Story archive for August 2008

Monday, Sept. 1

• Week in Review

• 'The Fonze' to help rev up Realtors

• EXECUTIVE ITEMS

• MEMOS

• DISTINCTIONS

• BUSINESS CALENDAR

• Insurer first step in appealing claim denial

• Progress on airline checkpoints

• Don't let catty co-workers control your emotions

• How to handle friends who owe you money

• Skill building eases transitions as automakers shrink work force

• Ethanol producer has burning ambition

• Know rights in dealing with debt

• Market volatility unnerving, not unusual

• RECALLS

• Tape measure

• Chew gum, get well

• Shopping smarter

• Massage chairs offer magic touchLoungers provide comfort and temporary pain relief

• Changing your lifestyle to fight hypertension

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• S.C. work force is aging

• Fixing this house will take more than selling cookies

• Bill a response to horses' deaths

• COMING UP

• Dead whale washes ashore

• Program aims to blunt violence

• City searching for federal help on drainage

• Watercraft collision victim rescued

• The Gamecocks' two-headed monster?

• Clemson now focusing on bouncing back after tasting defeat

• Federer just keeps on rolling

• Johnson dominates Fontana

• BRAGGIN' RIGHTS BAROMETER

• Horn lands first Palmetto State commitment

• Cougars fall to Charlotte

• TIGERS REPORT CARD

• Global warming's local threat

• Setbacks for al-Qaida

• Editor, park that pencil

• Letters to the Editor

• Skin cancer may lead to other cancers

• Cancer education needed

• Treadmill helps post stroke

• Fat causing diseases

• Impoverishment of the middle class

• Parents' role as their child's first and best teacher

• Republicans ready for their turn

• Storm top priority

• Obama inspires Africans

• 9 protesters arrested in St. Paul

• Thriller’s waves more like a splash

• Plan for grappling with growth heads to council

• SLED to enter auditor probe

• Gibbes visitors dialed in to tour

• Green is color of new industrial park

• Real estate channel off air until advertisers sign on

• Banking companies post profits in S.C.

• Don't fall for these label tricks

• Breathe, eat and live life better

• Cruise applauds 'Valkyrie'

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

• Motorcycle and car collision takes two lives

• Engine kill switch could have helped injured boater

• SLED to study auditor's office report

• State politics branching out on the Web

• Fighting mold in the Lowcountry

• Myrtle Beach writer took unconventional publishing path

• Gadfly in the estuary

• Maltin's latest movie guide out

• Officials turn up the heat on arson investigation

• Upper King prostitution a problem, residents say, but situation improving

• Lawyer wants man tried as juvenile

• Deadline set for Farm Bill programs

• Columbia patient who shot self dies

• Walker lifts Lakewood over Colleton County

• Man reports being beaten, robbed

• 5 of 11 stolen dogs back with owners

• Tigers edge Wave

• Cohen leads Wildcats past Dolphins

• R'Dogs pound Rome

• Bruins deny Knights

• Stags stage rally

• Trojans top Gators

• Bearcats pin shutout on Wando

• McDaniel won't face suspension

• PICK 3

• Getting 'Closer'

• Heart honors given

• Rivers playing herself in series

• Going for gold

• Lawyer's life, career run like clockwork

• Rare Emmy history revealed

• Downturn hasn't slowed loan fraud

• Elder elegance

• Indigo condos planned on Ashley River

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Tigers refuse to overlook Crimson Tide

• Victim in hit and run improving

• Man in mid-20s claims sexual assault more than decade ago

• Bronze bulldog on guard at Citadel

• McCain's surprise

• Ask Elsa

• S.C. voices offer praise, criticism

• Dems return home revved up

• Sanford to speak at convention

• Fresh Start

• Officials trim $30M off proposal

• $16.6M allocated for city projects

• Man shot at site of 2006 homicide

• I-26 road crews to take weekend off

• Appointments offered to residents seeking aid

• Family sues city, police

• Smoking foes decry fund cut

• North Charleston's bond rating upgraded

• Earnings dip significant

• Business Briefs

• Change is in the airlines

• For season opener, it's all about The Citadel

• Now young and old can Beat Burger

• Uphill battle for Bulldogs

• AROUND THE STATE

• Spurrier: It's embarrassing

• Federer survives; Kuznetsova out

• Cougs capture men's soccer opener

• Battery battles to draw against league co-leader

• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - OTHER GAMES

• Myers guides Cougars to comeback victory

• Bus wreck causes minor injuries

• Petty officer faces prison term in N.H.

