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FILE - In this April 12, 2016 file photo, Lakeya Hicks and Elijah Pontoon stand outside their home in Aiken, South Carolina. The couple has settled a lawsuit filed after they accused police of subjecting them to illegal body searches. Documents filed in federal court show Lakeya Hicks and Elijah Pontoon stipulated to the dismissal of their lawsuit against police officers for the City of Aiken. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

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Suspended South Carolina Rep. Chris Corley, right, waits for a bond hearing with his lawyer, John Delgado, left, at the Aiken County courthouse in Aiken, S.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2016. A judge set a $50,000 bond for Corley on a more serious charge of domestic violence. Corley was originally charged with second-degree criminal domestic violence, but an Aiken County grand jury indicted the 36-year-old Republican earlier this month on the more serious charge of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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An employee keeps an eye on the two boilers that generate steam to make power at the new Ameresco biomass power plant at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. (Associated Press)

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The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution float drive by the judges stand during the Memorial Day Parade down Laurens Street on Saturday, May 24, 2014 in downtown Aiken, S.C. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Sara Caldwell)

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Cecil Atchley waves from the top of the Marine Corps League float during the Memorial Day Parade down Laurens Street on Saturday, May 24, 2014 in downtown Aiken,S.C. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Sara Caldwell)