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This image from the National Weather Service shows Hurricane Irene's predicted path as of 1800 UTC, August 24, 2011
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Hurricane Irene Strengthens on Path Toward US Coast

National Hurricane Center says Irene could become Category Four hurricane by Thursday

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Engineering major Khang Nguyen, 22, checks his SmartyPig saving account every day and likes sharing his saving goals with his family and friends online.

Online Piggy Bank

Websites cater to young savers

Leaders of the Confederacy are memorialized in monuments dominating one of Richmond, Virginia's main boulevards.

Confederate Capital

Richmond recalls Civil War past

Philadelphia plans to open 48 computer centers in homeless shelters, recreation centers and libraries in order to give more people access to the Internet.

Digital Equality

Striving to offer Internet access for all

Dave Chapman with children at the Divine Providence Children's Home in Kakamega, Kenya

Visiting Kenya

US students spread musical message

Shirley Ann Higuchi, chairman of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, stands next to a life-size photo of her parents taken in the camp.

Detainee Museum

Japanese-American internment recalled

Bat populations have been declining rapidly for years, due to rampant disease and human encroachment on their habitats.

Bat World

Population on the decline

Jamarcus Preston, who will be entering 6th grade at Obama Academy, shows off his new school uniform.

No Girls Allowed

Boys' school mirrors similar girls' success

Deirdre Morgan, executive director of the Jew's Harp Guild, playing the Rajasthani morchang, a variation of the instrument.

Like that Twang

Ancient instrument has global fans

Veterinarian Terry Norton treats an injured loggerhead at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.

Turtle Trauma

Hospital treats loggerheads

   

 

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Nancy Grace Roman, 86, was NASA's first chief of astronomy and is considered the 'mother' of the Hubble Space Telescope.

'Mother' of the Hubble telescope always reached for the stars

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