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Rain began to fall in Wrightsville Beach late Thursday morning as Hurricane Earl moved closer to the Eastern Seaboard.
An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP’s undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
Emergency responders and the American Red Cross are gearing up to help North Carolinians before and after Hurricane Earl hits.
A North Carolina man who would have been eligible for parole in November after serving a life sentence for killing a girl has pleaded guilty to raping and killing another girl.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders sat down for their first direct peace talks in two years on Thursday, pledging to overcome deep skepticism spawned by disappointment with U.S.-brokered attempts in the past to resolve the long-running conflict.
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| Hurricane earl | |||
| Status: | Category 4 | Lat, Long: | 30.9N, 74.8W |
| Winds: | 140 mph | Updated: | Sep 2, 11:00 a.m. |
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