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NEW YORK – Stage mothers, get ready. BabyTalk is looking for beautiful babies to compete for the chance to be on the cover of the magazine in November.
From now until April 30, the magazine will be accepting photos of babies age 4 months to 15 …
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2/18/04 07:00 PM
Murder is no laughing matter, but the titles of some new mystery fiction will slay you.
"Thou Shalt Not Grill," "Chapter and Hearse," "Intensive Scare Unit" and "We'll Always Have Parrots" give new meaning to the concept of crime and …
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2/18/04 07:00 PM
CHARLESTON – As many as 50,000 people are expected to come to Charleston in April for what organizers are calling the last Confederate funeral – the burial of the crew of the submarine H.L. Hunley.
The Hunley was the first submarine in …
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2/18/04 07:00 PM
One of the most anticipated exhibitions of each art season will be on display beginning tomorrow night at the Sumter Gallery of Art. The popular South Carolina Oil Painters' Open Invitational, in its 22nd year, will open with a reception and awards …
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2/17/04 07:00 PM
Dear Alison,
We're having a dreadful struggle with our 7-year-old daughter. She doesn't want to go to school, even resorting to locking herself into the garage to avoid it. She talks back to us, stamps her feet, argues constantly and decides to …
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2/17/04 07:00 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Religious broadcasters see something more in Janet Jackson's famous missing bra cup than exposed flesh – they see opportunity to market themselves as a wholesome alternative to mainstream TV.
"People are hurting, both …
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2/17/04 07:00 PM
Aspiring and published writers alike leaned forward interestedly as the Inkplots presented their views at last week's Writers Reading program at the Sumter Opera House. The eight presenters chose a casual format for the evening, explaining how they …
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2/16/04 07:00 PM
ATLANTA – When Ryan Seacrest was 9 years old, he would pretend to be Casey Kasem counting down the hits, recording himself on cassette.
Now cassettes are out and Seacrest is in as Kasem's replacement on American Top 40, the legendary syndicated …
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2/16/04 07:00 PM
The City of Sumter will be performing fire hydrant flow tests on Wednesday, Feb. 18, on Pinewood Road, Cains Mill Road, McCray's Mill Road and Croft Street. Residents in these areas and surrounding areas should be on the alert for "red water" on …
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2/16/04 07:00 PM
LONDON – Cecil Beaton invented celebrity photography, and the photographer as celebrity.
The British portraitist, born 100 years ago, shot the icons of five decades – Garbo, Dietrich, Monroe – and became as famous as his subjects: as an …
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2/16/04 07:00 PM
CHICAGO – Women with high levels of iron in their blood may run nearly triple the risk of developing diabetes, a study found.
The research involved 32,826 healthy women who were followed for 10 years after giving blood samples. Type 2 diabetes …
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2/15/04 07:00 PM
AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN:
AA Women's Closed Discussion Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
AA Monday-Friday at noon and 5:30; Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St.
AA Monday, …
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2/15/04 07:00 PM
A lively almanac of the U.S. civil rights crusade is found in "Civil Rights Chronicle: The African-American Struggle for Freedom" (Legacy). This generous history of the civil rights movement is told in text and 900 illustrations – photos, …
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2/15/04 07:00 PM
What a difference a day makes in our gardening lives! What I had intended to be a pruning primer article, instigated by an excellent in-the-field demonstration by Andy Rollins at our January Master Gardener meeting, changed overnight into a major …
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2/15/04 07:00 PM
MARY ELIZABETH PORTER
Rob and Tonya Porter of Nashville, Tenn., announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, on Jan. 13, 2004, at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville.
Mary Elizabeth weighed 8 lbs. and 1 oz. and was 20 inches …
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2/14/04 07:00 PM
The Woman's Afternoon Music Club will present a program of sacred music at 4 p.m. this afternoon at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main and Calhoun streets.
Following a welcome by Mrs. Philip Brandt, organist Hamilton Dabbs Stoddard …
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2/14/04 07:00 PM
The Lord Clarendon Cotillion presented three debutantes on Dec. 29, 2003, at the Sunset Country Club. They were, seated left to right: Elizabeth Ruth King, Marie Trenholm Buyck and Caroline Fishburne Rawlinson. Their escorts, standing left to right, …
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2/14/04 07:00 PM
Mr. and Mrs. William Heathley "Rusty" Wilson III of Mayesville announce the engagement of their daughter, Maria Elizabeth Wilson of Columbia, to John Michael Hine of Sumter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Hine of Sumter.
The bride-elect is the …
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2/14/04 07:00 PM
My fellow and gal Americans:
For the past few months, as I have traveled around this great nation talking about my campaign for president, the one question I've heard most often from the voters, in these troubled times, is: "President of …
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2/14/04 07:00 PM
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Linder of Sumter, along with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Henry of Cabot, Ark., announce the engagement of their children, respectively, Sarah Jeanne Linder and Brian Lynn Henry.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Shirley …
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2/14/04 07:00 PM