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Inc., and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., distribute securities product^.’ © 2001 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Associatiort-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), New York, NY, 08/20 Page 10 THE BATTALION Monday, September 1' Gabrielle heads out to ynday, Septe sea after drenching Florida ClG MIAMI (AP) — Tropical “But c >ther tfi tan some storm relief from severe drougt Storm Gabrielle headed out to surge fl looding. we don’t see any has plagued the state. sea Saturday after a drenching. threat t< o the Ur itted States muin- Randy S mith, a spoL daylong passage across the land m ow that the system has for the Soi uth Florida Florida peninsula that at its peak moved oft the 1 Florida coast." Manageme n t District, said) left a half million homes and Gab rielle came ashore Friday of the rainf all was div. businesses in the dark. morning with 70 mph winds. into the ocet in because a.. Nearly 160,000 homes and Several tomadi xs caused some were saturau •a businesses remained without minor damagi e, and floating “From a rainfall deft , power Saturday night. Utilities docks i :tnd sailboats broke lose probably en ,ded the drej said they expected to have all and wei re ilamaj Jed. More than 11 Smith said. “ service restored Sunday night. inches < L)f rain f< ell in some areas. in great sh* At 11 p.m., Gabrielle was Troj ;hcal s itorm warnings back to usin g vs ater haiC 150 miles south-southeast of were d ropped late Saturday for ly. we’ll be i n trouble astr Cape Fear, N.C., and was head Florida and s< t»uthem Georgia. ing the dry s -Ciison, ing northeast at 14 mph. Winds Gale w arnings extended north to Out in ti ie central Au Mem k had increased to 60 mph. but the rainbands had moved offshore. “It’s holding its own; it’s not getting any weaker.” said Stacy Stewart, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center. 'ape Hatteras, N.C. Near Tampa, the Alafia aixl attic Manatee rivers were expect 'd to crest several feet above flood tage before Sunday morning. The heavy rainfall provided Hurricane Felix w It had top w inds o was 610 miles so Azores, a threat ping as it moved at 18 mph. Weekend box office sales remain solid NEWS IN controve muntty cs philanthr: lUion to reope- imtgie Librar atitm that all c inar would be ipreme Court lareace Thoms Sbme citizen ock this mone opening of tht jcanse of diffe hnon with Th e needs of the loijld take pre< /hai these chil Bob Dylan modern music even African-,- Jnited StaU i’x box nfhr LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie attendance weekend despite the terrorist attacks on th< slate of new films nearly matching last weekt according to industry estimates Sunday. The Keanu Reeves drama “Hardball," about an inne League team, opened at No. 1 with $10.1 million. That nearly equaled the swashbuckling adventure "The I which debuted in the top spot last weekend with $10.7 m This weekend, “The Musketeer” fell to third place with $ “The Glass House," a psychological thriller starring Leek opened in second place with $6.1 million. “There was a great amount of fear and apprehension ab box office would shake up. but it appears there was i effect," said Paul Dergarabedian. president of Exhibitor R Inc., which tracks movie earnings. September is usually a weak month for new films, and i expectations were low for "Hardball" and "The Glass House before last week’s attacks on New York and Washington and thi of a hijacked airliner in Pennsylvania. However, the weekend box office returns were about 42 f higher than the same time last year, $54.1 million compared tc million, Dergarabedian said. Movie theaters were relatively empty on Friday night, as Americans watched news coverage or participated in remembrance. 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