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Tuesday, February 05, 2013  stani officials say the government plans to build a recreation complex in the town where al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. commandos in 2011.

Friday, November 23, 2012  Scanner traffic said woman was riding a go-cart when she was hurt.

Monday, September 24, 2012  The Carowinds amusement park on the North Carolina-South Carolina state line has shut down its new WindSeeker rides for safety checks.

Friday, February 17, 2012  It's unlikely the former Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach will reopen this summer.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  The Myrtle Beach amusement park that's been dormant for two years has a new owner with plans to reopen the park next year.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Freestyle Music Park is under new ownership, and the Horry County amusement park could reopen for business next summer.

Sunday, July 03, 2011  North Carolina inspectors responsible for checking rides at Carowinds kept records on every problem they discovered during their annual inspections at the amusement park that straddles both Carolinas near Charlotte, N.C.

Friday, May 27, 2011  An Associated Press review finds a South Carolina inspector fired after he falsified a report about a children's train that later crashed issued only one violation in more than three years of examining amusement park rides.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Giving Vietnam veterans the welcome home they missed decades ago. That's one of the goals of The Wall That Heals, a traveling Vietnam War memorial that is on display in Myrtle Beach this week.

Monday, May 23, 2011  Authorities say excessive speed was to blame for the South Carolina miniature train derailment that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured dozens of others.

Friday, April 15, 2011  It began with such promise, but Hard Rock Park, which opened for business in Myrtle Beach three years ago on April 15th, 2008, quickly went downhill. The park never attracted the crowds predicted by its developers and less than six months after opening, the park's owners filed for bankruptcy.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  A state lawmaker has filed legislation he hopes will help the more than two dozen injured in a children's train ride crash in Spartanburg.

Sunday, March 27, 2011  One week ago Saturday, area parents are wondering if a crash like the one in Spartanburg, SC that killed 6-year-old Benji Easler and injured more than 20 others could happen here.

Monday, March 21, 2011  Officials say the children's train ride that crashed over the weekend, killing a 6-year-old boy, opened a week early to accommodate an early blast of spring weather.

Sunday, March 20, 2011  Spartanburg officials say a child has died and several others were injured after a train ride at Cleveland Park overturned.