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Top 10 beaches of 2008

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Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as Dr. Beach , has selected an annual top 10 U.S. beaches list every year since 1991. Fifty criteria, such as water and sand quality and facilities available, are used to evaluate the locations. Did last year's winner, Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach in Outer Banks, N.C., make this year's cut?
Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as Dr. Beach, has selected an annual top 10 U.S. beaches list every year since 1991. Fifty criteria, such as water and sand quality and facilities available, are used to evaluate the locations. Did last year's winner, Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach in Outer Banks, N.C., make this year's cut?
(Photo courtesy North Carolina Department of Commerce)
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