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Darlington City Manager Rodney Langley said Cox received a two-day unpaid sus-pension that began Monday.

Langley would not comment on the reason for Cox's suspension but would only say it was not because of any criminal activity.

The suspension also wasn't a result of a recent complaint made against Cox by a Darlington resident, Langley said.

"He's been suspended ... without pay for an incident that has nothing to do with the gentleman that came to city council last week," Langley said.

“I’m flooded,” she said. “Some people want to sign, but other people just want petitions; they said, ‘I’ll help you get signatures.’”

Locations include all Michael’s Cleaners as well as:

Hooligan’s restaurant, 26 Trenholm Plaza, until 5 p.m. today

S.C. Home & Land Realty in Northeast Richland County, 1061 Two Notch Road, until 2 p.m. today.

With his wife, Patricia, standing nearby, the 54-year-old Pastides embraced his new post and underscored the journey that took him from USC’s dean of public health, to vice president for research and now to the presidency.

“I came to this flagship university and to the Palmetto State on Aug. 1, 1998,” Pastides said at a news conference after the board’s unanimous vote. “One decade to the day later, I will walk across the Horseshoe to the president’s office in the Osborne Building. That walk will be an amazing journey, just like the journey of the last 10 years.”

Pastides’ selection drew praise from the board members who promoted him and from people outside of the university who see him as a worthy successor to Andrew Sorensen, who is stepping down after six years as president.

“Dr. Pastides is an excellent choice,” said I.S. Leevy Johnson, a former state legislator and community activist. “He has demonstrated an uncompromising commitment to empowering all of the constituents of the university. I predict he will capitalize on the great work of Dr. Sorensen and elevate the school to greater heights.”

Lakeshore groups worry new standards proposed by South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. could lower the lake too much, drying up many coves for boating in late summer and fall.

River groups are seeking more water from the lake to improve the Saluda’s environment and to increase flooding of swamps at Congaree National Park.

It is one of the key battles to be settled in new guidelines taking shape for operation of the lake for the next generation. Officials at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — the agency overseeing lakes built for hydropower — can accept, reject or modify the plan SCE&G submits.

The conflict puts SCE&G in a difficult spot as it oversees operation of a lake that is a reserve source of power and a popular site to live and play.

Clerk-elect Jeanette McBride, meanwhile, has been late paying the property taxes on her home for five of the last nine years, records show.

The two women — Sherri Abbott and McBride — are part of an unusual political story that might have them running against each other in November.

Abbott is rushing to get 10,000 signatures on petitions by noon Tuesday so her name can appear on the ballot as an independent candidate, challenging McBride.

She was inspired, she said, by McBride’s “outrageous” record on paying her taxes, among other things.

NEW YORK — Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was installed as head of the U.S. church less than two years ago, inheriting a mess not of her own making.

The global Anglican Communion was in an uproar over the 2003 consecration of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.

Long-simmering differences over Scripture and the global Anglican fellowship erupted into a threat of full-blown schism.

Jefferts Schori, a theological liberal who supported Robinson’s election, has tried to ease the tensions in meetings with other Anglican leaders.

• The council got $40,000 from the city of Columbia for its own operations, but not the $80,000 it wanted for the festival.

• The state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the S.C. Arts Commission also turned down the council’s requests for $17,000 and $10,000, respectively.

• Still pending is a request for $80,000 from the State Budget and Control Board. Its grants committee will consider the request at a September meeting.

The Cultural Council has requested funding as the acting fiscal agent for the arts festival, according to Andy Witt, the council’s executive director. But no arts festival board has existed since the only festival was held, in 2007.

Rayshawn James, 28, has been on the run for nearly three weeks after walking away from Palmer Prerelease Center in Florence last month, authorities said. James started serving a six-year sentence in 2007 for crack distribution.

The federally funded program allows those facing warrants to safely turn themselves in and, in most instances, to fast-track their cases and avoid jail time.

There are about 100,000 outstanding warrants among Richland and Lexington counties, authorities have said.

Fugitive Safe Surrender has been held in other cities. Since it started Wednesday in Columbia, 222 fugitives have turned up at the church, which has been set up as a satellite courtroom. Of those, 15 have been sent to jail, police said.

