Story archive for August 2008
Monday, Sept. 1
Sunday, Aug. 31
- S.C. labor force aging: Baby boomers and quasi-retired boost older worker population
- TriCounty Link expanding routes to Dorchester, Berkeley; All rides for free for next three months
- Thrill rides don't make ruckus
- Proposal to increase fines for tampering with livestock fences, gates
- More than $800,000 and a plan to stop violence
- It will take more than cookies to fix up this house
- S.C. Republicans eagerly await their turn
- Tigers' ground game grinds to halt as Alabama swamps Clemson
- Liberty 49, North Greenville 10
- Wofford 38, Presbyterian 21
- Valdosta State 14, Newberry 9
- Spurrier waits on decision
- Crumbling roads, bridges become big money-making gambits
- Why some recording companies avoid iTunes
- Are you thinking more about your 401(k) plan?
- Hydrox cookie's comeback a big deal for fans
- REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
- Magnolia's new volunteer project
- Both story, original a bit bland
- Burke's prose still beautiful
- Disenchanted man seeks 'real' wife
- Author provides beautiful literary experience
- Novel worth a read for human element
- St. Francis biography has errors
- Murder tale will grab readers from outset
- Home sellers learn tough lessons
- Tile options
- This standby in the landscape hard to kill
- Clever cover-ups
- Learn about building with salvage
- Saving money in a bathroom
- Get cooking with solar oven
- Pick a sofa for comfort, lifestyle and decor
- Baseball iron clock hits homer as a rarity
- Decorating bedroom all about mood
- Found kittens purrfect pets
- PET BRIEFS
- PET CALENDAR
- Good avian reference books out there
- STIRRING IT UP WITH ... CARL PIONTEK
- Local reader provides unidentified tall herb
- Foundation working to preserve black church
- 'Festival for the soul' to stop here
- Faith leaders offer words of wisdom
- Leaving positive trace on trek through nature
- Muslims to observe Ramadan
- Firm designs HALOs charm
- NOTES & EVENTS
- FAITH Q and A
- Some brides make cuts, others splurge
- Maltin forges his own persona as film critic
- Faculty exhibit in the party mood
- Author expects more in series
- Powerful playwright passes
- SUNDAY CALENDAR
- When less isn't always more
- 'Shrek' on Broadway; Radcliffe in 'Equus'
- HAPPENINGS
- Twin Cities' political past unveiledIf you go
- TRAVEL Q and A
- The Gloved One turns 50
- Deaths and Funerals
- Deaths Summary
- Officials enlist public to help catch firebug
- Hard Times at Hard Rock
- To our readers
- Prostitution persists despite police efforts
- No easy fix for expensive problem
- Public survey on toll road reveals split views
- Red Cross volunteers step up
- Boaters push for kill-switch
- Reception to honor women
- John'sIsland woman hit, killed by car
- Politicians reach out on Internet
- 2 dead in motorcycle, car collision
- Bulldogs christen stadium makeover by grilling Webber
- GARDEN CALENDAR
- Dawgs collar Eagles
- No. 22 Penn State 66, Coastal Carolina 10
- Bulldogs shut out
- Furman 62, Mars Hill 14
- Better late than never
- Jordan shines in emergency start
- CITADEL - HOW THEY SCORED
- Johnson hoping for a repeat of last year
- Sisters closer to showdown
- One-on-One with Nelson Akwari
- Final picks ahead for the Ryder Cup
- ACES
- Stall renames football field for longtime staffer Davis
- Fort falls victim to late comeback
- Beloved former bad guy Kowalski dies at 81
- TNA on verge of getting Foley from WWE
- New film raises disability issues
- Letters to the Editor
- Funding support needed to eliminate early releases
- Hurt feelings are hard to heal
- Targeted cuts best answer to state's budget shortfall
- Yes, we can celebrate racial progress
- Another win for Ed Sloan, S.C.'s top citizen watchdog
- Watching over the waters
Saturday, Aug. 30
Friday, Aug. 29
- Man alleges sex assault decade later
- Family sues Hanahan police
- $16.6 million plan targets numerous N. Charleston projects
- Appointments necessary for Berkeley, Dorchester residents seeking aid
- Citadel unveils bulldog monument
- North Charleston's bond rating upgraded
- Man cut in early-morning robbery; police arrest suspects
- District 2 board pares down referendum
- Interstate work crews to take holiday weekend off, resume Tuesday
- Krawcheck: fortunate and grateful
- 28 injured in West Columbia bus crash, none seriously
- Police: Aerosol chemicals caused Anderson explosion
- Palin gets thumbs up from S.C. Republicans
- Force Protection says 2007 earnings will be lower than 2006
- Arrest made in Folly Beach hit-and-run; victim's condition improving
- McCain chooses Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for V.P.
