A husband and wife from Littlestown drowned Friday afternoon in the ocean off the South Nags Head coastline of Virginia’s Outer Banks, the Virginian-Pilot reported.

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L’town couple drowns in N.C.

Vacationing on North Carolina’s Outer Banks this past week, I’ve been thinking about how different things will be here when the South secedes from the Union.

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Dana Milbank: If at first you don’t secede, try again

Supercity mayoral candidate Andrew Williams wants an Auckland the South Island can be proud of.

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Auckland super-mayors differing visions

GREENSBORO, N.C. The Greensboro Grasshoppers completed a four-game sweep of the Hagerstown Suns, making a single unearned run stand up in a 1-0 victory in the South Atlantic League on Sunday.

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GREENVILLE Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill that a month ago appeared to be headed toward the Gulf Stream and up the Atlantic coast has been churning in circles in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to be degraded and diluted when and if it reaches South Carolina waters.

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S.C. oil disaster unlikely

UPDATE 9.55am: THOUSANDS may have been ripped off by a skimming scam after the discovery of a modified ATM in South Yarra.

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Thousands hit by ATM scam

Even though the house is east of the dune line, this septic tank recently covered with sand and the above-ground pipe leading to it is perfectly legal. When it comes to cleaning up the beaches in South Nags Head, town officials must feel trapped in a perpetual lose-lose cycle

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A legal twilight zone in South Nags Head

Nags Head has come up with a short-term fix for Seagull Drive, which has put a spotlight on the severe erosion that plagues the shoreline as the town tries to make a case for its $36 million beach nourishment project. What was left of the South Nags Head road was obliterated during the November Veteran’s

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Quick fix will provide access to landlocked homes

New Construction Housing starts have seen an increase in the month of March.  The Wall St. Journal reports that the  number of starts has risen 1.6%  in March to 626,000, as reported by the Commerce Department last week.  This growth is a stronger than many experts expected.  February starts also showed an increase after a loss was predicted.  “The bottom line is that there is an upward trend [and] construction will be moving higher provided that new-home sales improve as well,” said Michelle Meyer, economist at Barclays Capital

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Housing Starts Continue to Rise

Video of South Nags Head It seems so simple. Why can’t Nags Head quickly remove derelict oceanfront houses “trespassing” on the public beach after years of erosion? The town has faced criticism over the slow process, but longtime residents are familiar with the legal dance

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A long legal road to cleaning up the beach