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Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina.
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Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen awaits the start of stage four of Rally New Zealand during the WRC FIA World Rally, Pirongia West, in Waikato, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
