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Irene Now a Hurricane; Not a Threat to Land

MIAMI – Tropical Storm Irene (search) strengthened into a hurricane Sunday, but turned away from the East Coast and posed no threat to land, forecasters said. Hurricane Irene (search) had top sustained winds of 80 mph, just above the 74 mph threshold to become a hurricane. At 11 p.m. EDT, …

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Topics: August 22

• Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. Real journalism: fair and balanced. That’s why we’re No. 1 — FOX News Channel. Monday, August 22: Team FOX goes …

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Test Keeps West Nile Virus Out of Donated Blood

Efforts to keep the West Nile virus out of the U.S. blood supply appear to be working. In 2003 and 2004, tests flagged 519 blood donors who were positive for the West Nile virus. That kept more than 1,000 potentially contagious blood products out of the American Red Cross’ blood …

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