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          <title>UPDATED: State Senator Ed Tarver Confirmed By U.S. Senate For U.S. Attorney Post</title>
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As Americans celebrate the first anniversary of Barack Obama&#8217;s Presidency, Augusta can also celebrate a first&#8230;as a local State Senator takes his place on the national stage. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Kimberely Scott explains.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:28:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fort Jackson Pauses For Comrades At Fort Hood</title>
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Fort Jackson paused at 2:34 Friday afternoon, along with every other Department of Defense installation, for a moment of silence in honor of those killed and wounded at Fort Hood on Thursday. After the silence, an honor guard lowered the flag to half staff. Then Chaplain Michael Kelly prayed on behalf of the recruits at the 120th Adjutant General (Reception) Battalion. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:22:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Burke County Woman Has Connection To Fort Hood</title>
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The news of the senseless shooting in Texas is impacting many military families across the nation. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Fraendy Clervaud spoke with a woman from Burke County whose husband was training at Fort Hood this summer.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Did Woody Merry Violate Terms Of Court Order?</title>
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It&#8217;s something the state court solicitor says he&#8217;s looking into. We&#8217;re talking about Woody Merry&#8217;s appearence at Thursday&#8217;s Augusta Commission budget hearing. Merry was talking budget, but when his 4-minute time limit was up, he did not want to give it up. Merry is under a court order to not disrupt a public meeting in Augusta and Richmond County for one year, but Thursday&#8217;s outburst was two weeks shy of one year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:21:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sales Tax Increase A Tough Sell</title>
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Augusta Commissioners see it as a solution to balance the budget, and to bring down property taxes: a one percent increase in the city sales tax. But, this easy way out of budget troubles could be hard to come by. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Temporary Road Closures Announced For Columbia County</title>
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We have a couple of upcoming temporary road closures to tell you about in Columbia County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Supreme Court Lifts Avondale Water Rates Injunction</title>
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It&#8217;s another blow for Avondale Mills water customers. The South Carolina Supreme Court has lifted an injunction put into place by the Circuit Court. The injunction said customers couldn&#8217;t be charged the new water rates until they were given notice.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Autopsy Results Returned After Body Found In Warrenville, SC</title>
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According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, the body of a 54-year-old white male was discovered near Warrenville, SC on Friday morning. UPDATE: Autopsy has revealed that Phillip Pennington died of natural causes. An enlarged heart and atherosclerosis were cited as the primary causes. Toxicology results will be available in about two weeks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fort Gordon Marine Run Concludes</title>
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Thursday was the last day of the fifth annual Marine Tribute to the Fallen, at Fort Gordon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Did Woody Merry Go Too Far During Augusta Budget Meeting?</title>
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Woody&#8217;s back, but has he gone too far this time? Political activist Woody Merry addressed city leaders at a public hearing on next year&#8217;s budget, Thursday, but when his 4-minute time limit was up, Merry refused to stop.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:22:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WJBF EXCLUSIVE: WJBF News Channel 6 Talks To Governor Mark Sanford After SC Supreme Court Ruling</title>
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South Carolina Supreme Court rules Governor Mark Sanford cannot keep ethics probe into his travel secret. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Fraendy Clervaud spoke to Governor Sanford after he made an appearance on the &#8220;Austin Rhodes Show&#8221;, on Thursday. We have that raw video of the interview.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:18:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Aiken Employment Office Busy With Unemployment Extensions</title>
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Aiken County&#8217;s unemployment numbers are beginning to go down. But, in the past week, the office has been swamped with people filing unemployment extensions. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Joy Howe has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:46:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Attorney General Candidate Stops by Aiken</title>
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A candidate throwing his hat in the ring for the South Carolina Attorney General&#8217;s position stopped in Aiken Thursday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:45:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Workplace Says Thanks to Vets Who Worked to Protect Freedom</title>
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Veterans Day is fast approaching, and some folks in Aiken are getting ready to show their thanks.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:43:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Could Smaller TEE Center Settle Stalemate?</title>