- No more money for erosion problem at Hunting Island
- Man shot in head in Stratton Capers is in critical condition
- Coast Guardsman awaiting extradition to New Hampshire
- Freightliner cuts 225 more jobs at Gaffney plant
- Woman who shot herself in head at Columbia hospital dies
- Aiken firefighter charged with starting fires
- Air-conditioning units theft targets
- Driver killed when car strikes tree
- Deputies seeking St. Stephen man
- Obama outlines his vision for America
- Sitting on top of the world
- Labor Day 5
- Word 5
- This week's puzzle romances the light
- Robots replacing humans inspire humorous quips
- 'Frozen River' star a natural
- 'The Shield' gears up for its final season
- Peru fuels fashion fleece
- FASHION BRIEFS
- FASHION Q and A
- Cruce opens against his former team
- BERKELEY BRIEFS
- BERKELEY RECREATION REPORT
- Stratford shows its spirit again
- EAST COOPER BRIEFS
- Rollings is 'showcase' state school Staff report
- EAST COOPER RECREATION REPORT
- WEST ASHLEY BRIEFS
- WEST ASHLEY RECREATION REPORT
- IOP Council approves workplace-smoking ban
- Deaths and Funerals
- Deaths Summary
- McCain silent on selection
- Speech draws local Dems
- To our readers
- Transient vendors face new law today
- Coalition hoping for sea change as ocean levels rise
- Tourism group to get bigger slice
- It's still no holiday at the fuel pump
- Police make arrests in string of robberies
- Jury finds ports authority not responsible in accident
- Pendley portrait unveiled at USC
- 3 more arrested in immigration case
- Boy, 15, accused of raping girl on school bus
- BB&T's CEO stepping down
- Designer, builder of 2 plants would get $6.4B
- Freezers hot as families combat high food prices
- Discount retail site takes off
- Business Briefs
- Alabama pressure prepared Clemson's Bowden to coach
- Charleston Southern no match for the Hurricanes
- This year looks like last season
- Depth will benefit Cougs this season
- Home cooking
- Williams, RiverDogs belt Braves
- Loring video primer for speed in Sunfish
- Dogs to play host to Iowa
- Air of mystery with Bama DL 'Big Cody'
- 400,000 reasons to leave happy
- SCORING DRIVES
- Iraq War veteran dies after beating
- Iraqi symbol of renewal
- Take storm veterans' advice
- Now Barbie can move forward
- Hurricane hazard should be heeded
- Biden can bring S.C. into play
- Letters to the Editor
- Chemical in brain linked to obesity
- Diabetes treatment shows promise
- Infection linked to preterm delivery
- Preventing cerebral palsy in preemies
- Beating drug addiction
- Sanford, Legislature play he said/they said game
- Pot suspect has history of just saying yes
- Obama's night
- Kiawah sand spit bill gets ax
- Friends of Hunley get new chairman
- Investigators still baffled by blazes
- An easy way to eat less
- Defense, Smelley sparkle as Gamecocks shut out Wolfpack
- City has know-how for flood-relief project, but no funds
- Lowcountry standings
- Tonight's key matchups
- HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
- 'Erase the pain'
- Pot suspect has history of just saying yes
- McCain silent on selection
- Obama's night
- Davis shines in fourth
Thursday, Aug. 28
- New N. Charleston law targets property where transient vendors operate
- Special-needs student reports she was raped on her bus
- SPA not negligent in worker's death, jury says
- Convention and Visitors Bureau gets more county lodging tax money
- West Side flooding: a $130 million problem
- Rising seas threaten Lowcountry
- Deputies name suspect in hit-and-run case
- Scana releases power generator design-build costs
- Computer executive giving Clemson $2.5 million
- Portrait unveiled of student killed in beach blaze
- Pot suspect accused in similar '04 case
- Police make arrest in cabbie, delivery-driver robberies
- USC Football: The Wait Is Over
- Watchdog Update: Rep. Brown: Friend or foe of the coast?
