To stay or go? Officials ponder Irene evacuations (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110825/ap_on_re_us/irene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110824/capt.035338b527a44e3da92c93c0408a270c-035338b527a44e3da92c93c0408a270c-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=h1F4S5qcB8U6FcUcOolasQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Jeremy Pickett boards the windows of a shopping store in Cape Hatteras, N.C. in preparation for Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Evacuations began on Ocracoke Island off North Carolina as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas on Wednesday with the East Coast in its sights.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hurricane Irene could hit anywhere from North Carolina to New York this weekend, leaving officials in the path of uncertainty to make a delicate decision. Should they tell tourists to leave during one of the last weeks of the multibillion-dollar summer season?</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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