Authorities will start searching Monday for fugitives who did not take advantage of the program.

Every year, Northeast Presbyterian organizes a fundraiser during Vacation Bible School. Children are encouraged to bring money or an item that will be donated overseas.

In the past, Bible school participants — elementary and preschool children — collected flip-flops and socks to send to Nicaragua and money to buy a water tank.

Where will this year’s money go?

The money will be used to build a roof for a guest dormitory at a ministry outreach center in Nicaragua.

Her middle and high school students created their own pinhole cameras, allowing them to take negative images with photographic paper.

“It was really cool learning how to get a picture with a piece of cardboard,” said Stephanie Shaw, a rising South Aiken High school sophomore who participated in the annual music, dance and visual arts enrichment program, held this year at Kennedy Middle School.

Essentially, the students used two cardboard boxes, fitting them together to block out light and adding a metal sheet from a soda can. A small piece of cardboard in front of the pinhole served as a shutter. As a practical matter, the teenagers got a glimpse of the logistics faced by 19th-century photographers like Matthew Brady.

“Outside, the exposures ranged up to one minute and 30 seconds,” said Midland Valley High School junior Aidan Cooke. “Inside, it would take 30 minutes to let enough light in to show up on the film.”

“Typically, July marks the peak in lightning activity. It’s also the time when people are vacationing, so they are outside and they are vulnerable to lightning,” said John Jensenius, a lightning-safety expert at the National Weather Service.

Why so many young people in a few days? “I don’t have an answer for that,” Jensenius said. “It’s all very sad.”

Last Saturday, 19-year-old Korey Moore of Swansea died after he was struck by lightning while riding a personal watercraft on Lake Marion. The next day, lightning claimed Stephanie Dawn Kirpes, 23, of Woodbridge, Va., while she was jogging along the shore in Virginia Beach, Va.

Landon Dillard, 16, of Macon, Ga., was riding a bicycle at a summer camp in Colorado when he was struck July 3.

Congress thus far has shown no movement toward resurrecting the 55-mph speed limit, but one of the Senate’s senior members — Republican John Warner of Virginia — says it’s time to start talking about an energy-saving national limit to help Americans cope with high fuel costs.

The 55-mph limit was imposed by federal law during the energy crisis of the mid-1970s, remained in effect for 20 years, and ultimately was run off the roadways by Congress in 1995 amid motorists’ near-universal contempt.

Warner hasn’t specified what a new speed limit should be. But he points out Americans saved 167,000 barrels of petroleum a day when the 55-mph speed limit was in effect. He told fellow senators this week he probably will proceed with legislation after the Energy Department determines the most fuel-efficient speed limit for the nation’s highways.

“We have to take the lead in Congress, and hopefully the president will join,” Warner said on the Senate floor. “We have that duty.”

Matthew Mork, 19, of Birmingham, Ala., was arrested Tuesday by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant from the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office in Cullman, Ala.

Mork has been charged with sexual abuse of a child younger than 12, authorities said.

Contributing: The Associated Press and The Beaufort Gazette

The Pinellas Park Police Department identified the victim as Nachenga Robinson, 32, of Florence.

Undercover detectives bought crack cocaine from the suspects late Thursday. When police tried to make an arrest, the men sped off and crashed into Robinson’s car, police said.

The suspects — Rashane Deangelo Barber, 21, and Devonta Thornton Merriex, 20, — are in custody. Charges are pending.

Buddy Todd Mount, 34, Mount, 34, is charged with strong-arm robbery, police say. He is accused of walking into the Carolina First Bank at 1940 Blossom St. and demanding money from a teller. Mount implied that he had a weapon in his pocket, said Brick Lewis, police spokesman.

Police say Mount ran away as he saw police cars approaching and before he could get any money. People who saw a man fleeing pointed police to where he was hiding in a Dumpster a short distance away.

