Rumors & Notes: 4/29/14

NATIONAL NEWS

• Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief, which helps people affected by disasters like the recent tornadoes. You can also donate online.
  • Info on donating to the Salvation Army is here.
• 6 people taken to hospital after shooting at FedEx warehouse; suspect dead (CBS 46).
  • Doctor: 3 victims critical (Associated Press).

• NBA bans Clippers owner Sterling for life (CNN).

TOP STORIES

• Search ends for man who jumped off Bahamas cruise (Live 5 News).
• Father, two children rescued in Congaree National Park (Live 5 News).
• Updates on (and pictures of) train derailment and bridge collapse in Berkeley County (ABC News 4).
  • Dukes of Hazard stunt likely saves man from plummeting death (News 2).
  • Reconstruction likely to take weeks (Post & Courier).

FOOD

• The Palace Hotel Hires Head Chef (Post & Courier).
  • Palace Hotel Photo Gallery (Post & Courier).
• Grind and Squeeze Pouring in I’On (Post & Courier).
• Coffee shop opened in Avondale (Facebook).
• Food Truck Rodeo this Saturday at P&C Headquarters  (HCS).
• Looking Swell at Leon’s Oyster Shop (Eater Charleston).
• Blu Appoints New Executive Chef (Post & Courier).
• Mount Pleasant’s Joey Bag a Donuts is opening a store in Nevada (Eater).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• ‘Southern Charm’ recap: The reunion show (The State).
  • Video Clips (Bravo).
  • ‘Southern Charm’ reunion show just … awkward (Post & Courier).

• Kayla Helferich is “Batgirl” Tonight on Super Hero Night (Charleston RiverDogs).

• Avondale chART Initiative & Gallery (Charleston Daily Photo).
• In the Charleston Lowcountry, Adventures for All (Where Traveler).
• Vote: The South’s Greatest Films (Garden & Gun).
• 9th Annual Charleston Cinco de Mayo Festival (HCS).
• Patriots Point adds helicopter to exhibit (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• BAZINGA! Saturday Is Free Comic Book Day (HCS).
• College of Charleston introduces new women’s basketball coach Candice Jackson (Post & Courier).
• David Ford Comes to The Music Hall on May 1st (HCS).
• Goose Creek’s Dantez Bennamon commits to Division II Clayton State for basketball (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• U.S. Senator Tim Scott to Speak at College of Charleston Graduation (CofC).
• College of Charleston Political Science students are featured in a Huffington Post article for their research on Southern politics (Huffington Post).
• South Carolina House passes University of Charleston bill (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: John Tecklenburg (HCS).
• Mayor Earl Bullard’s Bigotry (Politically Suspect).
• Condoleezza Rice to campaign for Graham (The State).
• White House Steps Up Effort to Confirm Federal Judges (Includes quotes from Sen. Lindsey Graham, New York Times).
• Sen. Vince Sheheen calls on Gov. Nikki Haley to fire DSS Director Lillian Koller (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Police looking for downtown Charleston shooting suspect (Live 5 News).
• Cypress Garden Road Detour Route (ABC News 4).
• Final tally shows MUSC Board torn between presidential candidates (Post & Courier).
• $400,000 settlement reached in lawsuit against former police chief (ABC News 4).
• SC ranks third highest in the nation for drunk driving deaths (Carolina Live).
• General Dynamics to lay off 170 employees in Ladson (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Education Oversight Committee approves standards requiring students to learn arguments for/against evolution (Post & Courier).
• Taxpayer cost tied to teen-aged births in South Carolina estimated at $166 million (Post & Courier).
• Santee Cooper OKs job-creating initiatives (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Blue Star Mothers send more than 2,500 lbs of cookies to the troops (ABC News 4).
• Zais: South Carolina can still use Smarter Balanced’s test (Post & Courier).
• PeopleMatter Opens Sales and Customer Operations Center (PeopleMatter).

• Summerville student’s drawing chosen for national Doodle 4 Google contest (Charleston City Paper).

  • How you can help the student win (ABC News 4).
• SLIDESHOW: NCFD rescues kittens, mother stuck in storm drain (Live 5 News).
• Construction begins on school in Summerville’s Nexton community (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Highway Patrol investigates wreck involving Dorchester deputy (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston man accused of firing on Texas police officer on I-526 (Live 5 News).
• CCSD: Extra day added on to end of school year (ABC News 4).
• Summerville ranks among top places to own home (News 2).
• Memorial will honor Pelion teen killed in Ohio boating crash (The State).
• 2 Charleston firms ink defense contracts (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Rising tide at Port of Charleston swamps chassis repair firm (Post & Courier).
• News 2 Special Report – A Call To Kill (News 2).
• Charleston police investigating West Ashley Subway burglary (Live 5 News).

  Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/04/29/3416061/memorial-will-honor-pelion-teen.html#storylink=cpy

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