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On a recent trip to Syria, NPR's Kelly McEvers sneaked away from her minders in Damascus and spent the evening with a man who is an office worker by day and an activist by night. They attended a protest, which was attacked by government forces.

Boeing's Dreamliner — a new kind of more efficient airplane — is three years late and billions over budget. But it will finally make its first commercial flight in September.

Hurricane Irene is forecast to move through the nation's busiest airspace, causing flight cancellations from most carriers.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, now trailing Texas Gov. Rick Perry in national polls, may be tempted to step up his appeals to conservative voters. But some analysts say his original strategy of campaigning as the CEO candidate may be the way to win.

Though Hurricane Irene has weakened somewhat, the mayor noted, that hasn't lessened the danger to the nation's most populous city. "The great danger to us is from the [potential] storm surge," Bloomberg said.

On the New Jersey Shore, officials have ordered mandatory evacuations and residents are preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Irene. NPR's Jeff Brady reports.

One of the challenges policymakers meeting in Wyoming this weekend are wrestling with is how to get control of the government's red ink without kicking the economy's wobbly legs out from under it.

Libyan rebels say they've secured most of Tripoli and taken a key border crossing to Tunisia. Members of the rebel council say they are moving from Benghazi to Tripoli, where they will set up an interim government to rule Libya into 2012. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson brings us the latest from eastern Libya, where rebels are preparing an assault on one of the last strongholds of Moammar Gadhafi, his hometown of Sirte.

Hurricane Irene is set to pummel parts of the East Coast this weekend. For the latest updates, host Scott Simon talks with NPR reporter Greg Allen.

As Hurricane Irene barrels northward, New York City is preparing for the worst. Mayor Bloomberg has ordered that low-lying areas around the borough evacuate. From member station WNYC, Cindy Rodriguez reports.