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The TEE Center has been a Commission dividing, energy sapping, time wasting battle since May, but could a settlement be in the air? Commissioner Corey Johnson says he&#8217;ll support the downtown location if the size of the center is scaled back. But, TEE Center tensions still run high. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:06:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Governor&#8217;s Professor of the Year Awards Presented</title>
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The winners of the 2009 Governor&#8217;s Professor of the Year award were honored Thursday at the State House, in Columbia, SC. Joseph Kasko has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:17:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Major Milestone In Laney Walker Revitalization</title>
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Some major progress is being made in Augusta, when it comes to revitalizing run down neighborhoods. Thursday, a big celebration was going on in the Laney Walker community. Officials revealed the first model home, of what they say the rest of the Laney Walker community will look like, in the near future. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Barclay Bishop has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:05:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Federal Appeals Court Upholds Sex Offender Requirements</title>
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A federal appeals court has upheld an aggressive federal program aimed at tracking and monitoring sex offenders.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Athens&#45;Clarke Police Investigate Murder&#45;Suicide</title>
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Athens-Clarke police are investigating a murder-suicide that started with a woman&#8217;s body found in a parked car about a mile from the University of Georgia campus.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:53:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Limits Some Medicaid Patients To Only 1 Pharmacy</title>
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South Carolina is now requiring some Medicaid recipients who are suspected of abusing prescription drugs to get all of their prescriptions from just one pharmacy. It&#8217;s a pilot program called &#8220;Pharmacy Lock-In&#8221;. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:28:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>TEE Center Move Could Send Hyatt Packing</title>
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Hotel developer warns Augusta city leaders that a planned 130-room Hyatt Place Hotel is dependent on Commissioners going ahead and building the proposed Trade Exhibit and Events Center at the approved site off Reynolds Street. Without the TEE Center it could be check out time for the hotel. Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:18:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Will Race Be An Issue In District One Runoff?</title>
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The District One Augusta Commission race is headed into a runoff between a white and black candidate, and it has people talking. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Paige Tucker reports.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:20:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kroc Center Fundraising Goal Met, Exceeded</title>
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Kroc says, let&#8217;s rock Augusta&#8230;Salvation Army officials say they have reached and even exceeded their fundraising goal of $20 million, in order to build the Kroc Center in Augusta&#8217;s Harrisburg neighborhood. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Fraendy Clervaud has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Mom Of SC Boy Likely Killed By Bug Spray In ICU</title>
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Authorities say the mother of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy likely killed by a fogging bug spray has been placed in intensive care after visiting her other son in the hospital.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Infant Found Dead; Officials Say Pesticide May Be to Blame</title>
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Anderson County deputy coroner Don McCown says at this point they believe the death of an infant was caused by inhaling pesticides. McCown says the mom set off several of the foggers you can pick up at the store, one after another, over the period of a few weeks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:09:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dispatcher Of The Year Award Presented</title>
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He was called &#8220;The Golden Voice.&#8220;&nbsp; Now the late Bob Wylds Sr. will forever be immortalized in an annual honor celebrating the area&#8217;s dispatchers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:39:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Memory Cards Forgotten In 7 Georgia Voting Machines</title>
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Memory cards in seven voting machines were unintentionally left in Atlanta precincts Tuesday night, in a poll worker error that election officials say is not expected to affect the outcome of any race.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:08:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Atlanta&#8217;s Race For Mayor Heads To Runoff</title>
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The race for the next mayor of Atlanta is headed for a runoff after no candidate in a crowded field received a majority of the vote.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:05:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>S.C. Medicaid Targets Prescription Drug Abusers</title>
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A new pilot program designed to curb prescription drug abuse in the Medicaid program has saved the state more than $320,000 since it began in January 2009, according to an analysis by the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).           ]]></description>
