Новости за 13.10.2015

An Oct. 4 front page article discussed the increase in unpaid lunch charges that Charleston County students are being allowed to incur. Many of these students and their families do not qualify for free or reduced meals — they can afford to pay but willingly choose not to. Why is this tolerated?

I recently attended a national conference regarding deer management. South Carolina’s deer management practices were referred to as "archaic" by one of the country’s leading biologists and conservationists. As distasteful and offensive as the comment was to me, it was based on fact.

"Enough is enough" is apparently not enough.

Flu season is within 90 miles of the United States. According to the World Health Organization, Cuba is the only place in the Northern Hemisphere with significant flu activity now.

At a chamber music concert in Woodstock, N.Y., I noticed the hearing aids discreetly tucked behind the ears of the man sitting in front of me. Intrigued, I asked about them, knowing that, with my tinnitus and diminished hearing in one ear, the day would come when I would need such a device.

The approval ratings of presidential candidates aren’t the only numbers that are all over the place (at least up until now). For a couple of years, major medical organizations’ recommendations for healthy blood pressure have ranged from 130/80 for most people, to as high as 150/90 for folks age 60 and older. And...

The national tobacco smoking rate appears to be continuing to decline, down to just over 15 percent of U.S. adults in 2015, according to an "early release" survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the first quarter of the new year.

DANVILLE, Ill. — Actor Dick Van Dyke is taking steps to save his childhood home in central Illinois, which was slated for demolition.

NEW YORK — Dell is buying data storage company EMC for $67 billion in a huge bet on a segment of technology that has proven to be more profitable than the slumping personal computer market.

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DAVIS, Joshua Jermaine, 19, of North Charleston died Saturday. Arrangements by Murray’s Mortuary.

Water rescues, dangerous roads and flood victim relief kept area first responders running at full tilt last weekend during the peak of the rains.

Татарстан гидрометеорология һәм әйләнә-тирә мохитне күзәтү идарәсе мәгълүматларына караганда, бүген – 13 октябрьдә, аязучан болытлы һава торышы көтелә.

By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, Oct. 13 (PNA) — The extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has freed Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay Mayor Gemma Adana in Indanan town, Sulu Tuesday morning after being held captive for six months. Adana was brought to the residence of Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan by concerned religious and community leaders who […]

Singapore, Singapore | AFP – Oil rebounded in Asia Tuesday on bargain hunting following a sharp fall the day before as lingering concerns about the global crude supply glut continued to keep a lid on gains. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for November delivery rose 0.70 percent to $47.43 and Brent crude for November gained 0.88 percent […]

By Cecilia Yap and Clarissa Batino (Bloomberg) — San Miguel Corp., the Philippines’ largest company, is considering raising as much as $1 billion by selling local currency preferred shares and using the proceeds to repay dollar debt as it seeks to trim its foreign liabilities amid a weaker peso. “We can still do a sale this year,” […]

Beijing, China | AFP  - Chinese imports slumped nearly 18 percent last month, official figures showed Tuesday, highlighting the task facing the country’s leaders as commodities prices slump on the back of a slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The Asian giant is the world’s leading trader in goods but a slowdown in economic growth has led to […]

The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a safety bulletin to airlines and authorities regarding Iranian and Iraqi airspace after Russian warships in the Caspian Sea last week fired cruise missiles toward Syria.

The younger brother of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao may lose his bid to replace Pacquiao as congressman of Sarangani should the Commission on Election rule that he lacks the residency requirement. Lawyer Mike Mamukid, provincial election supervisor for Sarangani, said the petition to transfer the voter registration of Ruel Pacquiao from this city to […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — Less than six minutes into the game, Wando found itself trailing by two touchdowns to West Ashley on Monday night.

Anyone following recent events in Centre County should, by now, have a great appreciation of the impact that our elected officials and their respective personalities have upon us all. As…

Christine Millinder has spent the past 28 years serving residents of Centre County in the Register of Wills Office.

A coin toss is often used to resolve a dispute. The Penn State-Army coin toss certainly did just that, but the dispute was far from the playing field.

“Emeritus” comes from the Latin words for “out of merit.” The recent designation of Marianne Alexander, Carl Shaffer and Linda Strumpf as emeritus trustees is a disservice to former Penn…

Former Second Mile Vice Chairman Bruce Heim made comments recently after being uninvited from the Penn State football game coin toss.