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Tourists have started evacuating from Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, the first test to see if people will get out of the way of potentially Major Hurricane Irene.

Forecasters say Irene could approach the U.S. as a monster category-4 storm.
A 5.8 earthquake that choked the east coast caused some structural damages with no major injuries. In D.C., the National Park Services have closed the Washington Monument till further notice after cracks were found near the top.

Moammar Gadhafi is out of the public eye but not staying quiet. In an audio carried by local TV, he called on residents of the Libyan capital to free Tripoli. The message comes a day after rebels stormed Gaddafi's fortress-like compound in the capital but found no signs of the long time leader.

Dominique Strauss Khan could get his passport back as soon as today. Now that he's been cleared to leave the United States. Yesterday, a New York judge dropped sexual assaults charges against the former head of the International Monetary Fund.

John Belmont, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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