• Nice cars don't even hold value

• Racing elegance

• College wheels

• Car show raises money for Miracle Network

• Sheet metal can cover up hole in car

• CAR SHOWS

• Holiday Grillin’

• Elevating campaign themes

• Danger of Russian shift on Iran

• Edwards can still get by

• Letters to the Editor

• South Carolina NIMBYists, unite

• Choosing right new sources of energy for S.C.'s future

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

• Tear down barriers of intolerance, Clyburn urges

• Air Force squadron bound for overseas

• Bridge Run 2009 design contest winner named

• Barr to speak here Sept. 30

• No suspension for Clemson linebacker McDaniel

• Two Texas companies plan industrial parks here

• Three arrested in N. Charleston cocaine bust

• Suspect in marijuana bust surrenders

• Swimmer found safe; rescuers had been searching Isle of Palms beach

• Trial date set for one SC trooper

• Overturned tractor-trailer on westbound Mark Clark at Rivers

• Returned computer leads to child-porn charges against burglary victim

• Police search for man who robbed West Ashley bank this morning

• Cougs to play SIU-Edwardsville in first game at new arena

• Sentence will not be reduced for beach path attacker

• Superintendents harp on need for funding change

• Suspect accused of firing gun at Johns Island club captured

• Secret Life of Bees to have Charleston screening

• SC cutter delivers aid to war-torn Georgia

• Public Defender handling Al Parish’s appeal

• N. Charleston police seek four men in shooting that left victim in critical condition

• Woman escapes from home fire thanks to smoke alarm

• Boone Hall started as a brick producer

• Medical team treats Hondurans

• Web sites of the week

• Schematic designs include water, art

• Summerville briefs

• IOP race scheduled for Oct. 4

• East Cooper rec report

• Ex-AD Nadzak ready for radio

• Devil's in the details when stuffing an egg

• Sliding into home plate

• Cream counts

• Let the kids get in mix with blueberry granita

• Cooking classes

• Front burner

• New cooker speedy way to grill foods

• TV chef Bobby Flay will host two events

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Koenning creates stir with comment

• Fun stuck in neutral

• Tigers' RBs to see Burns once again

• Scheming for the Tide

• Rex co-headlines forum on obesity

• Losing numbers game

• Deputies find car, dive for gun

• Study links skin, other cancers

• Ships may have to slow down

• State ACLU calls for independent investigation into prisons system

• Attracting jobs gets tougher

• Beach Co. to buy small land parcel

• Cayce film facility gets first movie

• Graham to address Republicans on last night of gathering

• Voided warrant ends arson trial

• Vacant home fire similar to others

• Food, treats stolen from classrooms

• State to hold charter workshop

• S.C. State delivers books to Zanzibar

• Former HomeGold chief's trial set

• Tornado touches down in Clemson

• Masked gunmen take man's car in driveway

• More than 130 airmen deploy today

• District gets nearly $2M tax windfall

• IRS fraud case lands 2 in prison

• Number living in poverty increases

• High schoolers break college credit record

• State's SAT scores post slight gain

• 58-year-old N.C. madam gets 2 years

• Noise meters going on police cars

• Americans' confidence in economy on rise

• It's not a job, it's chocolate

• Business Briefs

• Ivanovic rallies to avoid upset

• Bullpen can't nail down Zink's outstanding start

• Rays beef up roster

• Tigers hoops schedule announced

• Kiawah Town Council focuses on sand spit bill

• Nuclear surge needs waste plan

• Venezuela's would-be dictator

• The unlucky 'Other Edwards'

