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• Photo: President Barack Obama walks to the Cannon Caucus Room with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to meet with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.
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Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky. (full story)

Today's Top Stories

• Photo: The Calverts were last seen at the Club Group offices in Sea Pines, shown here, according to investigative documents.
  

Death order in Calvert case provides new details on their murders

A court order declaring John and Elizabeth Calvert dead provides more details pointing to Dennis Gerwing as their likely killer and lists several reasons that debunk notions that the couple might have vanished on their own. (full story)

• Animal-rights supporters push for no-kill county shelter
• Despite investigations into two court clerks, state's confidence in the office still high
• Marines prepare to celebrate their 234th birthday
• Sen. Graham at center of new climate-bill battle
• Bike-safety advocates disappointed by changes in Hilton Head road plan
• A bridge run -- not too far
• St. Helena goat standoff leads to hourlong traffic standstill
• Stricken island councilman Safay in stable condition
• Island's future: From tunnel vision to divine mysteries

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• Photo: Marilyn Peck, public relations representative for the Historic Dataw Island Foundation, talks about some of the ruins on Dataw Island during a recent tour with the Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter and the Hilton Head Island Chapter National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century.
  

Ancestral allure

Discovering a connection to a fiery Puritan minister or a soldier nicknamed "Silver Fist Lindsay" intrigued two area women to dig deeper into their family histories and join the local chapters of the Colonial Dames XVII Century. (full story)

• Artist Portrait: Ted Jordan
• Penn Center hosts 27th Heritage Days
• McCorkle a complicated but gifted author
• From the Beacon: Library shows it's 'got game' this month
• Stein Mart event to aid Memory Matters, NAMI
• Addiction recovery classes begin this week
• First Presbyterian hosts health care program
• Delta Delta Delta holds Founders' Day lunch
• Coming This Week for Nov. 8

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Sports

• Photo: David Adams, right, a former Hilton Head High runner and the state cross country meet record holder, hands out team awards to the Hilton Head High boys Saturday after they won the Class 3-A state championship.
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Hilton Head High boys and girls win state cross country meet

The Hilton Head High cross country teams burst onto the scene in 2008, resulting in a state championship for the girls and a runner-up finish for the boys. (full story)

• USC Beaufort will send 4 to NAIA national cross country meet
• HHH girls earn 3rd straight state tennis title
• Daniel too much for Bluffton in 3-A volleyball final
• Beaufort High stumbles in regular-season finale
• Ridgeland's postseason ends with late rally by Cane Bay
• Football Roundup: HH Prep, Battery Creek, Hardeeville fall in first round
• Seahawks feel sting of first-round defeat again
• HHCA overpowers Calhoun Academy in playoff opener
• Hilton Head High girls advance to state tennis final

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