Mount was in custody Friday at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

— Ishmael Tate

Heatherton Court, 100 block: A woman called police Thursday after her neighbor told her someone attempted to rob the woman’s house while she was not there. The victim told officers the neighbor saw a man carrying a plasma television out of her front door. When officers arrived, they found the TV sitting in the victim’s driveway and the front door open. An officer searched the house and found the front and garage doors had their frames broken, causing $400 damage. The victim noticed her closets, drawers and cabinets had been rifled through, but nothing appeared to be missing. The neighbor was able to provide police with the suspect’s license plate number and a description of the car.

Shadeland Circle, 100 block: Police were called to a residence Thursday after a man reported his house had been burglarized. The victim told officers a pest control specialist came to the residence to spray, entered the home and found the back door kicked in. The pest control worker called the victim, who called police. The victim took an inventory of his home and said a video game system, a handgun and money had been taken. The estimated value of the items was $850.

RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF

Karns Street, 3700: A deputy on patrol Wednesday night noticed two men standing behind a closed business and stopped to question them. The officer said that when he approached the suspects, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from a bag one of the underage men was carrying. The deputy searched the bag and found several bottles of opened liquor and a plastic bag with marijuana inside. The suspects admitted they had just recently traded a chain saw to someone for the drugs. The officer forced the men to pour the alcohol out onto the ground, confiscated the marijuana and issued one of the men a summons on charges of simple possession of the drug.

The Rev. Phillip Miles of Christ Community Church in Conway got his exit visa Wednesday and returned home Thursday, The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News reports.

Miles flew to Moscow in January with a box of hunting-rifle ammo in his luggage, intended as a gift for a pastor he was visiting. Miles was convicted of smuggling April 21 and was sentenced to more than three years in prison.

A Moscow appeals court said June 23 he could be released.

The man, who was not immediately identified, entered Samson Industrial around 10 a.m. Friday, Sheriff’s Lt. Brett Camp told WBTW-TV.

Authorities say the man knew the woman he killed. Her name also was not immediately available.

Efforts Friday by The Associated Press to reach deputies and company officials were unsuccessful.

Court records show Darren Winchester, 46, had been convicted of driving under suspension, second offense, and having an open container of alcohol in May, The (Rock Hill) Herald reports.

Authorities say Winchester shot and killed Ronnie Cairnes Sr., 56, outside his store in Heath Springs on Wednesday, then fired at police.

After a six-hour standoff, police found Winchester dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. They have not determined whether Winchester was killed by police or committed suicide.

The fire started Thursday evening about 30 minutes after workers had left the kitchen in the Moffatt Dining Hall, authorities told The (Greenwood) Index-Journal. There were no injuries.

Erskine president Randall Ruble says a recent addition to the dining hall’s Founder’s Room was saved.

Two women — Janie Fouke of the University of Florida and Geri Hockfield Malandra of the University of Texas System — join USC vice president Harris Pastides on the list of presidential finalists, the university announced Wednesday.

The Board of Trustees will vote on a new president at a special meeting.

Pastides, who has been at USC since 1998 and has overseen the securing of millions of research dollars, is viewed by some as the front-runner. He was the lone finalist for the presidency of the Georgia State University system before removing himself from consideration 10 days ago.

Pastides, long viewed as presidential material in university circles, has had other opportunities to leave USC, but he has stayed on. He is known within and beyond the university as a consensus builder.

Mr. Hyder died Thursday, July 10, 2008, in Lexington Medical Center after a courageous two-year battle with cancer. Born in Fayetteville, N.C., he was the son of the late Clarence Gillus and Marie Holcombe Hyder of Hendersonville. A veteran of the Army National Guard, he received a business degree from Kings College, Charlotte, N.C. Retired after thirty-one years with United Guaranty/AIG, he was a member of the President’s Club for twenty-one years, served on the President’s Council and was awarded the President’s Trophy in 1994.

Among Mr. Hyder’s interests were golf, fishing and spoiling his grandchildren to whom he was known as “Papa.”

Surviving are his wife, Sandra Evans Hyder; son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Gretchen Coble of Helena, Mont.; daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly C. and Jonathan Vaughn of Atlanta, Ga.; grandsons, John Thomas Vaughn, Weston Vaughn and Evan Coble; granddaughter, Emma Coble; and half brothers, Charles Hyder of Atlanta and Jim Hyder of Tampa, Fla.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made Riverland Hills Baptist Church, Building Fund, 201 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo, SC 29063. Please sign online guest book at www.dunbarfunerals.com.

