Tropical Storm Fay moved just off the east coast of Florida early Wednesday after spawning at least seven tornadoes that ripped across sections of the state, the National Hurricane Center reported.

The storm is expected to hug Florida's Atlantic coastline and strengthen slightly before making a hard left back into northeastern Florida, according to the hurricane center.

"This storm is going to be with us for a while," said Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. "Looks like it could be a boomerang storm."

A hurricane watch has been issued for Florida's east coast, from north of Flagler Beach to Altamaha Sound.

Fay weakened throughout the evening as its maximum sustained winds dropped to near 50 mph (85 km/hr), with higher gusts, forecasters said.

As of 5 a.m., the center of the storm was very near Melbourne and about 15 miles (20 km) south of Cape Canaveral, the National Hurricane Center said. Fay was traveling north at 5 mph (7 km/hr).

"A gradual turn toward the north is forecast during the next 12 to 24 hours," the hurricane center said. "Fay is likely to remain near or over the east-central or northeastern Florida coast through Thursday."

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An open casting call for "All My Children" is far from business as usual: The soap opera is seeking an Iraq war veteran to play an injured veteran.

The ABC daytime show has created a romantic story line to combine entertainment and a window into the challenges faced after combat, said executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers.

"All My Children" has launched a broad search to fill the role, inviting veterans to contact the show's New York casting director. The series also is working with a veterans' support group, USA Cares, as well as the military.

"It will make it such a heightened experience for the audience and for us ... to cast a real-life soldier, a veteran, and bring him into our created drama," Carruthers said.

The veteran-turned-actor will play the character of Brot, a key figure in a plot that's already under way and involves a visitor to fictional Pine Valley, Army Lt. Taylor Thompson (Beth Ehlers).

Taylor, who was stationed in Iraq and is on medical leave, has come to town to deliver medals to fellow soldier Dr. Frankie Hubbard (Cornelius Smith Jr.). But it's Brot, the soldier and lover she believes died in combat, who's on her mind.

"It's a very delicate subject to begin with. There's so much about the individual person that's going to help us create the character, and whatever they bring and whatever their challenge is will be fit into the story," she said.

On the final restart, there were two laps for all the gold after 400 miles of lead-swapping between NASCAR's hard-charging gunslingers.

Edwards, in this one, gunned Busch down, blowing him away in a two-lap dash at the end. The No. 99 driver earned 10 more bonus points, cutting the gap between him and the No. 18 team to forty points heading into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

It was Edwards' fifth win of the year. And, once again, Jack Roush's stable of Fords proved to be too much for the competition at this two-mile speed palace beyond the suburbs of Detroit in what is known as Michigan's Irish Hills.

A caution to clean up the mess made by Denny Hamlin's engine explosion bunched the field one final time with less than eight laps remaining.

Edwards, who had traded the lead with Busch most of the afternoon, streaked away like a rocket when the green flag waved for the final time.

Busch was second and another Roush Ford, driven by youngster David Ragan, was third. Greg Biffle, another Roush driver, was fourth and another, Matt Kenseth, was fifth. Roush cars therefore finished first, third, fourth and fifth.

Trailing the Roush parade were veteran Mark Martin, Brian Vickers, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler and Jamie McMurray, in yet another Roush machine.

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