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updated 2:53 p.m.EDT, Mon August 29, 2011

Floods, power loss hit millions after Irene rakes East Coast

Parts of the East Coast struggled Monday with dangerous floodwaters, widespread power outages and stranded residents in the wake of Hurricane Irene. FULL STORY

• Live blog: Death toll reaches 24
• Streams become raging rivers
• Travel snarled l $10B in damage
• Open Story: Vermont flooding

BATTLE FOR LIBYA

• Exclusive: Nanny tortured | Video
• Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber near death
• Exclusive: Gadhafi troops kill prisoners
• War not over, foreign leaders say
• Opinion: Gadhafi's fall vindicated Obama

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• 'Mysterious' animal in floodwaters
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Gadhafi family flees to Algeria

Moammar Gadhafi's wife Safia (above), along with three of his children, are in Algeria, the Algerian state press agency said today. Algeria neighbors Libya to the west. DEVELOPING STORY | PHOTOS: THE GADHAFI FAMILY

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U.S.

• Flooding 'an ongoing concern'
• Over 100 stranded in N.Y. mountains
• Open Story: Flooding ravages coast
• State-by-state developments
• Flooding traps military trucks
• Flood surges Vermont covered bridge
• Timelapse of Irene over Cape Cod

World

• Syria opposition open to intervention?
• Al Qaeda No. 2's death a 'hammer blow'
• Iran releases jailed HIV/AIDS doctor
• China day care attack injures 8 kids
• Where in the world ... ?
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• Canadian fat cat finds Facebook fame

Business

• Monsanto: Corn crop pain
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• Reno goes geothermal
• More people fine with no full-time job
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• Irene postpones memorial dedication
• Governments' Irene response praised
• Powell blasts Cheney's 'cheap shots'
• Rep. Wilson released from hospital

Entertainment

• China bans Gaga, Backstreet Boys?
• Beyonce's big baby news!
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• MTV exec's VMA memories
• VMAs: Snooki killed the video star
• Way to steal the show, Beyonce!
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Health

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• Staying on the job despite dementia
• Finding hope on the soccer fields

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• Getting people to dish the dirt
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Opinion

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