- Driver killed in single-car wreck
- Fire rips through another vacant home downtown
- Ground broken for farmers market
- Patient shoots self with officer's gun
- Woman escapes mobile home fire
- Man arrested on child porn charges
- 3 men arrested in cocaine case
- Suspect arrested in club shooting
- Clyburn speech transcript
- Matthews Sports Grill
- ROAD SHOWS
- FLASHBACK
- OPENING FRIDAY
- Music video reinvented on Web
- Action thriller 'Traitor' tries to remain unbaised
- 'American Teen' shows real high school life
- 'Secret Life of Bees' to be screened here
- HIGH FIVE
- Living legend, Stanley will headline Sunday's event at Boone Hall
- HEAD2HEAD TRIVIA
- FUEL could use some tweaking, still a lot of fun
- Madden 09 hopes special promotion will lure women to game
- CHEW ON THIS
- BEHIND BARS
- Matthews is right up any sports fan's Alley
- JAMES ISLAND PARKS
- Let's use the energy resources we have
- Springsteen memorable even for nonfan
- Keepsakes Florist blooms
- JAMES ISLAND LOOKING
- JAMES ISLAND BLOTTER
- Pre-emergent control can get ahead of winter weeds
- Walking on water
- It's hard to keep up with Joneses
- Colorful entry wins 2009 contest
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Grape stomping
- Nighttime right time to see D.C.
- Nontoxic fixes repel pesky pests
- Rising water?
- Kayaking Cape Romain
- MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- Springsteen memorable even for nonfan
- CHARLESTON COUNTY PARKS
- Tattoo artists advise customers to do research before choosing
- Cane Bay choir, band directors work to build new program
- Mayor, council hope third try for legality the charm
- A first: Town gets share of state bingo tax
- WEST ASHLEY RECREATION
- Springsteen concert memorable even for nonfan
- Keepsakes' business blooms as florist continues to evolve
- DO YOU KNOW?
- DO YOU KNOW?
- POLICE BLOTTER
- Basket weaving endures from African tool to American art
- COLUMBIA HONORS
- ISLE OF PALMS REC
- A former real estate agent finds fulfillment in the bag
- DO YOU KNOW?
- POLICE BLOTTER
- SEWEE CENTER
- MOUNT PLEASANT RECREATION
- Even for a nonfan, Springsteen memorable
- Children's coordinator helping library play role in community
- DO YOU KNOW?
- Black belts earned by 3 siblings
- Even the police enjoy a good Firework Show
- EVENTS
- Local 'Rhino' will soon be drawing larger crowds
- HERE, LISTEN TO THIS
- Ask Elsa
- Barr coming to Citadel
- Clyburn timeline
- 'Bees' will have local preview
- Deaths Summary
- Deaths and Funerals
- Dream couldn't wait
- State offers simple report on finances
- Tear down barriers of intolerance, Clyburn urges
- Cutter Dallas takes supplies to Georgia
- Teens caught up in broken system
- Shooting victim still in hospital
- Superintendents call for funding reform
- A life that was all about the music
- Heading to war zones
- Parish granted legal aid
- Lawyer: Man hit by accident
- Request to reduce sentence denied
- Regions Bank robbed
- Enforcement of 2-6 a.m. alcohol sales ban begins
- Police officer assaulted
- Charter school awaits fate
- Discussion to focus on rising sea levels
- Police investigating school vandalism
- Prep school for dropouts is Army effort to fill ranks
- Judge OKs cameras in court
- Hearings on nuclear plant still not set
- Focus on better economic climate
- Spring St. to become sneaker central
- Experiment goes to suburbia
- Business Briefs
- Developers propose large industrial parks
- Alas, the TD Club is dead
- Buccaneers buckle up for Hurricanes
- Loyalties split for Danny Ford
- Charleston Classic puts Cougars in prime-time slot
- RiverDogs go out at home in style
- Vest 'adjusts' to new role
- No game suspension likely for McDaniel
- Blackwell high on LB corps
- Can anybody pull another App State?
- Cougs men picked third in SoCon
- Odessa files for protection
- $2M pot bust suspect surrenders
- Flooding damages 2 Upstate bridges
- Bluegrass and Barbecue
- LUNCH COUNTER
- FAMILY CIRCLE TENNIS CENTER
- Victims of parole
- Council votes against Washington trip
- PICK 3
- The birds and the ... chiggers?