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          <title>Horry County Man Accused Of Having Sex With Horse Pleads Guilty</title>
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Circuit Court Judge Larry Hyman sentenced Rodell Vereen, 50, to 5 years in prison, suspended to 3 years in prison and 2 years probation.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Sends Out Duplicate Unemployment Checks, Again</title>
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For the second time in the last few months, the South Carolina Employment Security Commission has sent out duplicate checks. This time, about 150 people have received two checks for their unemployment benefits. Back in July, the agency sent out about 1,250 duplicate checks. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more on what&#8217;s being done to prevent it from happening again.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:37:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Reverse Mortgage Teleconference Held In Columbia</title>
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The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs is using the Internet to educate the public. On Tuesday, the department hosted an online teleconference, or Webinar, aimed at addressing the pros and cons of the reverse mortgage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:21:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Martinez Firefighter Defies All Odds</title>
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They&#8217;re trained to fight fires and save lives, but 13 years ago, one Martinez firefighter almost lost his own. David Pouler defied all odds, and is using his disability to inspire others. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Barclay Bishop has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Williams Wins In Burnettown Mayoral Race</title>
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In South Carolina, voting continues with an Aiken County Council seat up for grabs in North Augusta, and a mayoral race that got heated at the polls Tuesday.&nbsp; Incumbent mayor C.H. Williams won re-election with all precincts accounted for.&nbsp; WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Joy Howe takes a look at election day in Aiken County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:40:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Election Results</title>
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For Augusta commission District 1, a runoff will be scheduled between Matt Aitken and William Fennoy.&nbsp; They were the top vote getters Tuesday night.&nbsp; For District 3, Joe Bowles is the winner.&nbsp; In District 5, William Lockett edges out former commissioner Bobby Hankerson.&nbsp; And in District 9, it&#8217;s a solid win for J.R. Hatney with just over 98 percent of the vote.&nbsp; On the school board side, Patsy Scott will take over for her late husband, longtime educator and board member Joe Scott.&nbsp; Steve Smith wins re-election as Marshal.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:28:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>It&#8217;s No Sale for Historic White&#8217;s Building</title>
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It&#8217;s another no-sale for a downtown Augusta landmark. Downtowners in the know say it&#8217;s not a bad thing it didn&#8217;t sell, Tuesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:32:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dozens Await Swine Flu Vaccine In Aiken County</title>
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Dozens of people stood in line for the H1N1 flu shot in Aiken. The Aiken County Health Department started administering the vaccine at 3:00 p.m., on Tuesday, and will continue until 8:00 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Judge Declares Missing SC Couple Dead</title>
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A judge has declared a South Carolina couple missing for more than a year and a half dead as family members plan a public memorial in Georgia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:53:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Prosecutors Reach Agreement With SC Poultry Plant</title>
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Federal prosecutors are giving a South Carolina poultry plant facing immigration violations two years to get in line with federal practices.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:47:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Georgia PSC Says Charter Bus That Overturned Bus May Have Been Unauthorized</title>
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Morehouse College officials say the company whose name was on a bus that rolled over with band members from the college on board is not the company they hired to transport the band. One of three buses, carrying 42 students, overturned on Interstate 75 on Saturday en route to a football game in Albany.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:26:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kia To Take More Job Applications For GA Plant</title>
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Kia Motors says it will reopen the application process for production and maintenance jobs at its new assembly plant in West Point. The South Korean automobile manufacturer has hired 1,200 employees for the plant, where full production of the Kia Sorento is expected to begin later this month. A second production line is planned for early next year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Gas Leak Closes Road In Columbia County</title>
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A natural gas leak on Hereford Farm Road has caused a temporary road closure between Farmington Subdivision and Blanchard Road. UPDATE: One lane of Hereford Farm Road is in the process of being opened. This is still going to cause congestion in that area&#8230;during this time of day&#8230;so it&#8217;s recommended that motorists use alternate routes, if possible.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:27:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Columbia County Influenza Vaccine Clinic Schedule</title>
