Hurricane Irene threatens shuttered New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene battered New York with heavy winds and driving rain on Sunday, shutting down the U.S. financial capital and most populous city, halting mass transit and causing massive power blackouts as it churned slowly northward along the eastern seaboard.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17be407a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Hurricane+Irene+threatens+shuttered+New+York&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F28%2Fuk-storm-irene-idUKTRE77M1YR20110828%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Hurricane+Irene+threatens+shuttered+New+York&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F28%2Fuk-storm-irene-idUKTRE77M1YR20110828%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111973294764/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17be407a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111973294764/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17be407a/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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