News Archive for October 28 2007

N. Carolina beach house fire kills 7

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. - An intense fire ravaged a beach house packed with more than a dozen college students early Sunday, killing seven and leaving little left of the structure but its charred frame and the stilts on which it stood.

80 Taliban killed in battle in southern Afghanistan: U.S.

The U.S. military says its troops led coalition forces in a six-hour battle that killed about 80 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, while the militants claim the dead were civilians.