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Wilmington plans to open its riverside convention center this month, but the hotel that's supposed to go with it still needs a developer. In September, the city said John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, the only company that had made a viable pitch before the city's deadline last January, was backing out of the project because it has other obligations and couldn't get the financing. The Springfield, Mo.-based company had proposed a 14-story, 250-room Embassy Suites, with a full-service restaurant and...