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09/03/2010 01:56 PM
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Cape Cod greets Earl with plywood and grumbling
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday weekend.
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09/03/2010 03:04 PM
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Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
(AP)
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AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
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09/03/2010 10:26 AM
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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
(AP)
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AP - A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area's picturesque gray-shingled cottages.
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09/03/2010 05:21 AM
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The nation's weather
(AP)
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AP - Hurricane Earl had lost some of its strength and was at category 2 strength with winds up to 105 mph early Friday off North Carolina's coast.
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09/03/2010 10:39 AM
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Hurricane Earl glances North Carolina, races up US coast
(AFP)
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AFP - A weakened but still nasty Hurricane Earl lashed the US East Coast on Friday with heavy winds and high surf, triggering warnings clear up to Canada after dealing a glancing blow to North Carolina.
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09/02/2010 07:02 PM
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Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans
(AP)
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AP - The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.
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09/02/2010 01:50 PM
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Hurricane Alley Heats Up with Stormy Threesome
(LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - Three swirling storms are roaring across the Atlantic with
nervous East Coast residents keeping a close eye on the conveyor belt of tropical
activity as hurricane season enters its busiest time.
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09/02/2010 12:19 PM
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Hurricane Earl path stretches from North Carolina to Boston Harbor
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - Hurricane Earl, some 300 miles south of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras, has now prompted tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from the Tar Heel State's coast to the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
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09/02/2010 11:40 AM
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NHC Report: Gaston still a depression, headed to Caribbean
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Recently-downgraded Gaston remained a tropical depression on Thursday as it churned west-northwest in the central Atlantic on a path that will likely take it into the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.
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09/03/2010 02:47 PM
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Hurricane Earl weakens after swiping North Carolina
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada on Friday after dealing North Carolina's coast only a glancing blow.
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09/02/2010 07:40 AM
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Could New York City Handle a Hurricane?
(LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Earl may swing
by dangerously close to the U.S. East Coast before curving back out to
sea. While the odds are it won't strike New York City directly, such an
event is not unprecedented, and the city has plans in place to evacuate -
and to hunker down - if need be.
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09/01/2010 03:37 PM
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NC National Guard activates 81 for Hurricane Earl
(AP)
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AP - The North Carolina National Guard will deploy 81 troops to trouble spots from Hurricane Earl.
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09/01/2010 02:11 PM
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Earl regains category four status as winds pick up
(AFP)
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AFP - Hurricane Earl intensified in the Atlantic to become a category four hurricane again Wednesday as sustained winds rose to 135 miles (215 kilometers) per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
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09/01/2010 01:15 PM
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Big Alien Planet's Weather Forecast: Hot and Extra Cloudy
(SPACE.com)
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SPACE.com - Astronomers
peering at a large alien planet have found it to be covered by an
atmosphere unlike that of any extrasolar planet yet seen.
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09/01/2010 10:07 AM
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Hurricane Earl center seen keeping off U.S. coast: NHC
(Reuters)
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Reuters - The head of the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday he was highly confident Hurricane Earl would veer to the northeast starting late on Thursday, which should keep the worst of the storm from the U.S. East Coast.
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