Kinkels
Kip
McKenzie River
Shangri la
Kinkel
Do It Now Quest for Action in a Distracted Age
The piece urges immediate action citing Newsweek on a passive generation. It links daily collecting to moral duty, notes Jeffersonian questions, and closes with the pastor from Aiken's First Baptist Church urging readers to do what one can now.
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Newsweek Magazine
Honegger
New England
Jesus
Jenner
England
Surviving Storms Foster Five Canadian Goose Goslings
Sue R. Townsend recounts sheltering and tending five baby Canadian geese after a May storm near Aiken. A bobcat killed a mother goose, two nests were exposed, and Townsend along with neighbors saved the eggs and raised the goslings to return them to the wild when ready.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Skip
Carol
Larry Eldridge
Jackson
Tommy Rankin
Edgefield
Sue R. Townsend Aiken
Memorial Day and Veterans Day Respect in South Carolina
A mover laments South Carolina schools staying open on Memorial and Veterans Days while MLK Day closes the state. He argues the nation's moral fiber fades as military sacrifice is undervalued and schools ignore patriotic observances. He urges restoring honor for fallen service members.
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Martin Luther King
America
South Carolina
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