Though expected to only graze the U.S. coast, Hurricane Earl is the first of many intense storms that could menace the U.S. East Coast this season, one expert says. Hurricane Earl - East Coast of the United States - United States - Earth Sciences - Meteorology
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Hurricane Earl a Harbinger of Worse to Come?
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Photos: Africa's Disappearing Damselflies, Fish, and Wildflowers
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Dams, wetland destruction, and overfishing threaten to wipe out more than 20 percent of Africa's freshwater species, many unique to the continent. Africa - Wetland - Overfishing - Species - Plants
Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn
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By SETH BORENSTEIN 2010-09-02T21:48:16ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline....
Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
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By DONNA BRYSON 2010-09-02T22:21:33ZJOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry - and erupting in anger - in the world's poorest countries....
Earl threatens East Coast with a pounding
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By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-02T22:13:36ZBUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard....
No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire
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By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-02T21:24:16ZNEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast....
Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'
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Hugh Pickens writes "Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected to a 25-Mbps Verizon FiOS broadband connection, mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that
GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases
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donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located