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We have the schedule for this week&#8217;s Columbia County H1N1 vaccine clinics.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Stimulus saved, created 16K education jobs in Georgia</title>
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A new federal report shows that more than 16,000 Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus funding.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:16:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Rejects Program Offering Free Cell Phones For Low&#45;Income Families</title>
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Prepaid wireless provider TracFone is trying to bring a program to South Carolina that provides low-income families with free cell phones and free minutes every month, a program it calls SafeLink. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:53:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Prominent Downtown Augusta Building&#8217;s Ownership Could Change Hands On Tuesday</title>
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A big downtown Augusta re-development project could get a new owner on Tuesday. Last summer, it was seen as a symbol of Broad Street resurgence&#8230;it&#8217;s the J.B. White&#8217;s condo project.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:44:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Race For Mayor In Burnettown, SC</title>
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Aiken County voters will decide a couple of races Tuesday. Voters in North Augusta will pick a new county councilman for District 5. Another race getting some attention is the Mayor&#8217;s race in Burnettown.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:07:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 Vaccines Available to Some, Not All In The CSRA</title>
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Counties around the CSRA will begin offering the H1N1 vaccines, including the injectable vaccine for certain groups. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Joy Howe has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Everything&#8217;s Better at Cheddar&#8217;s on Opening Day</title>
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A new restaurant opens in Augusta. The owner talked to WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Paige Tucker about opening in this economy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:13:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Turnout Expected To Be Tiny For Augusta Election</title>
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Tuesday is Election Day, in the Garden City, but Election Officials say the big winner appears to be apathy. Even with three contested Commission races on the ballot, turnout will struggle to top ten percent. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED: Escaped SC Inmate Captured In North Carolina</title>
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The S.C. Department of Corrections is searching for an inmate who walked away from the minimum security Coastal Pre-Release Center in Charleston, on Monday. Vernon Edward Gardner, 42, was discovered missing from the institution about 12:30 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Morehouse College Celebrates Lack Of Deaths In Band Bus Crash</title>
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The Morehouse College community gathered Sunday night to celebrate the lack of serious injuries in Saturday&#8217;s bus crash outside Atlanta.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:55:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Augusta Transit System Gets Stimulus Cash</title>
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Some big bucks are on the way to Augusta&#8217;s bus system thanks to the stimulus bill. The city is getting nearly $3 million in stimulus money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SLED Unveils New Sex Offender Tracking System</title>
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has unveiled a new Web-based system for tracking registered sex offenders.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:07:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Officer Becomes First in SC History To Graduate Academy With Above&#45;the&#45;Knee Prosthetic Leg</title>
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An upstate South Carolina police officer did something Friday that&#8217;s a first in state&#8230;and possibly the nation. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Capitol reporter,&nbsp; Robert Kittle, has the amazing story of the first person to graduate from the SC Criminal Justice Academy&#8230;with an above-the-knee prosthetic leg.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Aiken County Woman Dies From H1N1 Complications</title>
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Aiken, SC&#8212;The H1N1 virus has claimed the life of an Aiken County woman. The coroner has confirmed this is the first death in Aiken linked to the H1N1 virus. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:55:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bus Carrying Band Students Overturns, 13 Taken To Hospital</title>
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Police say a charter bus carrying 42 members of the Morehouse College marching band tipped over after it skidded off Interstate 75, injuring several students on their way to a football game.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:51:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>5th Street Bridge Ramp Reopens In North Augusta</title>
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You might have been able to use it on your way home, Friday. The 5th Street bridge has been closed for several months, but is now reopened to traffic coming from North Augusta.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:17:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Aiken Regional Medical Centers Holds Staff Pumpkin Carving Contest</title>
