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Memorial unveiled to honor 7 students killed in beach house fire

Students, parents and friends watched as a steel cross and stone marker were unveiled at a private memorial service on Friday to honor seven college students killed in a beach house fire last fall.

The cross-shaped monument and memorial stone has each victim's name and the phrase ``friends together forever'' inscribed on it. It sits at the base of the Odell Williamson Bridge, which links Ocean Isle Beach to the Brunswick County mainland.

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Kennedy hospitalized after seizure; not a stroke

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a famed political family who helped define national Democratic Party politics, suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home on Saturday and was...

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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears

Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's...

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UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end strike

American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an...

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Obama seeks focus on end of primary campaign

Attempting to lay a symbolic claim to his party's presidential nomination, Democrat Barack Obama will mark the latest round of primary voting with a rally in Iowa, where his solid win in January...

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