Median barriers save lives hit over 10000 times in SC
South Carolina reports median cable barriers across interstates have been struck 10 451 times since installation. Since 2000 fatalities from crossing the median dropped from 27 to two crossover deaths since 2005. The $40 million project began after a 2000 I 26 crash near Columbia. Salle Till credits the barriers for saving her life after a June interstate 20 incident.
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Salle Till
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Latinos in South Carolina send 322 million abroad this year
A new Inter-American Development Bank report says Columbia area Latinos will remit about 322 million to family in Latin America in 2006. The surge reflects a growing Latino population and recent arrivals sending up to a quarter of income home to Ecuador and other countries.
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Ecuador
Naranjo
Carolina Paint and Body
Midlands
Latin America
Boug Woodward
Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina
Yorktown anniversary marked by Franco American links
Yorktown Virginia hosts a four day celebration of the 225th anniversary of the last battle of the American Revolution. U S and French troops under Washington and Rochambeau defeated Cornwallis in 1781. French minister Michele Alliot Marie urged mutual independence and friendship built on respect.
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Charles Cornwallis
Michele Alliot-Marie
United States
France
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