PHOTO GALLERY: Hurricane Irene headed toward U.S. coast

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | 2:39 p.m. CDT; updated 1:51 p.m. CDT, Friday, August 26, 2011

Hurricane Irene continues its path to the U.S. with possible landfall in North Carolina by Saturday. Forecasters predict it will then chug up the East Coast, dumping rain from Virginia to New York City before a much-weakened form trudges through New England.

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