The funeral will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Purity Presbyterian Church, 135 Wylie Street, Chester, with Dr. William Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

A native of Chester, SC, Ms. Gladden was born August 2, 1945. She was the daughter of the late William Ross Gladden Sr. and Elaine Rita “Ikie” Decker Gladden.

She is survived by two daughters, Ann “Annie” Louise Frazer of Chester, SC and she was the birth mother of Marcia Kay Thompson formerly of Aiken, SC, currently of New York City, who was adopted by Dr. Major C. and Mary Ann Thompson; one brother, William Ross Gladden Jr. and his wife Ruth Shugart Gladden of Chester; one sister, Pamela Gladden Carroll and her husband Joseph Allen Carroll of Lilburn, GA; aunt of Chris, Betsy, Elaine, Roberta, Joe and Gillie and their families.

Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Street, Chester, is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2008, at the Turbeville Southern Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery, directed by Floyd Funeral Home of Olanta. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the funeral home.

Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Ervin Lafayette Watts and Arrie Floyd Watts. Mr. Watts was a Korean War veteran, previous owner and operator of Vern’s Restaurant in Batesburg-Leesville and a member of Turbeville Southern Methodist Church.

Mr. Watts was preceded in death by his stepmother, Louise Coker; a sister, Doris Markle; a brother, Charles Watts.

Surviving are a daughter, Pamela (Coit) Yarborough of Timmonsville; four sisters, Nell (Clarence) Harrington of Kingstree, Vivian Thigpen of Lake City, Nancy (Wayne) Mangrum of Manning, Irene Hardy of Turbeville; two brothers, Ralph (Julie) Watts and Francis Watts, both of Turbeville; a stepdaughter, Stephanie Scott of Batesburg-Leesville; a stepson, Lewis (Linda) Broome of Batesburg-Leesville; one grandchild, Rebecca (Greg) Yarborough Hendrick of Florence; three stepgrandchildren, two stepgreat-grandchildren.

Mrs. Mauldin died Friday, July 11, 2008, in the Laurel Crest Retirement Center in West Columbia, SC. Born March 22, 1917, in Pickens County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jay and Gertrude Boggs of Liberty, SC. She was a graduate of Liberty High School and received a degree in Education from Furman University. Mrs. Mauldin was an elementary school teacher for 28 years in Pickens County and received the Pickens County Teacher of the Year Award in 1965. She was married for 59 years to Furman G. Mauldin and retired with him from Liberty, SC to Columbia, SC in 1976. Mrs. Mauldin was a member of the Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church where she served as a member and teacher of an adult Sunday School class.

Expressions of condolence may be sent to her niece and nephew by marriage, Carol and Mark Clark, at 8210 Unity Church Road, Denver, NC 28037. Memorials may be made to Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church, 3050 Leaphart Road, West Columbia, SC 29169, Unity Presbyterian Church, 8210 Unity Church Road, Denver, NC 28037, Laurel Crest Endowment Trust, 100 Joseph Walker Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169, or to a charity of one’s choice.

www.thompsonsfuneral.com

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Services for Mutt will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2008, at Grace Lutheran Church in Gilbert, SC, with the Rev. Ralph Stillwell officiating, with burial following in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. The family will receive friends Saturday, July 12, 2008, from 6-8 p.m. at Milton Shealy Funeral Home in Batesburg; other times at her residence. In lieu of flowers, memorials my be made to the Meals On Wheels at the Gilbert-Summit Senior Center, PO Box 437, Gilbert, SC 29054, or Grace Lutheran Church, 401 Main Street, Gilbert, SC 29054.

Surviving are a son: Johnnie and Betsy Amick of Gilbert, her daughters: Mary and Donald Bouknight of Irmo, Judy Fowler of Chapin, Barbara and Brent Clamp of Gilbert and Susan and Scott Cockrell of Gilbert, her grandchildren are: Chris and Kim Amick, Chad Amick, Jamie, Patrick, Sharon Bouknight, Lee Fowler, Brad and Tiffany Clamp, Scott and Ashley Clamp, Nicole Clamp, Austin and Kristin Cockrell, four great-grandchildren: Sierra Bouknight, Savannah and Landon Amick and Ward Bouknight, two brothers, Colie and Henry Jake Lawhorne. She was preceded in death by her husband: John Amick, one sister: Mary Jane Sease, four brothers: Willie, Jessie, Rudolph and Cecil Lawhorne, and one son-in-law: Jerry Fowler.