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It was a spooky contest at Aiken Regional Medical Centers Friday. Staff from all different departments at the hospital put their creative scalpels to use and entered a pumpkin carving contest.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:04:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Could Woody Merry Impact Augusta Commission District 1 Race?</title>
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Political watchdog Woody Merry is back in the political spotlight, holding a public forum this week to rail against city government. Merry is not running for any office, but did have a run-in with one of those running in the Augusta Commission District 1 race. So what, if any, impact will Merry have on the race. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola looks for the answer.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:23:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Why Friday Nights Are More Important Than Ever</title>
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The game has seen its own hits from the economy. Many high schools around the country felt their programs suffer as budget cuts and job losses took them down. But, we went to one school in the middle of an area that&#8217;s seen loss, and found out&#8230;they are still winning, still undefeated. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Joy Howe has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:21:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sex Offenders And Halloween</title>
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Many families across the CSRA are getting ready to celebrate Halloween this weekend with parties and the all time favorite&#8230;trick-or-treating. But, before you send your children out, the Richmond County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has a warning for you. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud for the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:23:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Boeing&#8217;s Job Impact Should In South Carolina Start in Just Weeks</title>
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Boeing is planning to have its new 787 Dreamliner production plant running in South Carolina in 2011, but state Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor says the plant will start having an effect on the state&#8217;s job situation in a matter of weeks, because Boeing plans to break ground in November. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:50 EST</pubDate>
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A mediation session between lawyers for the adult video store X-Mart and the city has been cancelled. Augusta has been able to keep the store from operating on Gordon Highway for the better part of seven years, but this doesn&#8217;t mean the X-Mart could not open its doors in a different location. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:45:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Fallen Come Home To Barnwell</title>
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While President Obama honored the return of eighteen Americans who were killed in Afghanistan, this week, here at home, one group is making sure its heroes who gave their lives for freedom are not forgotten. Thursday morning, the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall arrived in Barnwell County. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Joy Howe has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:08:30 EST</pubDate>
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Officials at the Riverbanks Zoo, in Columbia, have laid out their plans to spend roughly $40 million on renovations. The plans call for the addition of an interactive children&#8217;s garden, new animal exhibits, and an expansion of the zoo&#8217;s entry complex.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:07:49 EST</pubDate>
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Do you have your halloween costume ready, yet? If it involves face paint, be careful. It can have a scary side that has nothing to do with the costume. Diane Lee reports.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:46:54 EST</pubDate>
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Columbia County, in cooperation with Lakeside High School, wishes to inform the driving public of a temporary road closure for all traffic on the northern end of Blue Ridge Drive (between Evans To Locks Road and Fairfield Way). The closure is due to the Lakeside High School Panthers 5K Run, on Saturday, October 31st.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:41:47 EST</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s a fact, something is definitely going &#8220;bump in the night.&#8220; But is this really a &#8220;ghost town?&#8220; Take a look at one of the creepier hauntings in the CSRA tonight on WJBF News Channel 6. But we&#8217;re posting a special sneak preview for you to watch right now!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor Mark Sanford Welcomes Boeing To South Carolina</title>
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According to a press release from Governor Mark Sanford&#8217;s office, the Governor, on Wednesday, issued a statement on Boeing Company&#8217;s announcement of its plan to establish a second production line for the 787 Dreamliner adjacent to the company&#8217;s existing facilities in North Charleston.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:04:42 EST</pubDate>
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According to a press release from Governor Mark Sanford&#8217;s office, the Governor signed, on Thursday, into law Senate bill 374, which extends benefits to the unemployed under the stimulus act. The bill passed with unanimous, bipartisan support and was made necessary by an oversight at the South Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:59:18 EST</pubDate>
