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THE BATTALION
Monday, September 1'
Gabrielle heads out to
ynday, Septe
sea
after drenching Florida
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical
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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<
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itted States muin-
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daylong passage across the
land m
ow that
the system has
for the Soi
uth Florida
Florida peninsula that at its peak
moved
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Florida coast."
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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
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were saturau
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businesses remained without
minor
damagi
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rainfall deft ,
power Saturday night. Utilities
docks i
:tnd sailboats broke lose
probably en
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said they expected to have all
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Smith said. “
service restored Sunday night.
inches <
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ell in some areas.
in great sh*
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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
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was 610 miles so
Azores, a threat
ping as it moved
at 18 mph.
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sales remain solid
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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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movies,” said Rob Friedman, vice chairman of Paramount';
picture group, which produced "Hardball." “A lot of people
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