Local (Metro) 
$13.4 million shortfall expected
Web-posted 05/09/08
A projected $13.4 million budget shortfall will likely affect Richmond County school employees, but exactly how isn't known yet, school board members were told Thursday night.

   New rules can't undo dogs' pain
   Still fighting
   AP tests can come without classes

Carolina Chronicle 
Volunteer at USC Aiken academy never stops learning
Web-posted 05/04/08
AIKEN --- Just doing what he was supposed to do earned Chuck Braun the 2008 Earl Kauffman Award for exemplary volunteerism.

   Concert facility at Hopelands gets upgraded
   Bonds are not only way to finance school needs
   American Indian culture to be showcased

Richmond County Neighbors 
Letter carriers will help food banks fight hunger
Web-posted 05/08/08
Letter carriers will pick up nonperishable food left beside mailboxes when they deliver mail Saturday as part of the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. Items picked up will be turned over to the Golden Harvest Food Bank.

   Church helps organizations that depend on volunteers
   Garden events assist Pendleton King Park
   Paine's art gallery will be marked by openness

Bill Kirby 
Age creeps up on you even when you expect it
Web-posted 05/09/08
Fifty is the youth of old age.

   Looks like graduates can catch up on Z's
   Now's the time to become a stamp collector

Glynn Moore 
Teens require guidance to stay on track
Web-posted 05/05/08
Last week, I told you about Teenage Years 101, a presentation that Columbia County Chief Magistrate Judge Wade Padgett delivers to teens and adults about the legal, moral and societal issues facing young people today.

City Ink 
Taxes are certain, but not libraries
Web-posted 05/04/08
Things picked up in Augusta last week, not the least of which was news you'll be paying more property taxes this year if one of the 21,703 assessment increase notices comes to a mailbox near you this week.

Iraq 
Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad; no injuries
Web-posted 5/09/2008
The British Broadcasting Corp. says a rocket hit the building housing its Baghdad bureau, causing damage but no injuries.


   US military denies Iraqi claims of al-Qaida leader's arrest
   Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad

National 
Nevada judge accused of demanding royal treatment
Web-posted 5/09/2008
Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.


   Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize
   Mo. woman enters Alford plea in kidnapping case

World 
Myanmar seizes UN aid supplies, 'not ready' to let in US
Web-posted 5/09/2008
Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat there Friday that they're not ready to let in American aid workers despite warnings the country is on the verge of a medical catastrophe.


   Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
   Man loses 28 relatives in Myanmar village hit by cyclone

Politics 
Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement
Web-posted 5/09/2008
Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.


   In Oregon, Clinton hits Obama while he targets McCain
   Today on the presidential campaign trail