• Herbal medicine dangers

• HRT improves quality of life

• Popcorn and nuts good for your health

• Breast cancer risk

• Glucose control in patients questioned

• Teen's driving skills just part of concern

• Letters to the Editor

• How to take smarter risks

• Clyburn talk to focus on troops

• Political fundraising call checks out

• Davis not starting for disciplinary reasons

• EDC ex-head cited health reasons for leaving

• Wildcats still looking to prove themselves

• Carriage animals' health protections greatly improved

• THE WINE LIST

Tuesday, Aug. 26

• Right whale about to put brakes on Charleston container ships

• A deal for the last piece of Garco Park

• ACLU calls for prison review

• Graham to speak at GOP convention

• Skin cancer linked to higher risk for other cancers

• Watchdog Update: Kiawah holds special meeting on beach bill

• Another suspicious fire in downtown Charleston

• State plans another groundbreaking for farmers market

• Arson trial on hold; judge throws out search warrant

• South Carolina SAT scores improve slightly

• Tornado, flood watches issued in upstate

• Shooting victim's car found; psychic recovering from bullet wounds

• N.C. woman found in ravine wreck after 5 days

• Horry County to equip officers with noise meters

• Carolina Investors' Sterling has trial set for Feb.

• Kids can ditch electronics for 'family slowdown'

• Online parenting's new frontier

• Sensory support

• Winsome fairy can be creature of confusion

• Vision quest

• Play perspective

• Get children back into the morning swing

• On the go

• Genealogy's seventh heaven

• Science books capture imaginations

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• City expanding project to boost energy efficiency

• Prisons moveto reduce costs

• Students arrested after fight at school

• Ask Elsa

• Woman: City avoiding manhole claim

• Current students at Buist can stay

• Public assistance program to resume

• More study planned on whale carcass

• Arguments begin in port death lawsuit

• Man taken into custody after 2 hours on rooftop

• Wando High teens face shock program

• Sure, and dominate like a 13-year-old gymnast

• 2 Sweetgrass facilities placed under bankruptcy protection

• Store clerk shot in head, calls 911

• Woman's body found shot in car

• Artifacts taken at Beech Island

• Challenger seeking debates with Graham

• Study may be needed for bridge

• Business Briefs

• Will economy be like a 'U' or an 'L'?

• Walkways to receive overhaul

• 'New' Johnson Hagood will be unveiled Saturday

• Yankees sticking around

• Tide turns for Swinney when facing former team

• A Growing Appetite

• Lineup shocker: Rank getting start over Davis

• Olmsted, Gnats stifle RiverDogs

• Little relief for O-line vs. Bama

• C of C picked to win SoCon title

• Keep spotlight on China

• Pack 'em in with penguins

• Focus on energy solutions

• Higher spending at school for at-risk students saves the state money

• Letters to the Editor

• Judicial dilemma

• No need for fashion police

• District 2 watches numbers go up

• New oxygen masks to help furry friends

• Accidents block Interstate 26

• FACEOFF: Could Steve Spurrier win it all with Clemson’s talent?

• Snoring linked to childhood

• How to kick the smoking habit

• Cholesterol levels linked to cancer

• Warnings don't stop drug use

• Combination treatment shrinks tumors?

