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Pew: Half of US adults own tablet or smartphone 1 Oct 2012 | 04:08 pm
WASHINGTON — Americans' news habits are on the move. Half of all adult Americans now own either a tablet computer or a smartphone, and one-third use their mobile devices to view news stories and vide...
White House says it thwarted cyberattack 1 Oct 2012 | 04:06 pm
By JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON — The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system but says it thwarted the effort. A White House official said the attack targeted an unclass...
COLUMN: Smile, you're on surveillance camera 1 Oct 2012 | 03:42 pm
By GENE OWENS Advice to apprentice hold-up guys and gals: The next time you hit a convenience store, look straight into the surveillance camera and smile. That should enable you to execute your robb...
Retired school superintendent Joe Brooks dies at 81 1 Oct 2012 | 04:47 am
By Rob Novit If he hadn't been her boss for several years, said retired Aiken principal LaWana McKenzie, she would have loved to have Dr. Joe Brooks as a next-door neighbor. Brooks, 81, died Friday....
Groups focus on breast cancer this month 1 Oct 2012 | 04:47 am
By Stephanie Turner More than 3,500 women are estimated to get breast cancer this year, and that is in South Carolina alone, according to the American Cancer Society. October is National Breast Canc...
Dancers get ready to cavort for a cause 1 Oct 2012 | 04:47 am
by Melanie Herbold Dancing with the Aiken Stars kicked off its third year on Sunday with the announcement of the dancers at Newberry Hall. Dancers for this year include Beth Barranco and Buzz Rich; ...
Aiken Standard to launch improved website 1 Oct 2012 | 04:47 am
By Melissa Hanna Readers of aikenstandard.com will notice a new look to our website beginning Tuesday morning. We have revamped our site to make readability and usability much easier. The site intro...
Bryant field goal leads Falcons to win over Panthers 1 Oct 2012 | 04:38 am
By PAUL NEWBERRY FALCONS 30, PANTHERS 28 ATLANTA - Matt Ryan took an awful beating. Another win for the Atlanta Falcons will make the pain a lot easier to take. Shaking off a career-high seven sac...
SEC East showdown ahead 1 Oct 2012 | 04:38 am
BY DARRYL SLATER LEXINGTON, Ky. - Since he arrived at South Carolina in 2005, coach Steve Spurrier has accomplished several firsts for the Gamecocks, and chief among them is a trip to the 2010 Southe...
NFL Capsules for Oct. 1 1 Oct 2012 | 04:38 am
ASSOCIATED PRESS TEXANS 38, TITANS 14 HOUSTON - Danieal Manning and Kareem Jackson returned interceptions for touchdowns and Matt Schaub threw two TD passes. Arian Foster had a touchdown run for th...
