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From Climate Central’s Andrew Freedman:

A swirl of thunderstorms in the Caribbean, which is a notorious breeding ground for October hurricanes, is expected to coalesce into Tropical Storm Sandy and possibly intensify to hurricane strength as it moves toward Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the Bahamas by Wednesday and Thursday. But it’s what could happen after that that has some weather forecasters pondering some rather bizarre scenarios — think if a hurricane and nor’easter mated, possibly spawning a very rare and powerful hybrid storm, slamming into the Boston-to-Washington corridor early next week, with rain, snow, damaging winds, and potential storm surge flooding.

Several computer model runs have shown a slingshot scenario, in which Tropical Storm (or hurricane) Sandy initially moves out to sea east of North Carolina, but is captured by the jet stream and flung northwestward into the Mid-Atlantic or Northeast.

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While baseball’s postseason moves on to its final round, football is just hitting its stride and NBA preseason action is just beginning to get interesting. This week Blade Runner gets yet another HD home release, there’s one more presidential debate, and on Friday the maker of Pushing Daisies returns for a one-off / backdoor pilot attempt called Mockingbird Lane — check out a teaser after the break. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

I, Robot (3D)
A 3D Blu-ray release isn’t uncommon these days, however I, Robot has a fresh twist: it wasn’t in 3D in theaters, ever. Fox has made the interesting decision of converting the flick in post and releasing a 3D version exclusively for the home. Fans of the 2004 Will Smith flick can snag a $24.99 Blu-ray 3D set, but if you pre-ordered at Comic-Con, it comes with a bust of the robot character, Sonny. We’ll have to wait and see if this trend takes off (Fox says it has more titles in the pipeline), or if people prefer the standard original releases.
($24.99 on Amazon)

Forza Horizon
The Forza series has brought its brand of sim racing to Xbox consoles for several generations, but this latest version takes all of its underlying technology on a trip to the arcade side of town. You won’t be doing so much tweaking under the hood this time, but there’s still a healthy selection of cars plus options for night and off road racing to keep you interested. Joystiq was impressed enough by its “massive toy chest of hyper-accurate Hot Wheels” to give it four out of five stars, racing fans can check out a demo on Xbox Live now.
($59.99 on Amazon)

World Series
Baseball fans, it all comes down to this. For the championship in 2012 the Detroit Tigers will face TBD in an epic battle that kicks off Wednesday night. Either St. Louis or San Francisco will be representing the National League in the World Series, but we’ll have to wait until tonight’s game to know which one. The days for the games are already locked in however, so clear your schedule as needed.

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A brawl that broke out at the end of a high school soccer game in Minnesota Thursday night has caused both the Minnesota State High School League and the Maple Grove police department to launch separate investigations into the incident.

Prairie Seeds Academy defeated Totino Grace 2-1 in a match to determine which team would advance to the state tournament, DeadSpin notes. Just moments before the end of the game, however, a fight broke out on the field.

Totino Grace co-captain Ryan Zurbay told Fox Twin Cities that the first punch was thrown in the final seconds of the game by a Prairie Seeds player. However, Prairie Seeds head coach and athletic director Youssef Darbaki said his players had reported hearing derogatory comments by the other team, which could explain what sparked the fight.

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WASHINGTON — With attention on Florida for Monday night’s presidential debate, campaign surrogates are stumping for their party’s candidate. But an exception to the party line is New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), a prominent figure in the Orthodox Jewish community in New York who will travel to Florida later this week to help Mitt Romney, according to the New York Observer.

The paper cites the Jewish political blog Gestetner Updates which quotes an aide for Hikind as saying the politician will rally South Florida Jewish voters to support Romney.

Hikind said he believes that the U.S. under President Barack Obama has not been strong enough in supporting Israel in the face of the potential threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. Obama and predecessor George W. Bush, in conjunction with Congress and the European Union, have put in place strong sanctions on Iran and its economy in an attempt to change Tehran’s nuclear calculus.

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NEW YORK — The iconic booth that sells tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows in the heart of Times Square is expanding its offerings.

The Theatre Development Fund, the nonprofit which runs the red TKTS booth, said tickets for matinee and evening shows will be sold simultaneously starting Monday. Previously, matinee tickets were sold only from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and evening tickets were only available after 3 p.m.

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