• Drop these mantras, lose weight

• Suspect accused of shooting at bar

• Claim your lost pig at the Animal Society

• High court rebukes DOT

Monday, Aug. 25

• Spurrier accounces Taylor Rank as No. 1 running back for Thursday's opening game

• Wando teens in for Shock program

• Charleston County agency to take over state grants for EDC

• Charleston spends to save energy

• District 2 officials anxiously watch enrollment numbers

• Cause of whale's death unknown

• Mount Pleasant elder-care facilities file for bankruptcy

• IOP considers smoking ban

• New tool will help Mount P firefighters when they rescue family pets

• Deputies seeking man accused of shooting into Johns Island club

• Supreme Court rules against DOT

• RiverDogs and Yankees agree to four more years

• I-26 detour at Harleyville

• Flash flood watch posted for counties in worst of drought

• Conley challenges Graham to debates

• Peaceful end to standoff with man on parking garage ledge

• Talking control

• Ergonomics can ease pain in the neck

• Penguins on march to aquarium

• Aluminum plant gets starring role

• BUSINESS CALENDAR

• EXECUTIVE ITEMS

• PVI roped in by 'stalking horse'

• Wild Dunes condos slice of real thing

• Award comes with some strings

• Alternative real estate firm ventures downtown

• Using 401(k) retirement for downpayment

• How can I ensure that online shopping is safe?

• When donating computer, erase hard drive

• RECALLS

• Donate converter coupons

• Law addresses genetic testing

• A will might not be the best way

• Foreclosures distort housing data

• Small-caps' gains raise some hope

• Firms keep fuel-saving strategies

• Employer can peek at paychecks

• Letters to the Editor

• S.C. Lottery

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• S.C. delegates expect drama in Denver

• In appreciation of inaction

• San Francisco's bike plight

• Minimizing medical mistakes

• Life among giants

• Officials try to bridge $7.8M gap

• Bastion marker resurfaces in new locale

• Missing man was refugee from Iraq

• Condo development might be ready in March

• Public will name new standardized test

• Man dies after car hits tree on rural road

• MEMOS

• Back on Top

• Spurrier admires fan fervor

• Grisham 'just always wanted to beat Alabama'

• Spurrier playing coy with expectations

• Dogs, Catfish earn DH split

• Pujols, Cardinals too much

• Miami suspends 7 for opener vs. CSU

• USC, Clemson still courting Gilmore

• Miami blanks Battery

• The Smell of Skin Cancer

• Alcohol Dependence Delays Childbearing

• Does Age Bias Impact Treatment?

• Is this mineral missing from your milk?

• Circle of crime

• Earth-friendly lifestyle finds sustenance close to home

• Cheap tips for getting healthy

• Chewing Gum Helps Recovery

• Nursing milestones

• Weighty issues

• French women eat for quality

• Roper's cafeteria undergoes surgery

• Are Your Kids Telling the Truth?

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

• Person shot at West Ashley psychic parlor

• 88 years later, women still not equal; local organization works for change

• Russian invasion stirs up memories of trip to Tbilisi

• New farmers market will anchor Coleman Blvd. revitalization

• Aquarium in the clutches; eggs cap astonishing year

• Questions linger in surfer's stabbing death

• Probation and parole: a broken system

• Fire union's growth stirs spirit of cooperation

• Obama picks Biden for veep

• Letters to the Editor

• Water security legislation needed

• Sarkozy earns American respect

• New interest in HOV lanes

• Help for the honeybee

• Winton was industry trailblazer

• Out of sight

• Thicke & green

• Light up the sky

• Flip this roof

• Local teen enjoys rescuing microcar

• Tread widths on tires can vary — up to a point

• Car shows

• New role mirrors actress' career

• Balkan war film

• Foxy stylists

• Jason Kreutner

• Teen idol Fabian to be honored

• Iraq vet sought for soap

• Appraisers still pressured to fudge numbers

• Tuppers' way

• Updated High Society Condos for sale on King

• Identities sought from 1935 photo

• Deaths Summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Niche versus national

• Ask Elsa

• Poker players' legal saga to go on

• Another bus fire

• Tigers' McDaniel accepted into PTI

• Students pour in as rain pours down

• SLED seeks leads in deputy death

• Charleston-area residents file suit in Miss. bus crash

• Troubles leave payroll in doubt

• Financial crisis not over

• Technology spawns some huge eyesores

• R'Dogs blanked in opener

• Cussler ends lawsuit over finding Hunley

• Scrapping a tradition?

