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Hurricane Irene makes landfall in North Carolina. 2.5 million evacuation orders are issued along the East Coast. President Obama says Irene will be 'costly.'

Hurricane Irene howled ashore in North Carolina with heavy winds, rain and surf on Saturday on a path threatening the densely populated U.S. East Coast with flooding and power outages.

Federal officials have warned Hurricane Irene, which is at a category 1 phase currently, could cause flooding, power outages or worse all along the East Coast as far north as Maine, even if it stays offshore.

The New York Yankees captain, who was dating Hollywood actress Minka Kelly at the time of his milestone of 3,000 hits in July this year, is no longer with Kelly.

Hurricane Irene is about to make history, aiming at a rare strike on New York. The city is getting ready for Irene's arrival. Evacuations are underway, and the MTA is nearing noon shutdown.

For the first time, North Shore L.I. residents must leave their homes

As Hurricane Irene sustains its path, making landfall in eastern North Carolina at around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the storm has weakened from Category 2 to Category 1, according to an update released by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) at 5 a.m. Saturday.

Hurricane Irene is disrupting the lives of some 50 million along the U.S. East Coast. But here are five survival tips worth trying to pass the time and make the best of a bad situation.

Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a Category 1 storm early Saturday but updated forecasts still show Irene is a powerful threat. The hurricane is nearing landfall in North Carolina, and models still show it should hit New York within 24 hours at hurricane strength. New York remains directly in the path of Irene on Saturday, and the storm is forecast to strike late Saturday and early Sunday at hurricane strength. But first, the Category 1 storm is within hours of making landfall in eastern North ...

Irene is bearing down on North Carolina early Saturday, preparing to make landfall. In New York, residents and officials continue preparation with evacuations and closings.

Minka Kelly is officially out of Derek Jeter's life. But what went wrong? The couple complemented each other so well that that the break-up news seems hard to digest. Kelly is undoubtedly polite and successful and he's a very professionally talented athlete. This is just what you would call a perfect match.

AntiGravity Yoga is a form combining traditional yoga, poses with aerial arts, pilates and dance. This technique is the first in a new genre known as suspension fitness.

Google will launch its TV service in Europe early next year, announced Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt convincing the policy makers to embrace the Internet in the TV arena.

Hurricane Irene slightly lost some of its power on Saturday, but the destructive storm continues to move toward North Carolina's coast reportedly knocking out power and threatening to batter much of the East Coast.

New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, who achieved the milestone of 3,000 hits in July this year and made a perfect sports-Hollywood couple with Minka Kelly, is no longer with his love.

Apple has finally taken down its television episode rental service provided via iTunes store.

Airlines canceled nearly 8,000 weekend flights as Hurricane Irene swept up the U.S. east coast toward New York, forcing carriers to move planes to safer areas and halting services at the busiest U.S. hub.

At least 18 people were killed at a U.N. base in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the headquarters. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has since condemned the morning attack and said top officials will be dispatched to the Nigerian capital to respond to the emergency.

Pitbull's handling it in his style. After actress Lindsay Lohan recently sued him over his song Give me everything, Pitbull has invited her over to Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, where he will be performing the song. Now that is 'Some Big' expectation that the rapper is holding on to.

Ten years down the line, one under-construction World Trade Center stands near the site of the former World Trade Center complex in New York's Lower Manhattan. New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on September 11, 2011.

Corey Stoll, though not a household name, was a major player in Midnight in Paris, a movie that remained in picture houses all summer long and made more money than any other movie from the director Woody Allen.