CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: Weakened Earl packs less force than feared, hits Mass. with rain, wind before aiming at Canada Weakened Earl packs less force than feared, hits Mass. with rain, wind before aiming at Canada ================================================================================ Feeder on 03 September, 2010 11:16:00 CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Earl took aim at Nova Scotia early Saturday after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping heavy, wind-driven rain on Cape Cod cottages and fishing villages accustomed to nor'easters.