• The Citadel starting offense

• Southern Conference team capsules

• Starring Role

• Six things The Citadel must do in order to contend for the SoCon title 1

• Weather wipes out Sertoma

• U.S. express steams on

• Teams seek speed to help counter spread

• Citadel's Roberts an All-American

• High School football scores

• Islanders again rally past Battery

• Ramsey tells it like he is

• Whale washes up on Folly

• Clyburn, Graham speak up for nuclear power

Friday, Aug. 22

• Police name suspect in pot bust

• More nukes, please

• Watchdog: Keeping an eye on campaign financing

• Sertoma Classic canceled because of rain

• Dead whale found on Folly Beach

• Wando High School band: High temperatures, expectations

• School bus catches fire for second time in week; children unhurt

• Judge refuses to dismiss case against poker players

• 14th dies from February refinery fire

• Goose Creek marker helps preserve history

• It's all about preparation

• Helping hands

• Masterpiece gets tweaked

• 5 fantasy busts

• DIY password code

• Don't bank on better economic conditions

• Whodunit board game gets makeover

• TV contestants ready to travel

• Singer true to own style

• EAST COOPER BRIEFS

• BERKELEY BRIEFS

• SUMMERVILLE BRIEFS

• Messervy passes grant to charity

• EAST COOPER RECREATION REPORT

• GIVE US YOUR STORIES

• WEST ASHLEY BRIEFS

• There's no time to lament, band practice comes first

• Four new homes are on the way

• BERKELEY RECREATION REPORT

• WEST ASHLEY BRIEFS

• FASHION BRIEFS

• High temperatures, expectations

• Three-a-day sessions? It's band

• Deaths and Funerals

• Deaths Summary

• Lightning column strikes a chord

• Police score a pot bust for the ages

• SPA reports record earnings

• Obama mum on his VP choice

• McCain offices get threats

• Ad blasts McCain for list of homes

• Ad questions Obama ties

• Heinz profits up; Hormel's down

• Wet 'n Wild

• Business Briefs

• Broadway plays, first novels and New York cabs

• Doubleheader washed out

• Delgado's big night gives Mets sweep

• Talent reaches new depth

• Luck, timing have helped CSU's Brown

• No crowds: 'It's Utopia'

• Death rate data raise eyebrows

• Schools keep ban on illegals

• Mills looks to continue success

• Liberty easily picked to repeat

• Annual Beach Bash set for tonight

• ACLU is seeking input from public

• Insurance charge for smokers hits snag

• Trio face more charges

• Sanford pushes for specific cuts

• Deficit stymies EDC

• Sale of PVI to Patriarch approved

• Toddler in shaken baby case dies

• Gilliard hitting below the belt?

• Safeguard Iraq gains

• CARTA still a bargain

• When 'off the record' isn't

• Letters to the Editor

• It's a madcap way to pick a president

• Economy claims new victims

• The easiest way to get healthier tonight

• Supplies burden for some

• HPV vaccine: a premature hype?

• Treating obesity as an addiction?

• A closer look at cheating

• Silver reduces risk of pneumonia

• County to name 'green' panel

• McCain leads big in South

• SUMMERVILLE RECREATION REPORT

• Poor sleep may lead to heart problems

• Noisette family to gather

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

• Kimberly Jones remembered at vigil Wednesday night

• Mount Pleasant planners back work-force housing

• Are unscheduled commercials ruining your nightly dose of CNN?

