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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Officials at the Savannah River Site say an employee improperly accessed the personal information of thousands of workers.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Retirees who have worked at the Savannah River Site are meeting to talk about their health care.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  The man suspected of shooting and killing an Aiken law officer faces new charges.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Federal officials are meeting to discuss mixed-oxide fuel at an old nuclear weapons site in South Carolina

Friday, September 30, 2011  Police say it wasn't hard to find the teens that stole Sassy the Hippo from an Aiken miniature golf course.  Authorities say the teens tried to cover the bright purple hippo head with a sheet in the back of their pickup truck around 3 a.m. Thursday, but the sheet shifted enough so the hippo's large white teeth could be seen by an officer on patrol.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  A 25-year-old North Augusta man has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2009 shooting death of a man in Aiken County.

Thursday, February 05, 2009  The Aiken Standard is offering folks a chance to advertise their faith on their newspaper boxes.