<rss><channel><item><title>More nasty weather hits LI this morning</title><link>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/more-nasty-weather-hits-li-this-morning-1.2325575</link><description>chau.lam@newsday.com Strong winds caused scattered power outages Thursday on Long Island and prompted Southwest Airlines to cancel all flights at MacArthur Airport.A high-wind warning - with possible...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.irishsun.com/">irishsun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">irishsun-9414c7bd219d620523ec5704e4448677</guid><category>Flooding</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tropical Storm Nicole forms, may skirt Florida</title><link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/29/tropical-depression-soaks-cuba-heads-florida/</link><description>HAVANA (AP) Newly formed Tropical Storm Nicole soaked central and eastern Cuba on Wednesday, washing out some roads but sparing the crumbling buildings of the capital as the system pushed northeast toward the Bahamas. 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Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: It's the first full week of October and we are ready to kick it off with 10 minutes of commercial-free headlines.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:32:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.cnn.com/">cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">cnn-009800f27e0c860ab764de3d77ac6c61</guid><category>TerroristAttack</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Science</category></item><item><title>Games absentee Bolt begins training again</title><link>http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/44usina/Article/</link><description>KINGSTON: Weather permitting, Usain Bolt will start his preparation to defend his International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships double sprint titles today. 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