• CARTA to spend $17.4 million, raise fares

• Rain, wind Thursday courtesy of Fay

• Kiteboarder who took wild ride has local ties

• More black voices sought in climate change debate

• Mount Pleasant poker players want case dismissed

• USC leaders: No support for reduced drinking age

• Traffic problems reported in Mount Pleasant

• Center expands to meet needs of child victims of sexual abuse

• Will Michelle campaign here? If so, that would signal S.C. is in play

• 2008 High School football kickoff

• Election commission denies another Collins hearing

• Peddlers banned from King Street sidewalks

• Tech firm files for bankruptcy

• St. Stephen man gets 10 years in counterfeit check scheme

• Penguins to march into S.C. Aquarium

• Tractor trailer wrecks on I-26, drives off ramp

• Cab driver crashes to disrupt robbery

• CARTA meets today

• Cody falls short in bid to reach U.S. Amateur match play

• Mt. P. police chase suspect after crash

• Myrtle Beach mayor defends effort against rallies

• Fresh veggies star in recipes

• Quick iced tea

• Get taste of espresso in pop

• COOKING CLASSES

• THE WINE LIST

• FRONT BURNER

• Fast recipes to create healthy pasta dishes

• WEST ASHLEY BRIEFS

• Hanahan studies loitering code

• Lifeguards get awards

• BERKELEY BRIEFS

• Dog parasite prevention tour visits

• Baseball game fateful

• Model a summer hit in New York

• SUMMERVILLE BRIEFS

• EAST COOPER BRIEFS

• WEB SITES OF THE WEEK

• Lenders tighten rules

• Charges dropped in cheering cases

• Fay factors in RiverDogs' run for record

• Furman still has high expectations

• Balance Of Power

• USC's Bryan second in Amateur qualifying

• Veteran players treated to downtime

• PC eager to pick up where they left off in '07

• 'Not a good omen'

• McCaskill plugs hole in D-line

• Attorney: Officers not picking on athletes

• States fight to shield doctors from prescription tracking

• Inflation double July forecast

• Business Briefs

• CORRECTION

• Oddball turtle's fate up to nature

• Damage to Spirit of South Carolina put at well beyond $100,000

• Ball caps become prizes

• Deaths summary

• Deaths and Funerals

• Marine shot in face at party dies

• 505-acre Edisto Is. tract preserved

• Attorney donates $1M to food bank

• New storm taking shape in open Atlantic

• Sunday beer sales going before voters

• Masked gunman robs restaurant

• Teller's tip leads to missing man

• Vigil to honor slain mother of 4

• 505-acre Edisto Is. tract preserved

• Delegates gather for conference

• CARTA to hold board meeting

• Parish takes step toward getting public legal aid

• VA center to acquire former naval facility

• Bank teller's tip leads to missing 68-year-old

• Summer vacation's over

• Yeast: A cure for Parkinson's?

• Fruit juices hamper drugs' benefits

• Colors make surgery more precise

• Antidepressants impact driving

• Let prison audit proceed

• Testing Pakistan's democracy

• Goodwill needs more donations

• Letters to the Editor

• EDC out of state money

• Qualified contenders stir speculation

• Super store's super draw

• Tigers tempt a 'Spygate'

• More people surrendering animals to shelters

• A medical fountain of youth?

• This color can make you healthier

• Guerrilla Cuisine sets fall schedule

• Father charged in child's drowning death

• Playing with pasta

• Council divided on 'sag'

• Timberland is looking ahead

• Update: Hanahan detective posts bail on rape charges

• Immune system may reject stem cells

Tuesday, Aug. 19

• Saggy pants not criminal, council says

• Lawyer donates $1 million to local food bank

• Palmetto Annual Conference of the AME Church underway

• Pet food bank to start in September

• Spirit hits costly repairs

• Charter school opens; Charleston County students return to school

• Charleston VA takes step to acquire Naval Hospital

• Agency out of money for energy bills; chairman says help is on the way

• Parish wants help paying for appeal

• Aging youthfully: science or paradox?

• Hanahan police detective's bond reduced

• Fay, second storm keep forecasters watching

• Odd loggerheads left to fate

• Man pleads guilty to raping, strangling SC student

• Council authorizes referendum on Sunday beer sales

• Woman pleads guilty to stealing SC woman's ID

• JI fast-food restaurant robbed

• Sumter man pleads guilty in 3 killings

• North Myrtle Beach to study laws on bike rallies

• Elderly man found safe

• Memorial, funeral planned for slain St. Stephen woman

• Judge: SC teen must have m