Coroner seeks identity of man found dead in hotel
Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend seeks help identifying a man who died by self harm in a local hotel around Nov 11. He registered as Scott Black, age 35 to 40, about 6 feet, 200 to 220 pounds, brown hair and eyes, clean shaven, with a two inch scar above the right eye and other old scars. He had no ID, used aliases Jeffrey Daniel and Scott Black, and had prior suicide attempt on Oct 27. The coroner notes he may be held up to 30 days while identification efforts continue.
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Aiken County
Scott Black
Sue Townsend
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Jeffrey Daniel
New York
Stacey A. Coleman
Deaths Arthur Barton and Cynthia Padgett Jones noted
Obituary brief lists Arthur Barton of New Ellenton Cynthia Padgett Jones of Johnston Richard L Humphrey and John Oniens as recent deaths with family notices and locations.
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Arthur Barton
New Ellenton
Cynthia Padgett Jones
Johnston
Richard L. Humphrey
Johnston Oniens
Georgia Lottery Drawn Numbers Report
Thursday's Georgia lottery results show Cash 4 base Cah 46635 and Fantasy 5 numbers 13 4104. No further details on prizes or drawings provided in the fragment.
Stores, not customers, getting shortchanged
In a three year study USC associate professor Richard Clodfelter found retail scanners in nine states undercharge customers more often than they overcharge. Of 146 518 items scanned errors totaled 2.21 percent undercharges and 1.65 percent overcharges.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
Richard Clodfelter
Clodfelter
Alaska
Delaware
Georgia
Kansas
North Carolina
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Washington
West Virginia
California
Public Interest Research Group
Wisconsin
Kmart Corp
Massachusetts
Harbison
Terence
Secrecy order reviewed in South Carolina video poker case
A federal judge will revisit a secrecy order in a racketeering style suit against video poker machine owners in South Carolina. The action, now with 41 plaintiffs and 61 defendants, accuses operators of exceeding machine limits and profiting from gaming while victims suffer losses and addiction.
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Columbia
Joseph Anderson
Collins Entertainment Co
Pete Strom
Strom
Collins Entertainment
Jay Bender
Greenville News
South Carolina
Joan Caldwell Johnson
Whitmire
Political pressure urged in electric power struggle
State environmental officials warned that political pressure from governors and members of Congress may influence the Army Corps of Engineers to alter its stance on a $60 million pumped storage turbine project at the Richard B. Russell Dam on the Savannah River. They argued the plan could harm fish populations and water quality, noting court-ordered environmental tests are questioned for not addressing worst-case scenarios.
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Oriicia
Veneves
Army Corps of Engineers
Gerritt Jobsis
S.C. Department of Natural Resources
Richard B. Russell
Savannah River
Lake Thurmond
Russell
Jobsis
Trip Bolton
State Natural Resources Office
Corps
Missouri
Bolton
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Haron Taylor
Abby
Scott Webster
Phil Schlotzhaver
Ridge Spring
Laurens Street
American Amusement Co
American Amusement of Aiken Inc
Joytime Distributors and Amusement Inc
Red Dot Amusements
CBA Games Inc
Best Amusement Co
Greenwood Music
Scott Webste
Andy Ross
Aiken
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