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Diners get chance to experience meal as blind people do
5/22/2012 12:14 AM
As about 100 people prepared to enjoy a benefit banquet dinner, Ryan Uhle offered them some friendly advice. "Make sure you eat with your fork and not your knife," he said to laughter. "That would be ...
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GALLERY: Hopelands Gardens Concert Series
5/22/2012 2:19 PM
Click on an image below to enter the gallery for "Broadway Rebound" performance by Aiken Community Playhouse for the Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert Series. The gallery will continue to grow as the ...
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Memorial Day parade, ceremony will be held to honor the fallen
5/22/2012 1:35 AM
The public is invited and encouraged to attend a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park. The James L. Hammons Marine Corps League Detachment 939 has organized a simpl ...
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Deputies in shooting case return to regular duty
5/22/2012 12:14 AM
Two Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputies who responded to a domestic dispute at Cherry Hills Drive last week that ended with the former couple's deaths have been cleared for duty and have returned t ...
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Play tells story of the goings on at a church
5/22/2012 12:33 AM
The USC Aiken Convocation Center will be the place to be if you need some rib-busting laughter as "Church Folk" takes the stage on Saturday. The play, which features a handful of familiar faces, focus ...
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How to track a lost iPhone
By STACEY MOSIER Web content manager 5/21/2012 11:05 AM
Find my iPhone (http://bit.ly/JBZnrb) If you have an iPhone updated to 4.0 or beyond, there are a few simple steps to take to be able to quickly recover it when it is misplaced or hidden. 1) Open the Settings app (gear icon) and make sure ...
EU gives Google 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns
By RAF CASERT Associated Press 5/21/2012 10:32 AM
BRUSSELS -- The European Union said on Monday that Google Inc. must in ''a matter of weeks" outline steps it is willing to take to ease concerns about alleged abuses of its dominant position in the online search market. European antitrust chief Joaqu ...
Useful Apps for the Aikenite
By STACEY MOSIER Web content manager 5/18/2012 11:00 AM
We've collected a list of apps that are useful to current Aikenites or to those considering visiting the area. If you have an app that would fit in the list, drop us a line at webteam@aikenstandard. Aiken Standard iPhone: (http://bit.ly/JhayTo) And ...
YouTube launching food channel with TV veterans
By J.M. HIRSCH Associated Press 5/18/2012 10:36 AM
Bruce Seidel is confident the future of food television won't be seen on television. Which is why the Food Network and Cooking Channel veteran has checked out of network TV to oversee the launch of YouTube's latest original content channel, HUNGRY. T ...
Facebook updates data use policy to give more info
Associated Press 5/11/2012 12:16 PM
NEW YORK -- Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give users more clarity on how the information they share is used by the company. The move comes a week ahead of its expected initial public offering of stock. Facebook Inc. said F ...
Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press 5/9/2012 11:49 AM
MIAMI (AP) — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest. The orangutans at Miami's Jung ...
Tech tips: Disable Facebook sounds, Pub to PDF, Vlingo, Update Apps
By STACEY MOSIER Web content manager 5/8/2012 11:50 AM
Disable Facebook Chat Sounds You can disable chat sounds on Facebook, and the setting will remain in place when you log in on other computers. There is a right sidebar that you can close (gray arrow) and reopen by clicking on the ‘Chat’ b ...
Apps and Sites: PGA Tour, SuperBetter, Luminosity, Paint for Cats, DogTV
By STACEY MOSIER Web content manager 5/8/2012 11:26 AM
App/Site: PGA Tour Use this Professional Golf Association (PGA) app to follow your favorite golfers. A convenient feature is that the app will keep the scores relevant to who you are following at the top of the scoreboards. Sports writer Cam Huffman ...
Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaign
By BETH FOUHY Associated Press 5/7/2012 10:48 AM
NEW YORK -- (at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not. Candidates, strategists, journalists and political junkies have all flocked to Twitter, t ...
Georgia teachers to build underwater robots
Associated Press 5/3/2012 11:23 AM
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Officials say up to a dozen science teachers will get to build and pilot underwater robots under a grant program intended to improve teacher quality. The College of Coastal Georgia announced that a federal grant will allow for ...
YouTube launches female drama, US Olympic channels
Associated Press 5/2/2012 10:25 AM
NEW YORK — YouTube is adding to its original programming by launching channels specializing in female dramas and United States Olympic athletes. The Google Inc.-owned video site announced the new channels Wednesday ahead of an upfront presentat ...
Facebook to make it easier to become organ donor
Associated Press 5/1/2012 11:23 AM
NEW YORK -- Facebook wants to help you share your organs. Users in the United States and the U.K. can enroll as organ donors via links to official registries on the world's biggest social networking site, said CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The links should ma ...
B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses
By PETER SVENSSON Associated Press 4/30/2012 11:00 AM
NEW YORK -- An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the e-books business. The two companies are teaming up to create a subsidiary for Barn ...
4:22 PM: Suspect sought for questioning in N.A. shooting
3:56 PM: Aiken SPCA: More than just an animal shelter
2:43 PM: Deputies in shooting case return to regular duty
2:42 PM: Memorial Day parade, ceremony will be held to honor the fallen
10:54 AM: President of SC firm arrested on federal charges
1:34 AM: Blotter for May 22
- Arizona tribes talk about significance of solar eclipse
- Woman with flesh-eating disease maintains optimism in tough time
- Obama calls for help for small businesses
- ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season
- Aiken artist murdered; Police shoot, kill murder suspect
- Suspect shot by police following call on Cherry Hills Drive
- Finding a 'normal' diet is key for weight loss
- More information on Churchill Commons shooting to be released
- Two, arrested, charged following meth lab bust
- Five officers, two deputies off street during murder investigation



