Senator criticizes Ayers visits
COLUMBIA --- The University of South Carolina's link to a former 1960s radical is drawing criticism.
On Thursday, state Sen. Chip Campsen said he wanted the school to use the nearly $7,000 used to bring William Ayers to Columbia to pay for instruction on the U.S. Constitution.
Mr. Ayers founded the Weather Underground. Now a professor, he has spoken six times at USC and sometimes received reimbursements or a stipend.
Mr. Campsen also said the faculty who invited Mr. Ayers should spend time reading the nation's founding documents. He withdrew the amendment before a vote.
Barack Obama has been criticized for once working on a charity board with Mr. Ayers. Mr. Obama has said repeatedly that they are not close.
$100 million goes up for bid
COLUMBIA --- The South Carolina treasurer has put $100 million in state deposits up for bid.
Treasurer's office spokesman Scott Malyerck says the goal of Thursday's auction was to give the state's banks more money to lend to businesses and consumers. The auctions take place every three months.
Thirty-two banks bid to hold the money at interest rates ranging from 1.95 percent to 2.82 percent.
Banks make bids for deposits by offering interest rates they will pay for holding the money for six months. Banks must take at least $100,000, and the maximum is $5 million per institution.
Since the amounts typically exceed federal deposit insurance limits, the banks must have collateral to guarantee the state will get its money back.
Stepfather is found strangled
IRMO --- Police have accused a 24-year-old man of strangling his stepfather after the two fought in the home they shared.
Police Chief Brian Buck said officers answering a 911 call found 54-year-old Paul Favor dead around 12:45 a.m. Thursday.
Mr. Favor's stepson, Terence Hayes, was charged with murder.
Hammer-using killer gets death
SPARTANBURG --- A man was sentenced to death Thursday for killing a couple by beating them with a hammer in what prosecutors said was an act of revenge after a fight with the victims' son.
The Spartanburg County jury deliberated about an hour before deciding the fate of Antonio "Tony" Torres, 27. The same jury convicted him of murder and rape Sunday.
-- Edited from wire reports
Comments
Hoo-ray for SC State Sen. Chip Campsen. He knows a terrorist when he sees one. Why would a splendid institute of learning like USC entertain Ayers in any way, shape, or form? Are the students and alumnum being served? Hell yeah, they're being served. They're being served the biggest piece of "cow-pattie" that Ayers can serve. Eat-hearty there's plenty more where that came from.
Barry says he was not "close" to Bill Ayers. He says he is not "close" to his minister of 20 years. He must not be very "close" to Michelle either or, being the Constitutional patriot he claims to be, he probably would have reminded her she should be proud to be an American even before he was running for president. But he is so very close to his mother, with whom he has spent the least time, that he will abandon the campaign trail to visit during her illness. Wow! What a publicity stunt. The media starting running the story nonstop a week before he ever left to go to Hawaii. Does anyone actually think that the media (the chief advocate of the Obama-nation) will not continue to lavish their worship upon him while he is in Hawaii? As for Ayers - killing innocent people because one is against war is no different than killing innocent people as part of a "hate" crime. One is still a murderer.
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