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More flee ahead of Irene as track forecast shifts The forecast for Hurricane Irene took a turn for the worse on Thursday, with the Category 3 storm now expected to track farther west along the East Coast than before. Live updates: Airlines offer free trip rebooking Gadhafi loyalists found apparently executed More than 30 men believed to be fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have been killed at a military encampment in central Tripoli and at least two were bound with plastic handcuffs, indicating they had been executed. Salmonella fears spur ban of Mexican papayas The federal Food and Drug Administration is banning imports of all papayas grown in Mexico because of widespread and ongoing salmonella contamination, the agency announced Thursday. Buffett endorses BofA with risky, $5 billion bet Warren Buffett’s $5 billion cash infusion is a bet that investor fears about Bank of America’s financial strength have been overblown.  But it is not without risk. Dog mourns at casket of fallen Navy SEAL Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson lay in a coffin, in front of a tearful audience mourning his death in Afghanistan. Soon an old friend appeared, and like a fellow soldier on a battlefield, his loyal dog refused to leave him behind. Gunmen break Syrian cartoonist's hands as 'warning' Masked gunmen dragged Syria's best-known political cartoonist from his car before dawn Thursday, beat him severely and broke both his hands as a warning to stop drawing just days after he compared Syria's president to Moammar Gadhafi, a relative and activists said. Video: Shark caught by father, son on kayak Hunter Stevens, a 9-year-old from Clear Lake, Texas, was rolling the video camera when his father reeled in a black-tip shark the pair caught off the coast of Galveston while kayak fishing. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY) Shady dealings rife among 9/11 charities An Associated Press investigation shows that many charities established to serve the victims of the 9/11 attacks have failed miserably. First Read: Primary calendar chaos The GOP nominating schedule remains unsettled, could kick off in early January. Off the Bench: Pacifist college bans national anthem Hurricane Tracker: Follow Irene's path See the current location, forecast path and detailed stats for any active hurricane this season Video: Bride hopes to be only Irene at beach wedding A bride-to-be, named Irene, hopes the Category 3 hurricane of the same name won’t ruin her beach wedding in Connecticut on Sunday. WVIT-TV's Jeff Saperstone reports. (NBC News) Police: Pa. newlyweds shoplifted reception food A couple of Pennsylvania newlyweds are behind bars after police say they were caught shoplifting food from a supermarket for their wedding reception. Chinese cyber-hacking caught on camera? Video: Images show Gardner 'happy,' hours before disappearance NBC’s Jeff Rossen reports that photos obtained exclusively by NBC News show Robyn Gardner hours before she vanished in Aruba. She’s seen relaxing at a beachfront bar with Gary Giordano, the prime suspect in her disappearance. (TODAY) Cities where buying is cheaper than renting While it's cheaper to buy than to rent in most of America's big cities, access to mortgages is tough in the wake of tighter credit standards from banks. Video: Did zoo animals know earthquake was coming? NBC’s Tom Costello reports that animals are the National Zoo in Washington D.C  seemed to sense that something was wrong minutes before the earthquake shook the East Coast Tuesday. (TODAY) Casey Anthony reports to Fla. probation officer Florida authorities said Thursday that Casey Anthony was polite and cooperative during a meeting with her probation officer and pledged to meet the conditions of her one-year probation for check fraud. No more 'bubble boy': Therapy gives kids normal lives More than a dozen children born with the 'bubble boy' disease that leaves them without immune system protection now live virtually normal lives thanks to experimental gene therapy, report London researchers who have followed the children for nearly a decade. Jobless claims surge, boosted by Verizon strike New claims for jobless benefits surged last week, data showed Thursday, but the increase may have been fueled by a strike at Verizon. NYT: US may back refinance plan for mortgages The Obama administration is considering further actions to strengthen the housing market, but the bar is high: plans must help a broad swath of homeowners, stimulate the economy and cost next to nothing. Math anxiety? Study examines nerves by the numbers If the prospect of calculating a tip on a dinner bill with family or friends looking on makes you panic, listen up: Your subpar knack for numbers might not always be the problem, suggests a new study. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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