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Inquiry continues in death of two cousins

MYRTLE BEACH - No charges have been filed and an investigation continues into the weekend all-terrain vehicle accident that claimed the lives of two young cousins, Horry County police said Tuesday.

The two victims were on separate ATVs Sunday afternoon, one of which rolled down an embankment at a construction site and threw two of its three female passengers into a deep retention pond.

One of the riders, 6-year-old Ke'Ajah Green, drowned.

Brandon Green, 19, went into the retention pond after Ke'Ajah, but couldn't swim. He also died.

Searchers retrieved the girl's body Monday.

Water taxi will begin operation this month

CHARLESTON - A water taxi should begin shuttling visitors between downtown Charleston and the Patriots Point Naval Museum on the Mount Pleasant side of the Cooper River later this month.

A study by the National Park Service this week found that people are willing to pay $5 or more to travel across the river, said John Tucker, the superintendent of Fort Sumter.

The study suggested that water taxis run hourly and link with bus service.

It also suggested that they be available for use by bicyclists and the handicapped.

No local governments expressed an interest in operating a taxi because a private venture, offering hourly service, is expected to begin around Thanksgiving.

Clemson scientists pleased with careers

CLEMSON - Scientists at Clemson like where they work.

Clemson University was named the best place to work among U.S. colleges and research institutions in a survey by The Scientist magazine of tenured or tenure-track life scientists.

Clemson officials said the amount of interdisciplinary research, communication by administrators with junior faculty and the ease of the tenure process creates a positive work environment for professors.

Clemson did not make the list last year. No other South Carolina schools made the list's top 15.

Heating unit hits, kills 65-year-old employee

COLUMBIA - A worker died after a heating and air-conditioning unit fell on him at a Lexington County business.

George Ansel Price, 65, of Batesburg-Leesville, died Monday when he was helping unload the air unit from the back of a trailer and it fell from a forklift, said Lexington County Coroner Harry O. Harmon.

The accident happened at O.L. Holley and Sons in Batesburg-Leesville and is under investigation.

Mr. Harmon said an autopsy is planned.