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East Coast in crosshairs as Hurricane Irene strengthens Hurricane Irene regained Category 2 strength with 100 mph winds as it headed toward the East Coast early Wednesday. Californians mock East Coast quake panic Soon after the lunch plates stopped rattling, shaken easterners could hear another sound from Tuesday's magnitude-5.8 quake: snickering emanating from the opposite side of the continent. Firefighters working to prevent rail car explosion Firefighters in a Northern California suburb were trying to keep a burning rail car from exploding and leveling nearby houses, schools and businesses as authorities on Wednesday kept an evacuation order in place that affected thousands of homes. Owner of landmark South Philly cheesesteak stand dies The owner of a landmark south Philadelphia cheesesteak stand who once told customers to order in English has died. Joey Vento was 71. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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