Program links crimes, criminals
On a late September evening, a North Charleston woman arrived at her house to find a scene every homeowner dreads. The front door stood open, jagged glass poked from a broken window, drawers and cabinets hung open, violated.
More than $1,800 worth of cameras, electronics, jewelry and other belonging were gone. No one had seen the burglar. All he left behind was a flashlight and some blood, police said.
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Man against nature
Shaped by the wind, ocean currents and storms, coastal barrier islands are a slow-motion lesson in how small changes make big ones over time. You can see this lesson at work when you leave a towel on a windy beach, only to find it covered with sand grains minutes later. These grains add up. Every year, enough sand to fill Williams Bryce Stadium moves past any given spot off a barrier island beach, said Miles O. Hayes, a noted seashore geologist who studied the area.
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For some, Hanna's a playmate
FOLLY BEACH — Out here, putting together a hurricane kit means bringing an extra chunk of surfboard wax.
Dozens of surfers and a couple kayakers braved the sloppy approach of Tropical Storm Hanna on Friday by descending on the local surf haven known as "the Washout."
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