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NorthCarolinaDaily.com Saturday 4th September 2010 Issue 8/3507
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
Barack Obama
US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings
What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate
9 people killed in New Zealand plane crash
SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit
Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England

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Australian envoy launches luxury guide to Delhi
Erin Andrews gets no-peep service at hotels after stalker ordeal
Edinburgh 'best place to visit in UK'
Walk on the wild side in Wales
When getting away means staying in touch
La Forfaiterie offers 1,500 options for all seasons

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NCAA clears UNC’s Sturdivant, Carter to play
AP source: Investigators subpoena UNC’s Austin
Hurricane Earl sideswipes North Carolina, takes aim at New England
Video shows Pinecrest, Union Pines brawl
Wind, rain from Hurricane Earl hit North Carolina

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Carolina Fans React To Suspensions Of A Dozen Key Players
Carolina Fans React To Suspensions Of A Dozen Key Players - The announcement Friday that some of UNC’S best football players won't be suiting up in the season opener has many Carolina fans in...

Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf
CHATHAM, Mass. — The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod’s gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, disrupting people’s vacations on the...
Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
SEATTLE — A national park spokeswoman says a search helicopter has spotted the body of an experienced mountain climber who was the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum. North Cascades National Park...
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No deaths following quake, a miracle, say New Zealand officialsNo deaths following quake, a miracle, say New Zealand officials
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The Dow Jones rose more than 100 points Friday, the third day of gains for the key...

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Hurricane Earl threatened to bring a violent end to the summer high season on the US Atlantic coast as tourists evacuated beach resorts in North Carolina and storm preparations were underway Thursday along most of the Eastern seaboard.

The eye of the massive category 3 storm was expected to brush North Carolina's picturesque Outer Banks, a vulnerable chain of barrier islands, late Thursday.

At 2 p.m. (1800 GMT), Earl was 395 km south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with sustained winds of 205 km per hour.

'Earl is expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it passes near the Outer Banks,' the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami said.

'Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 150 km from the centre and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 370 km.'

The hurricane was then projected to move towards southeastern New England Friday night, before gradually weakening. The NHC warned of destructive storm surges, hurricane force winds and heavy rains.

The storm comes ahead of the three-day Labour Day weekend, a popular end-of-summer holiday when many Americans head to the beaches.

Various hurricane warnings and storm watches were posted along the Atlantic coast, from North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey to New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

President Barack Obama was 'closely monitoring' the storm's developments, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday. Obama Wednesday signed a disaster declaration for North Carolina, giving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authority to begin aiding the state's storm response effort.

'The time of preparing is over, the time of action is now. Don't wait for the next forecast,' said Craig Fugate, FEMA administrator, as he urged residents along the east coast to listen to evacuation orders.


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    A musical on 9/11 released
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    Officers Say 13-Year-Old Had Cocaine In Middle School
    Judge: Jury Should Hear Case Against City In Alleged Sex Assault
    City Threatens To Cut Water Service In Annexation Battle
    Police: Mother Drove Drunk With 2-Year-Old In Car

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    With the departure of US combat troops from Iraq, is the Iraq war now over?


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