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Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC

A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the onslaught...

Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC

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1 in custody at Miami airport; 4 concourses shut

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Earl's gusts, rains lash Outer Banks, reach VA

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Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy

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