Complex voyage planned to free Keiko the orca
Keiko faces a heavy, $2 million relocation from Charleston to Iceland. The whale will ride in a watertight fiberglass box aboard a C 17 Globemaster, to a floating sea pen off the Westmann Islands for rehabilitation.
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Newport
Ore
Killer Whale
Jesse
Keiko
Willy
Iceland
United Parcel Service
Charleston
S.C
Westmann Islands
Toledo
Jeff Foster
Free Willy Keiko Foundation
West
Ten Die On South Carolina Roads In Labor Day Toll
Associated Press reports at least ten people died in South Carolina during Labor Day weekend. Victims include Mary Johnson, 67, of Starr killed when a car was stepped on by mistake, and Clara Reed, 78, also of Starr, in a driveway accident. Others died in Darlington, Laurens, Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Chesterfield, Easley, and Dillon Counties.
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Olumbia
South Carolina
Mary Johnson
Darlington County
Robert Lester Todd
Gray Court
Laurens County
Jonathan Stewart
Liberty
Greenville
Powdersville
Anderson County
Robert Chandler
Sasley
Easley
Samuel Andrew Burnett
Reidville
Greenville County
Ama Cherukuri
Raman Satyanam Raghu
Marietta
Dillon County
Associated Press
Personal watercraft explodes injuring woman on Labor Day
Regina K. Burgess, 36, of Cross Hill, was injured when a Yamaha Waverunner exploded while she tried to start it at Lake Greenwood near Moon's Landing in Laurens County. She suffered a fractured vertebrae and was taken to Self Memorial Hospital for surgery. The incident, occurring about 12 30 pm, is under investigation by the Natural Resources Department.
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Columbia
Lake Greenwood
Natural Resources Department
Regina K. Burgess
Cross Hill
Self Memorial Hospital
Natural Resources
Mike Willis
Lauren County
Moon's Landing
Willis
Burgess
Columbia nonprofit expands nationwide bulletproof vest drive
INVEST to Protect Our Law Officers, a South Carolina nonprofit, expands as the federal government frees 75 million over three years to aid vest purchases. The group will assist apartments with half the cost and cites a 50 percent match gap among agencies while noting 25 percent of roughly 150,000 officers lack body armor.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Invest
Michael Letts
Justice Department
Letts
Four new assisted living centers planned in Upstate SC
Four assisted living centers are planned in Anderson Easley Laurens and Gaffney with openings hoped for next spring. Karen Tessier spokeswoman for LAP Care Services Inc said builders identified a need in South Carolina communities and the facilities will provide an affordable alternative to skilled nursing homes.
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Greenville
Upstate
Anderson
Easley
Laurens
Karen Tessier
L.A.P. Care Services Inc
Riedsville
Gaffney
South Carolina
Tessier
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Karen McRae
Sea Pen
Charlie Boseman
Plymouth
Mark Anthony Edwards
Jefferson
Chesterfield County
Jeffery Scott Lewis
Chesnee
Spartanburg
Sociated Press
Craig Floyd
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Slalley’ Upsivalley
Aiken
H&r
H&r Block
Are & Money
HAR
Wheeler Road
Augusta
Batesburg
Johnston, Saluda
Williston, SC
Langley Commun Y Center
Diamond USA
Harriett Wood
Laura Thornsberry
Kathy Cassaro
Judy Nelms
Judith Mellen
Allison Hillman
Sherry Jackson
June Johnson
BANK
Park Ave
North Augusta
Georgia Ave
People’s Community Bank
Propie
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