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- 13 deaths in Midwest tied to heat wave Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:33AMThe heat was on Monday for millions of Americans from the Upper Midwest to Texas and Oklahoma, where roads buckled and poultry farmers deployed fans and watered rooftops to protect flocks.
- Personal Health: News and Notes Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:43AMPoor people would have healthier diets if their neighborhoods had more supermarkets and fewer fast-food outlets - or so many community and public health activists argue.
- Ashlee Rioux fights for hoops dream Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:37PMAshlee Rioux endured so many injuries playing high school basketball that doctors and coaches advised her to walk away from her dreams of playing college hoops. But in the end -- though her body had been twisted, torn and broken -- her desire to play proved indestructible.
- Phil McPherson: Go West for Oil Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:29PMPhil McPherson: Go West for Oil Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (7/14/11) http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/10237 The new California
- This is a Special Report On Labor Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:53AMThe U.S. labor market has barely improved since the recession officially ended two years ago. Nearly one in 10 workers remain unemployed, and job creation has stagnated. Archaic labor laws restrict employee involvement in the workplace while forcing many workers to support unions they oppose. Government-employee unions use their enormous political influence to maintain special privileges ...
- Former Bulldog lineman continuing pursuit of professional MMA career Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:41AMJoe Council sat up and surveyed the scene in front him.
- High heat index has HCFR medics working overtime Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:34PMHorry County Fire Rescue says they have had a higher than usual volume of calls to heat related sickness Wednesday. On any given summer day, they might get a couple of calls for heat illness. By Wednesday afternoon, they had gotten more than six times that.
- Habitat plans meetings for interested owners Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:15PMHabitat for Humanity will have a meeting for those interested in becoming Habitat homeowners at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Habitat for Humanity office, 825 N. Anderson Road, Rock Hill, and at 6 p.m.
- A Home Run in Print Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:48AMJames Harley’s cover story on the remarkable back-to-back College World Series championship wins by USC’s baseball team is some of the best sports writing I have read in years (Cover story, “ Cock-A-Doodle-Two ,” July 6).
- The 10 states that are losing children the fastest Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:52AMThe portion of the U.S. population that is under 15 years of age has dropped slightly during the last decade, and the ripple effect of this already has repercussions on the economy.
- Work begins on $3.5M transit system building Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:23PMLess than two years after public transportation was reintroduced to the area, ground was broken Tuesday for a new transit center.
- Firestorm: Unique Research Lab Engineers Ember Attack Test to Promote Safety Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:58PMThe Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) Research Center is a unique, state-of-the-art, multi-risk applied research and training facility on a 90-acre parcel of land in Chester County, South Carolina, approximately 45 minutes south of the Charlotte Airport. This facility will significantly advance building science by enabling researchers to more fully and accurately evaluate ...
- Wake Up Call: Copper Thieves Cost Churches Millions Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:28PMChurches in the United States have lost tens of millions of dollars to copper thieves, and stand to lose even more money if security measures aren’t put in place, the Christian Security Network (CSN) reports.
- Acoustic guitarist will perform free concert at Fewell Park Tuesday Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 3:36PMChris Holder will perform on acoustic guitar at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for the Summer Concert in the Park series at Fewell Park, Alexander Road in Rock Hill. The concert is free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and picnic.
- Jets draftee Ellis gets assault trial rescheduled Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:33PMNew York Jets draft pick Kenrick Ellis, originally scheduled to stand trial next Tuesday in Hampton, Va., for felony assault, received a continuance and was re-scheduled for Nov. 28, an official from the Hampton Circuit court said Friday.
- Genius Parenting Trick: Why I Let My Husband Play Bad Cop Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:48AMOn June 1, 2011, my family of four—myself, my husband, my 11-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter—moved out of our home in the Orlando suburbs and into a 24-foot RV. Our plan is to travel around the United States for a year, living on a small bit of savings and my income as a freelance writer and professional blogger.
- Canadian women need to pick up the pieces Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 4:40PMAfter a disastrous tournament, Canadians have to get ready for Olympic qualifying and then another World Cup on home turf
- Preseason 120: No. 45 UCF Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:07AMUCF, led by quarterback Jeff Godfrey, should be right in the thick of the C-USA East title race in 2011.
- SC fireworks stands under new regulations Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:11PMToday is the busiest day of the year at fireworks stands in South Carolina, and those stands are operating under some tighter regulations. South Carolina lawmakers passed the regulations and they took effect in June 2010, but most people don’t know about them and parts of the new regs are just now being implemented.
- Comer SDP: Working together toward a common goal Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 8:00AMDr. Camille Cooper of Yale University’s Child Study Center uses the analogy of an ordinary egg carton to best explain the way the highly-regarded and globally recognized Comer School Development Program works.
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