Milton Shealy Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

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«Obituary posted: July 12, 2008»

Born in Bishopville, he was a son of Thomas Herbert Alexander, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Oeland Alexander. Mr. Alexander was a United States veteran having served in the Marines and the South Carolina National Guard. He was employed by Dominos Pizza.

Survivors include his parents of Bishopville; a brother, Edward Alexander (Donna) of Florence; two sisters, Martha A. Houser (Ronnie) of Florence, and Mary Kay A. Kaufman (Tim) of Mobile, AL; three nieces, Kaylen Elizabeth Houser, Caroline Elizabeth Alexander and Martha Kaufman; and a nephew, Will Kaufman.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem United Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Rogers, the Rev. E. Weyman Camp, IV and the Rev. Fred McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in the Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the home, 201 Harris Street, Bishopville, SC 29040.

Matthew was born January 15, 2008, in Florence, a son of Mark Heyward and Elizabeth Koch Brown.

Surviving, in addition to his parents of Kingstree, 1 brother: Alex Brown of Kingstree, his grandparents: Walter and Joanne Brown of Kingstree and Bob and Becky Koch of Ninety Six, his great-grandmothers: Barbara H. Bass of Aiken and Florence Jessen of Summerville, and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Williamsburg Presbyterian Church. Private family committal services will be in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 Saturday evening at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 411 N. Academy St., Kingstree, SC 29556.

Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree is assisting the family.

www.nortonfh.net

«Obituary posted: July 12, 2008»

He graduated from McClenaghan High School in 1962, and attended the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with a BS in business administration and a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1969. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Rho Chapter at USC, and worked diligently to raise money for the Kappa Alpha house in the Greek Village.

Jim Griggs was a fair and honest Realtor in the Florence area for over 40 years. He was President of Griggs-Floyd & Grantham, Inc. for many years, a company which he co-founded, as well as a Commercial and Residential Developer. He was the first CCIM in Florence and a funder of the Florence Multiple Listing Service. He was voted Realtor of the Year in 1981, served on the Board of Directors of Florence County Progress, 1987-1991, Board of Directors of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce, 1998-1999, and held the position of Vice-President of Economic Development for the Chamber from 1998-1999, Chairman of Business and Development for Vision, 2000, and served as a Foundation Member of the Board of Florence-Darlington Technical Education. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Jim grew up shagging at the “Pad,” he loved life with a generous spirit and lived life to its fullest and continued to be an avid Gamecock Football fan and donor.

Survivors include his loving wife, Glenda Wilson Griggs of Florence and children, Heather Johnson Dunnings (Jonathan) of Greensboro, NC, and Roy Johnson of Raleigh, NC. He is also survived by grandchildren, Seantay, Zane and Payton Dunnings of Greensboro, NC, and sister-in-law, Paula Giertz (Don) of Alton, IL, and nephews, Ed, Bryan, John and Don Giertz and families, Griggs family members and a host of long-time friends.

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She was born in Ridge Spring, daughter of the late Reedy F. Miller and Mae Dell Jones Miller. She was a member of Concord Baptist Church. She had worked for Terri Brock State Farm Agency. The family would like to specially mention Gail’s angel Terri and Alan Brock and her State Farm Family. And special thanks to Dr. Tripp Jones and his staff at the S.C. Oncology Center and to the staff at the Heartland Hospice House.

