WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) - An advocate for victims of abuse says the domestic violence deaths of five Oconee County residents in a week highlight the need for a local shelter.
Prosecutors and advocates are bringing attention to the violence and asking for the community's help.
Safe Harbor director Becky Callaham calls it an epidemic. She says Oconee County needs a domestic violence shelter. The nonprofit operates shelters in Anderson and Greenville, but Callaham says they can't meet the need.
Body found in NC near where Ohio woman disappeared
FRISCO, N.C. (AP) - Authorities along the North Carolina coast have found a body in an area where an Ohio woman disappeared.Dare County Sheriff's Capt. Charles Neiman said the body was found Saturday. Investigators are trying to identify the person. Neiman says he doesn't know yet if the body is a woman or a man.
Neiman says the body was found just off the street about 20 to 30 miles from where 33-year-old Lynn Jackenheimer, of Ashland, Ohio, disappeared.
Pepsi Bottling expanding in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Pepsi Bottling Ventures says it will invest more than $81 million over seven years in its new, larger plant in Winston-Salem.The company says the 307 workers at its current bottling plant in Winston-Salem will transfer to the new site in Union Cross Business Park.
According to paperwork the company filed, the plant will employ about 500. The average salary will be $32,555 plus benefits.
The roughly 200 additional jobs will be filled by consolidating operations from other facilities.
The company is eligible for $1.7 million in incentives from the city and county.
SLIDESHOW: Construction underway at Ocean Course for PGA Championship
US infesting Middle East in hunt for more wars: Analyst
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| Despite all his cries of “change,” US President Barack Obama is continuing with the policies of his predecessor George W. Bush, an analyst says. |
Study: Personal Care Products May Increase Diabetes Risk in Women
A study lead by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) shows an association between increased concentrations of phthalates in the body and an increased risk of diabetes in women. Phthalates are endocrine disrupting chemicals that are commonly found in personal care products such as moisturizers, nail polishes, soaps, hair sprays and perfumes. They are also used in adhesives, electronics, toys and a variety of other products. This finding is published in the July 13, 2012 online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives.
Comic-Con 2012: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’ rides into town
The cast of 'Django Unchained' (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
The moderator introduced Foxx first, who plays Django, the freed slave turned bounty hunter, who exacts serious revenge on the Antebellum south; Walton Goggins, who plays Billy Crash, the man who helps keep Leonardo DiCaprio's plantation "Candyland" in line; Don Johnson -- sporting shades, a samurai pony tail, and a salt n' pepper Fu Manchu — who plays plantation owner/Colonel Sanders look alike Big Daddy; Christoph Waltz, who actually received the biggest applause and plays the dentist turned bounty hunter Dr. King Shultz; and Kerry Washington, lovely and beaming, playing Foxx's wife, Broomhilda.
