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Photographer David Strick lost the first round in his copyright case against the Los Angeles Times, when a federal judge ordered arbitration this week.

Responding to Hurricane Irene's inexorable progress toward New York City, mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Friday that he was ordering mandatory evacuations for residents of vulnerable low-lying and coastal neighborhoods.

The storm is expected to make landfall in North Carolina on Saturday.

As Hurricane Irene continues to roar up the East Coast headed in the direction for New York City; New Yorker's embrace the calm before the storm and have taken to Twitter to share tips and express mixed feelings towards the severity of the looming threat.

The United States urged 55 million people on its East Coast on Friday to prepare for the onslaught of massive Hurricane Irene, which President Barack Obama warned could be extremely dangerous and costly.

Connecticut Friday braced for Hurricane Irene -- on track to hit the state with winds up to 75 miles per hour, and perhaps higher, and heavy rain that could dump more than 8 inches of rain on already soaked ground. Gov. Daniel Malloy has already declared a state of emergency, and urges residents to prepare storm kits and an evacuation plan.

Philadelphia May Nutter said Thursday that Hurricane Irene could become the worst storm to hit the East in fifty years. Governors in North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware have all declared states of emergency.

Hurricane Irene caused havoc in the low-lying area of the Bahamas and continued its path of destruction toward the U.S. East Coast -- leading to a state of emergency in the six states along the coast.

Casey Anthony, who was voted as the most hated women in America, has received security measures from the Florida Department of Corrections, according to a probation spokeswoman Thursday.

As Hurricane Irene, currently a Category 3 hurricane, lurches up the East Coast, it's important to make a make and follow a disaster preparation plan, including an evacuation strategy.

Residents are not taking any chances with the impending Category 3 weekend storm.

Federal officials say Cody Crawford was motivated by hatred of Muslims.

Hurricane Irene is jolting Long Island to prepare for the worst case scenario, urged the government of Nassau County, Long Island.

Goodnight Irene! a North Carolina resident wrote on their house, which was left boarded up, anticipating the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, N.C., The storm's punishing weather from the Carolinas to as far north as Massachusetts threatens at least 65 million people in the storm's track.

Residents in Ocean City, Md. Were ordered to evacuate as the monster storm Hurricane Irene is expected to hit the Maryland shore Sunday.

Hurricane Irene claimed its first American casualties Thursday when eight people were injured in South Florida, and as the hurricane continues its path of the East Coast.

The main radioactive element released from the Fukushima nuclear disaster since March equals 168 Hiroshima World War Two bombs, a news report said Thursday.

Here are the top 10 precautions that you need to keep in mind or have a list of while you prepare for the forthcoming climatic catastrophe.

In what can be called a gem of a discovery, astronomers at the University of Manchester found a rare planet made of diamonds, which orbits a pulsar about 4,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens.

Have you heard of a river flowing under a river? In an amazing discovery, scientists have found signs of an underground river flowing below Amazon River.

While they have shouldered enormous responsibilities and acted as source of inspiration for millions, the Presidents of the United States have played equally important roles as husbands and fathers.

Officials have ordered thousands of Maryland residents and visitors to leave Ocean City.

Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both men and women in the United States will be obese by 2030, health experts warned on Friday.

Arizona filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a U.S. federal voting rights law governing how the state conducts its elections.

North Carolina braced on Friday for a direct hit from Hurricane Irene, cities along the east coast were on alert and millions of beach goers cut short vacations to escape the powerful storm.

A state of emergency has been declared in six states toward the U.S. East Coast after Hurricane Irene caused havoc in the Bahamas.

U.S. Atlantic coastal residents from the barrier islands of North Carolina to the capital in Washington and the financial center of New York rushed to prepare on Thursday for an assault by powerful Hurricane Irene.

The first asteroid dust samples brought by a Japanese spacecraft back to Earth indicate that some of the most common meteorites to hit Earth might have originated from a single rocky ancestor in space, Japanese researchers say.

As Hurricane Irene headed for the U.S. East Coast Thursday night, authorities prepared for the worst and scientists said tides and ocean temperatures were increasing its destructive power.