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Hurricane Irene’s Winners and Losers

Hurricane Irene pounded North Carolina early Saturday morning and continued north wrecking havoc all the way up to New England, where floods are reportedly occurring in Vermont.  Tomorrow, as residents of cities along the eastern coast of the U.S. attempt clean up Irene’s wreckage, the southern U.S. will be reminded of their own recent natural disasters: […]

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