- Letters to the Editor
- High cost of Medicare fraud
- Wise energy-efficiency upgrade
- Too few court sessions contribute to crowded detention center
- Drug lowers blood pressure in teens
- Can you spot the cancer myths?
- At The Gibbes Museum
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Tuesday, Aug. 26
Monday, Aug. 25
Sunday, Aug. 24
- Woman shot at psychic’s office
- South Carolinians will decide name of state's new test
- Earth-friendly lifestyle finds sustenance close to home
- City condos rise at Longborough
- Roving marker reappears in new spot
- Slain drug dealer was Iraqi refugee
- Live oak in Berkeley could be among the big ones
- Charleston County headed toward financial hard times
- Amber alert canceled, missing Lancaster Co. girl found
- Probation and parole: how it plays out on the streets
- Flip side of sky-high oil prices: Boom greases W. Texas economy
- Soaring heating oil prices spark firewood demand
- Blue-collar blues: Skilled trades seek workers
- Real estate transactions
- Letters to the Editor
- Buy used buses to offset funding cuts
- Improve education efficiency
- A 'crucial time' for NATO
- 2008 Southeastern Conference Preview
- A typical SEC street fight
- The 2-minute drill with South Carolina senior receiver Kenny McKinley
- Six things South Carolina must do to break through with an eight-win season
- One-on-One with Darren Goldwater
- Small bath, big style
- Even science-based gardening can be subjective
- Multitasking tool
- Nothing personal
- Technique can bring top dollar
- Gardeners flex green thumbs during botanical contests
- Suggestions for using movers
- Guinea pig blends right in
- Pet Briefs
- Pet calendar
- Dog's smarts depends on owner
- Worm your way to better garden
- Garden calendar
- Late-season flower showy
- What should you do when nature takes its course?
- Systems recycle greywater
- Floor covering adds life to a room's decor
- Small dining room needs unified style
- 19th-century silver servers unusual
- Don't be chicken! Clock ticking on poultry contest
- Stirring it up with ... Kelly Bragg
- Titanic exhibit
- Author honored
- Take ride on 'smooth, funky side' of town
- Hiking and biking around Bavaria, Tyrol
- Artist, inventor, matchmaker?
- 'African Origins' at Gibbes
- Sunday calendar
- Powerful tale based on 'Hamlet'
- Drug giant on trial
- Tangled text taints book about the West
- Unexpected twists in lives of stunt experts
- 'Reinventing Knowledge' lacks focus
- Bizarre tale about identity
- Happenings
- Historical drama drives plot
- Denver's colorful history on display all over city
- Travel Q & A
- Rose-filled city reveres the arts
- Kay Ryan, U.S. poet laureate
- Graham movie catches flak from evangelist's son
- Celebrating equality
- Notes and events
- Deaths and Funerals
- Deaths Summary
- Relay Rebound
- Wolves shut down Carolina Forest
- 2-headed turtle's name is just right
- Aquarium folks very egg-cited over Big Mama's hardy output
- Questions linger in surfer's death
- Farmer's Market to get major makeover
- A Public at Risk
- Roadwatch
- Event highlights living culture of Sea Islands
- Charleston can expect more rain
- Ramsey brings message of living without debt
- Victim's condition unknown
- Is the past behind them?
- Bulletin board
- Seemed like old times at Fanfest
- Injuries dog Citadel during camp
- Ranking the top 10 football teams in Lowcountry
- Smith's 4 TDs carry Cougs
- Barbie rod and reel lands record catfish
- The poetry of college football
- Growing Together
- U.S. men, women sweep 4x400 relays, making up for earlier baton gaffes
- Aces
- Norton helps end six-game slide
- Nightcap lead squandered in split
- Fishburne, Carter to represent United States
- U.S. Am a lipout for Palmetto State
- City, fire union build closer ties
- Local leaders weigh in on Obama's VP selection
- Time to rethink the age to drink
- If not VP, what's next in Sanford's future?
Saturday, Aug. 23
Friday, Aug. 22
Thursday, Aug. 21
- Noisette family to gather
- On the block: Local builder struggles in bad market
- Saggy pants outlaws?