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President Barack Obama elected Augusta&#8217;s own Ed Tarver to become the next U.S. Attorney for the southern district of the Georgia. Thursday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the State Senator to the post.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:23:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Augusta Woman&#8217;s Pest Problem Solved After WJBF News Channel 6 Airs Story</title>
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A local woman is crying foul against her landlord. She claims her rental property is infested with unwanted pests and she&#8217;s worried about unsanitary conditions. Count on WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Fraendy Clervaud for the story. UPDATE: And, we are happy to report that just a few minutes after this story was filed the management company did bring a pest control company to Ms. Freeman&#8217;s home and they did find, and more importantly remove, a rat.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:14:55 EST</pubDate>
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A sit down between the city of Augusta and the owners of the X-Mart is not in the cards, at least not now. A mediation session between lawyers for the city and the adult video store scheduled for tomorrow has been called off.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:31:44 EST</pubDate>
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An old home in Harrisburg is getting a new lease on life. It&#8217;s restoration is a joint effort by Homefirst Augusta, the City of Augusta and Wells Fargo. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:24:16 EST</pubDate>
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A former SC state lawmaker resigns from the state prosecutors office! Authorities say 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday, after officers spotted his car in an area known for sex! Police say he was with a stripper, and they found Viagra, and sex toys&#8230;It happened near the Elmwood Cemetery, in downtown Columbia. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, tells us what happened, and why Corning was released without being charged with any crime.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:15:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Trouble With Edgefield&#8217;s Trestle</title>
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A deadly accident this week in Edgefield has city leaders taking up the challenge to do something about a low bridge. Although signs warn truck drivers to go around the 13-foot bridge, Edgefield leaders say it&#8217;s obvious, with the number of accidents they have, the signs are either missed, or ignored. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Joy Howe has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:43:24 EST</pubDate>
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When it comes to inner city development, and a TEE Center&#8230;better late if ever, The special Augusta Commission subcommittee formed to save the two projects has met twice and city leaders can only hope to break the current stalemate, but in the meantime, both major projects suffer. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:39:41 EST</pubDate>
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Some of Augusta&#8217;s Wounded Warriors got to go see KISS, in Atlanta, on Monday night, but for those who couldn&#8217;t, KISS came to see them. Wednesday, some of the band members stopped by the uptown Augusta V.A. Medical Center, on Wrightsboro Road.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:06:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>BREAKING NEWS: Appling, GA Man Will Not Face Felony Charges In Miley Cyrus Stalking Case</title>
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The local man arrested near the set of Miley Cyrus&#8217; latest movie will not face felony charges. The grand jury in Chatham County returned a &#8220;no bill&#8221; after attorneys presented their case against Mark McLeod. The &#8220;no bill&#8221; shows there is insufficient evidence for felony charges. Click for release:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:32:58 EST</pubDate>
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The Georgia World Congress Center Authority is trying to determine what to do with the Georgia Dome.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:25:36 EST</pubDate>
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Authorities say they found seven homemade bombs in a New Jersey man&#8217;s van after a traffic stop in South Carolina. Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams told multiple media outlets a tip led deputies to pull over Mark Stephan Carr on, of Cinnamons, N.J., in Orangeburg around 1 a.m. Tuesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:05:10 EST</pubDate>
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South Carolina schools will have to wait longer to get those h1n1 (swine) flu vaccines. Aiken County School District leaders say they are planning to allow the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to set up clinics in each of their schools and offer the vaccine to students, but DHEC hasn&#8217;t received those vaccines.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:27:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Man Pleads Guilty, Fined $732 In Horry County Wildfire</title>
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A man fined for starting a fire several days before the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history has pleaded guilty and will pay $732. Marc Torchi, of Conway, admitted to not notifying officials of a burn and allowing a fire on his land to spread to the property of a neighbor. But he and his attorney, Paul Taylor, said he is not responsible for the larger wildfire that destroyed 76 homes and damaged nearly 100 others on South Carolina&#8217;s Grand Strand in April.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:41 EST</pubDate>
