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Sporting Bodies Take Scheduling Hit from Irene

Charlie Wi of South Korea lines up his putt on the fifth green during the first round of The Barclays golf tournament in Edison
Safety fears over the possible impact of Hurricane Irene have forced the National Football League (NFL) and other North American sporting bodies to reschedule or cancel events for this weekend.

Broadway Cancels All Weekend Performances

The marquee for the Broadway show "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" is seen outside the Foxwoods Theatre in New York
Hurricane Irene's impact on New York City remains to be seen, but it's a certainty that Broadway will be dark this weekend, with all Saturday and Sunday performances canceled.
People shop for supplies to weather approaching Hurricane Irene at a Home Depot store in Freeport on Long Island

Home Depot, Walmart, Grocers Get Boost from Irene

Hurricane Irene sent East Coast shoppers into stores to stock up on essentials this week, instead of the clothes, notebooks and other supplies that retailers were counting on selling as children get ready to go back to school.
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Waves hit the pier at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Avon, North Carolina

Hurricane Irene Rages Ashore in North Carolina

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.
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Hurricane Irene Path Update: Storms Weakens to Category 1; Nearing Landfall in N.C.; Still Aiming at New York

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 ...
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Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter Break-up: What Went Wrong?

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.
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How Will Europe Greet Google TV?

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An arrivals board for American Airlines displays cancelled and delayed flights at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

Air Travel Braces for East Coast Storm Shutdown

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.
A victim of a bomb blast ripped through the United Nations offices in the Nigerian capital of Abuja is loaded into an ambulance

Car Bombing Kills 18 at U.N. Base in Nigeria [PHOTOS]

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.
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Pitbull Hopes Lohan to Rap 'Give me Everything' at VMA

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.
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Midnight in Paris actor mans up for Hemingway role

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.
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Hurricane Irene batters weekend MLB schedule

A number of Major League Baseball games have been postponed over the weekend as Hurricane Irene moves ominously over the east cost of the United States, it was announced on Friday.

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