- ACLU is seeking input from public
- Cost of school supplies adds up
- Protected Vehicles sold to American LaFrance owner
- Baby who allegedly suffered child abuse dies two years after injuries
- Berkeley schools set meetings on new superintendent
- First day of school starts early at Ashley Ridge
- Governor calls on people to oppose across-the-board budget cuts
- Schematic designs for Concord Park ready for review
- Nearly 500 pounds of pot seized by N. Charleston police
- Hospital death rates revealed
- Charleston County looking for Green Ribbon Committee members
- Beaufort Marine accused of fatal accidental shooting
- Suspect crashes in West Ashley, flees
- EDC forfeits control of Head Start money
- NFL Players Association head Gene Upshaw dies
- Coastal Carolina football player charged with sexual assault
- Coast Guard to host multinational training
- Entrance detour at N. Chas. Municipal Court
- Weather Service: Possible flooding problems today, rip currents and gusty winds
- 2 killed in crash with fuel truck in Sumter County
- 'Bottle' a bit uneven, but still shows taste
- Let the racing begin
- Bike for MS
- Mount Pleasant Junior Regatta sets sail Saturday
- World's fastest swimsuit
- Outdoor center in Berkeley
- Hell Hole Outdoor Center kickoff
- Getting back on track for 5K
- HOT TICKETS
- Mark your calendar
- ROAD SHOWS
- sound off
- West Ashley lineman hopes to be responsible for turning Wildcats around
- Wando linebacker not forgetting his Pennsylvania roots
- The Nooge rocks out
- Opening Friday
- Something's a bit rotten in Tucson in 'Hamlet 2'
- 'Rocker' engaging but plays a familiar tune
- 'Death' is quick, but not too deep
- French Film Festival comes to Sottile
- Ahsoka strong addition
- DVD VIDEO
- CHEW ON THIS
- VIDEO DVD
- Navigating the video-game world can be tough for parents of young kids
- BEHIND BARS
- LUNCH COUNTER
- Romantic Fulton Five good to keep on your culinary radar
- Grammy nominated singer to play the Windjammer
- EVENTS
- Candlebox still burns bright after all these years
- Too cool for school
- A taste of 'Buffalo' in North Charleston
- Football tailgating at CSU, Citadel fun for families
- Deaths Summary
- Deaths and Funerals
- One that didn't get away
- Gators ready to sink teeth into region title
- Ask Elsa
- Power seen as threat
- Thunder Bolt
- Giuliani to give keynote; Lieberman also to speak
- Biden emerges as top choice for No. 2 spot
- Pair of defensemen sign
- Bullpen to the rescue
- Crusaders look beyond disappointing 2007 season
- Daredevil kite surfer has Charleston ties
- Panel rebuffs GOP on new hearing on Collins
- S.C. State hopes big change will lead to major success
- Michelle Obama may visit
- Bulldogs, Del. St. cream of MEAC
- Experts agree: Bulldogs a Top 25 team
- Rescue from dangling cab
- Childers finally suiting up
- Cougs' Yearwood on men's soccer watch list
- Driver crashes taxi after hearing threat
- USC president against change
- Poker players to get hearing
- Feathered friends from off
- Fuel costs push bus fares up
- Paid sick days advocated
- Peddlers banned from King St.
- Food prices likely to stay high
- Business Briefs
- Today's numbers
- AirTran ending Savannah service
- Hundreds attend vigil for victim of shooting
- Mayor, council sworn in
- Blacks urged to join climate debate
- Center expands to aid children
- Celebrate charter momentum
- Nuclear deal good for world
- Down-to-earth Olympian
- Gender impacts asthma severity
- Worry disrupts sleep of caregivers
- New testing may help predict dementia
- Arsenic linked to diabetes?
- Letters to the Editor
- 6 things you must know about your medications
- Timberland senior trying to make sure his last season is memorable
- Not so cool
- Three-way battle shaping up in Region 6-A
- Six 8-man teams jump into SCISA Class A
- Wide-open race for 8-AAA crown
- Cane Bay, Ashley Ridge look to contend
- Patriots are locked and loaded for '08
- Smith excited about getting a chance to see action on both offense and defense
- Hanahan, Timberland and Georgetown overview
- Dining spots bid farewell
- B vitamins don't help heart patients
- Hey Bow, let's shoot some archery
- Show me 'The Munny'
- Satin gets a home
- Stags still have target on their backs
- Move from running back to quarterback has paid dividends for Fort Dorchester's Bennett
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Tuesday, Aug. 19
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