Hurricane Earl on path toward U.S. East Coast:
"Interests from the Carolinas northward to New England should monitor the progress of Earl," the Miami-based hurricane center said in its 5 a.m. EDT advisory. Earl was a strong Category 4 storm with top sustained winds of 135 miles per hour and was 290 miles east-southeast of Grand Turk Island. It was moving west-northwest on a curving track the hurricane center said could take it near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on Thursday and Friday.