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Thousands of South Carolinians who are out of work should have their unemployment benefits extended soon, after action Tuesday by state lawmakers. Lawmakers are back in Columbia for what they hope will be a two-day session, to change state law to qualify for federal money to extend unemployment benefits. About 7,000 people had their benefits run out, last week, because the state had not made the change. State Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter sponsored a bill back in April that would have done it&#8230;but it didn&#8217;t pass. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:25:40 EST</pubDate>
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The &#8220;Great Debate&#8221;, or at least, &#8220;the latest debate&#8221; for those who want to serve on Augusta&#8217;s commission.&nbsp; The Imperial Theatre downtown the spot Tuesday night.&nbsp; 9 candidates&#8230;3 seats up for grabs on the commission&#8230;1 night.&nbsp; Districts 1&#8230;3&#8230;and 5 on the ballot next Tuesday&#8230;so this one of the last chances to convince those so-called swing voters that still haven&#8217;t made up their mind. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Barclay Bishop has more.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:37:13 EST</pubDate>
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A big TV star, who isn&#8217;t as big a star as he used to be, was at Blakeney Elementary School, Tuesday, giving out prizes to winners of the Subway Fresh fitness competition. Jared Fogle, who says he lost a lot of weight by eating at Subway, gave out the awards Tuesday. The awards were for students showing how they stay healthy and fit. They could use video or posters to show how they stay in better shape.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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Students at A. Brian Merry Elementary School in Augusta got a special treat today from one of the past Harlem Globetrotters. Tyrone &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; Brown wowed the crowd with tricks and spins and taught the students some of the routine.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:53:26 EST</pubDate>
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There are three new ways to help save lives in Aiken County&#8230;These new ambulances rolled into Aiken EMS, paid for with the county&#8217;s one cent sales tax.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:36:20 EST</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s a major civil rights law, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and audit teams from the U.S. Justice Department are in the Garden City to see if Augusta is following the law. Violations will need to be corrected at the city&#8217;s expense. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s George Eskola has the story.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:39:43 EST</pubDate>
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Some local Wounded Warriors got to rock and roll all night with a different Army&#8230;the KISS Army. Some of those Wounded Warriors, based in Augusta, were special guests of KISS at the band&#8217;s show in Atlanta, Monday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:34:05 EST</pubDate>
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Enrollment has skyrocketed at Georgia&#8217;s technical colleges since last year, hitting an all-time record.           ]]></description>
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Higher than average rainfall in the CSRA is doing a lot for local lakes. WJBF News Channel 6&#8217;s Paige Tucker compared the dangerously low levels of 2009 to now.           ]]></description>
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A group of environmentalists from six states have met with Environmental Protection Agency officials. The group is demanding a revamp of the agency they blame for chronic environmental missteps that may have endangered countless minority families across the South.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina lawmakers will not consider a move to impeach Republican Gov. Mark Sanford anytime soon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:43 EST</pubDate>
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The former finance director of South Carolina&#8217;s social services agency has agreed to plead guilty to stealing more than $5 million from the agency. A plea agreement filed Monday shows Paul Moore is pleading guilty to mail fraud and theft of government funds.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:53:53 EST</pubDate>
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South Carolina state senators have approved an economic incentive package that appears tailored to bring a massive Boeing assembly facility to North Charleston.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:50:23 EST</pubDate>
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Columbia County Traffic Engineering wishes to inform the driving public of a temporary road closure at Hightower Drive between Roberts Road and Haley Road beginning Wednesday, October 28th at 7:00 a.m. through Friday, October 30th at 6:00 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:40:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sandra McVicker Named Interim President/CEO Of MCG Health Inc.</title>
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Sandra I. McVicker, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at MCG Health, Inc., has been named Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of MCG Health, Inc. effective immediately.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:13:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC State Lawmakers Return To Columbia For Special Session</title>
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State lawmakers are back in Columbia, on Tuesday, to fix an oversight that is keeping the state from extending unemployment benefits. Lawmakers needed to change a state law, to make the state eligible for extra stimulus money from Washington, to extend those benefits. One state lawmaker also plans to introduce an impeachment resolution against Governor Mark Sanford. That&#8217;s expected to be sent to a committee,with no further action Tuesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:52 EST</pubDate>
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