Surviving are her husband and her soulmate, Ernest “JP” Guay; sons and daughter-in-law, Marty Schumpert (Loree) of Lancaster, Richard Kim Schumpert of Gilbert; daughter, Pamela Long Anderson of Gilbert; stepson by marriage and son by heart, Michael Guay (Heather) of Davenport, FL; brother, Harold Miller (Rean) of Gaston; sister, Grace Bartley (E.C.) of Saluda; grandchildren, Jeremey, Summer, Chelsea and Matthew Schumpert, BJ and Karly Long, Kristy Williams, Aaron, Blake and Lakin Schumpert, Sean Guay, Jon Michael and Elizabeth Montgomery; great-grandchildren, Dylan Williams, Taylor Michael, Aubrey Harmon, Jamie Lee Moore; numerous special nieces and nephews; sister-in-law, Anne (Andy) Kaplan; brother-in-law, Norman Guay; predeceased by her parents; brothers, Vernon and John Miller; sisters, Louvenia and Allie Mae Bledsoe.

Family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday, July 12 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home, other times at her residence. Memorials may be made to: The Scott Hannon Foundation, PO Box 3448, Irmo, SC 29063. Milton Shealy Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

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«Obituary posted: July 12, 2008»

Mrs. Kleiber, born Margaret Byllesby Pitts December 19, 1916, was the daughter of the late Reuben Burton Pitts and Margaret Baldwin Pitts. She lived most of her adult life in the North, but returned to her home town in 1991 following the death of her husband. From April 2000, until passing away, she lived at the Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community in Charleston.

Surviving family members include her son, Rev. John “Robert” Breck (Lyn) of Wadmalaw Island, SC, her daughter, Molly Edwards (Richard) of Saint John, FL; a brother, Issac Post Pitts (Margaret) of Camden, SC, six grandsons, Richard, Carl (Ellie), Jeffery Edwards and Paul (Andrea) and Michael (Kate) Breck, together with five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

A graveside funeral service will take place Saturday, July 12, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in Quaker Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the “Margaret B. Pitts Memorial Fund” at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 502 DeKalb Street, Camden, SC 29020. This fund was established by Margaret Kleiber in honor of her mother. It supports a free clinic offering health care to the needy in the Camden Community.

To our mother, sister, mother-in-law, aunt, grandmother and a great-grandmother: we celebrate your life. We give thanks for your presence among us. We mourn your passing. Such a gentle, gracious lady, you have brought much light into our lives. May God grant you blessed repose and may your soul dwell with Him in eternal light.

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Born December 15, 1918, in Springfield, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Cuthbert Samuel Gleaton, Sr. and Lila Beattie Gleaton. After graduating from Springfield High School, Norma married her husband, the late Malcolm Bradford Brodie and moved to Salley, South Carolina, where they raised their family. A founding member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in 1926, Norma was a devoted and faithful Catholic her entire life. She was a member of the St. Theresa Altar Society and the Springfield Garden Club.

Survivors include daughters, Barbara Brodie (Murphy) Wilton and Muriel Beattie Brodie, all of Eutawville, South Carolina; son, Charles Bradford (Barbara Sue) Brodie of Aiken; sister, Muriel Gleaton Green of Springfield; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Malcolm Eugene Brodie; brothers, Cuthbert Samuel Gleaton, Jr., Beverly J. Gleaton and Jack “Billy” Gleaton; sisters, Lila Gleaton Williams and Barbara Gleaton.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at eleven a.m. Monday, July 14, 2008, at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Springfield, South Carolina, by Reverend James L. LeBlanc. Burial will be in Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from four until six p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2008, at Folk Funeral Home, Williston, South Carolina. Pallbearers: Glenn Jeffcoat, Keith Jeffcoat, Scott Jeffcoat, David Rumph, Brooks Brodie and Keith Stenlund.

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Mr. Knotts, 69, born January 31, 1939, was the son of the late Woodrow O. Knotts and Birde Louvinna Warren Knotts.

Mr. Knotts is survived by his sons, Mitchell (Mary Ann) Knotts of Gaston, SC, Chad (Nicole) Knotts of Swansea, SC, his grandchild, Aiden Knotts, four sisters, and one brother. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home at Southland is in charge of the arrangements.

www.caughmanharmanfuneralhome.com

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«Obituary posted: July 12, 2008»

Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 13, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at The Epsicopal Church of the Advent conducted by Reverend Roy Cole and Reverend Sue Perrin. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service at the home of Ted and Nancy Gage, 402 Connecticut Avenue, Spartanburg.

Please visit our website, www.jmdunbar.com, to read the full text of the obituary.

