AP 2011-08-28(在线收听

 1. Tourists have started evacuating Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, the first test to see if people will get out of the way of potentially major Hurricane Irene. Forecasters say Irene could approach the U.S. as a monster Category-4 storm.

 
 
 
2. A 5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast caused some structural damage with no major injuries. In D.C., the National Park Services has closed the Washington Monument till further notice after cracks were found near the top.
 
 
 
3. Moammar Gadhafi is out of the public eye but not staying quiet. In an audio carried by local TV, he called on residents of the Libyan capital to free Tripoli. The message comes a day after rebels stormed Gadhafi's fortress-like compound in the capital but found no sign of the longtime leader.
 
 
 
4. Dominique Strauss Kahn could get his passport back as soon as today. Now that he's been cleared to leave the United States. Yesterday, a New York judge dropped sexual assault charges against the former head of the International Monetary Fund.
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