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Turns out there may be more to the story after all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/05\/does-this-map-explain-wha.php\" target=\"_blank\">Blastr: Does this map explain what happened to the &#8216;lost&#8217; Roanoke colony?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">One of the greatest American mysteries in history, the disappearance of an entire colony of settlers from Roanoke Island in the late 16th century, might be a step closer to being solved. 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