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For the first time, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of 300,000 residents of the cities costal areas as Hurricane Irene barrels up the East Coast.

Charles Monnett, an Alaska scientist who was suspended for suspended for six weeks, is back at work.

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The Kenyan shilling was stable against the dollar on Friday, and traders said prevailing tight shilling liquidity was expected to keep the local currency on a strengthening bias, while the main share index broke a four-day losing streak.

Much of Rhode Island is also under a flood watch.

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.

Apple Inc's first day without Steve Jobs as chief executive looked awfully similar to most other days: its share price beat the broader stock market.

With Hurricane Irene likely heading for the New York area, government officials are stepping up efforts to alert and prepare residents.

China's Lion Fund Management Co will launch next week the country's first mutual fund that invests in overseas oil and gas-related assets, as Chinese money managers step up innovation to woo investors haunted by inflation concerns.

NEMA said that 90 percent of the settlement at Lovely Bay, Acklins has been wiped out.

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.

Women may be avoiding exercise because they are overly concerned with mussed hairdos, according to the United States Surgeon General.

Hurricane Irene will cause horrendous travel conditions in the U.S. East Coast region Saturday and Sunday, one official said. As airlines cancel hundreds of flights ahead of Hurricane Irene's approach, Virginia Gov. Bog McDonnell said Saturday will be a horrendous day for travel as forecasters say the storm will be one of the worst to ever hit the region. Another official -- U.S. President Barack Obama -- is urging Americans in the path of powerful Hurricane Irene to listen to...

Hurricane Irene bore down on North Carolina on Friday, tens of thousands of people evacuated and East Coast cities including New York braced for a weekend hit from the powerful storm.

President Barack Obama is urging Americans in the path of powerful Hurricane Irene to listen to warning and evacuation instructions from state and local officials. He said from his vacation rental on Martha's Vineyard Friday that citizens urged to evacuate should not hesitate. Don't wait, don't delay, Obama said. I cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane you have to take precautions now.

Some northeastern Cities have already been hit with heavy rainfall this month.

Hurricane Irene could seriously threaten areas as far north as Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast, according to federal officials, who extended more hurricane watches and warnings on Friday.

With Hurricane Irene likely heading for the New York area, government officials are stepping up efforts to alert and prepare residents.

Forecasters are predicting between 5 to 10 inches of rain pounding the area over the weekend.

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.