South Carolina Sues Small Cigarette Makers for Settlement Funds
The state attorney general sues about 15 lesser-known cigarette makers for failing to set aside funds under a national tobacco settlement. Amounts owed range from under $1,000 to over $1 million. Judges ordered Sable Waghire & Co. Ltd. to pay $963 and Mohanlal Har Ravinddas $1,065, with $100 penalties and two-year sales bans in South Carolina.
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Columbia
Emory Smith
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South Carolina
El Nino and a Mild 2002 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The El Nino weather pattern helped limit hurricane activity in 2002, producing four hurricanes and 12 tropical storms, the quietest season since 1997. Forecasters say cooling ocean temperatures by July 1 may end the effect, while experts warn coastal areas to remain vigilant amid strong storm-building trends.
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Miami
Gerald Bell
Federal Climate Prediction Center
Bell
South Carolina
Edouard
Hanna
Gulf of Mexico
Kyle
Charleston
Georgetown
Hunting Island State Park
Beaufort County
Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William Gray
Colorado State University
Gray
Gustav
Isidore
Lili
Ea Rappaport
National Hurricane Center
United States
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H.O. Weeks
Aiken
D.con
Weeks Center
Etherredge Center
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Chenille Sisters
Paine College Gospel Choir
Augusta Symphony
Aiken Somahowe Guild
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Dillard's
Estee Lauder
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