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Just long enough lines meant that anyone walking in an AT&T store by early afternoon left empty-handed.

Scott Marshall, AT&T’s director of sales for the Carolinas, estimated 75 people were in line by the 8 a.m. opening at the Harbison location. By noon, the allotment, which Marshall declined to give, was gone. It was the same for all five Columbia-area locations.

“It was surprising based on the feedback,” Marshall said. “The lines were longer — almost double what they were a year ago (during the phone’s initial U.S. launch).”

Marshall cited the smaller, lighter version and lower price points as the biggest reasons for the demand.

The employment commission also is offering special extended hours from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

All claims by S.C. residents must be filed in person. The emergency unemployment compensation provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits.

For more information, call (800) 556-7452 or visit www.sces.org.

— Noelle Phillips

Shares of both companies, which have been trading at levels last seen in the early 1990s, rallied after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and President Bush scrambled to reassure the market about the companies’ health, and after Sen. Christopher Dodd raised the prospect that the companies could be given access to emergency Federal Reserve lending.

Dodd, the Banking Committee chairman, spoke Friday to Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and Paulson and said the two are “looking at various options” for propping up the firms if they ultimately need help. Those include giving them access to the Fed’s emergency lending “discount window,” the Connecticut Democrat said. Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve took the unprecedented step of offering direct loans to investment banks.

Freddie Mac’s shares fell 25 cents to close at $7.75 after earlier plummeting falling to $3.89 and then rising briefly into positive territory. Fannie Mae fell $2.95 to $10.25, after sinking as low as $6.68 earlier in the day.

The health of the companies is of critical concern because of the crucial role Fannie and Freddie play in the housing market.

COLUMBIA

Friday: $3.89

Month ago: $3.86

Year ago: $2.78

It’s uncommon for a company to lose radioactive material, NRC spokesman Roger Hannah said Thursday.

Plant workers discovered on Feb. 11 that 16 sample vials containing a total of 4½ ounces of uranium hexafluoride were missing a week after being delivered to the Bluff Road site.

The vials with the gel-like material are shipped inside cushioned, six-gallon steel containers. Lab technicians remove the vials from the canisters to test the uranium.

An employee threw away the canisters, believing they were empty, said Jackie McCoy, pokeswoman for the plant, which annually produces enough nuclear fuel to provide 10 percent of the nation’s electricity.

Atul Malhotra, 42, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the single count of theft of trade secrets, prosecutors said Friday. Malhotra entered his plea to the charge in U.S. District Court in San Jose, where sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 29.

Malhotra worked from 1997 to 2006 as a director of sales and business development in the Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM's global services division. The division is one of IBM's most lucrative, typically making up more than half of IBM's total sales and a third of its pretax profit.

Investigators say two months before Malhotra took a job as a vice president in HP's imaging and printing services division, he asked for confidential IBM data about product costs and materials. Shortly after he arrived at Palo Alto-based HP in 2006, prosecutors say, Malhotra sent e-mails to two of his superiors with the confidential data attached.

Prosecutors said Malhotra claimed in the e-mails that the data would give HP's sales teams an edge over IBM in determining pricing on prospective deals.

The iPhones are nothing new to Asia, where enthusiasts from Bangkok to Shanghai already sport fake and unlocked versions of last year's models - unlocked so they can work with any carrier, not just the Apple-authorized ones.

Now, electronics markets are preparing for an influx of iPhones capable of 3G, or third-generation, cell phone technology.

In the Chinese territory, ads pitching unlocked iPhones and services to unlock them were everywhere in a shopping mall with three floors of cell-phone stores.

Shop owner Chris Lau said he's already taken orders for the new iPhone from 40 people and estimated its arrival on the gray market in about a week.

Any caps would be similar to one the EU imposed last summer on crossborder voice calls and would cover usage while roaming outside a subscriber's home country.

The European Commission said Friday that a decision was expected Tuesday.

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has accused phone companies of charging too much for data roaming. She has urged them to bring down prices voluntarily by July 1 or face an EU-imposed cap on fees.

Costs people pay for making mobile phone calls outside their home countries have dropped by as much as 60 percent since the European Union executive capped fees last September.