News Headlines for Aiken, South Carolina

Ford's three scores lead South Carolina State 42-3 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Will Ford rushed for 138 yards and three touchdowns to lead South Carolina State to a 42-3 victory over Benedict on Saturday night.

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Loss to Vanderbilt still weighs on South Carolina (USA Today)
After Vanderbilt stunned the University of South Carolina last year at Williams-Brice Stadium, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn had trouble sleeping as he sought to make sense of the loss.

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Hanna causes no major damage in South Carolina (Island Packet)
Tropical Storm Hanna caused no significant damage in South Carolina, according to the S.C. Emergency Management Division.

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Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall in South Carolina, Hurricane Ike gathers force in Caribbean (Scientific American)
Tropical Storm Hanna made landfall on the border of South Carolina and North Carolina this morning. Reuters reports that the storm was not quite at hurricane strength, with top windspeeds of about 60 miles per hour, but had enough force to knock power from about 10,000 homes. Hanna, which killed more than 500 people in Haiti, will likely flood significant parts of the Eastern Seaboard as it ...

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Vanderbilt scores rare home upset, sinks No. 24 South Carolina (USA Today)
Chris Nickson threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Vanderbilt finally beat a ranked opponent on its own field Thursday night, upsetting No. 24 South Carolina 24-17 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Tthe Commodores hadn't upset a ranked team in Vanderbilt Stadium since Sept. 19, 1992, a 31-9 win over then-No. 25 Mississippi 31-9.

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Hanna roars ashore near North-South Carolina line (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted predawn tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border Saturday at the start of a run up the Eastern Seaboard forecast to dump heavy weekend rain from Virginia to New England. Emergency officials were already looking past Hanna to powerful Hurricane Ike, several hundred miles out in the Atlantic. Ike, packing Category 3 hurricane winds of near 115 mph, ...

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Hanna blows onshore near North-South Carolina line (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Tropical storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early Saturday at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could dump heavy rain from Virginia on into Atlantic Canada.

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Hanna roars ashore near North-South Carolina line (Boston Globe)
Forecasters say the center of Tropical Storm Hanna has hit the tourist beaches near the line between North and South Carolina.

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Hanna roars ashore near North-South Carolina line (FOX 43 Hampton Roads)
Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early Saturday at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could dump heavy rain from Virginia to New England.

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Hanna roars ashore near North-South Carolina line (GMA News)
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina - Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted predawn tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border Saturday at the start of a run up the Eastern Seaboard forecast to dump heavy weekend rain from Virginia to New England.

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