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• Bieber, Swift, Minaj and Carly Rae Jepsen win AMAs

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World Justin Bieber thanked his haters after winning the first award at the American Music Awards, while Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift performed their new singles. The 18-year-old won favorite pop/rock …

• Justin Bieber wins AMA, Usher performs

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World Justin Bieber is thanking his haters. The 18-year-old won favorite pop/rock male artist at Sunday’s American Music Awards and gave a shout-out to those who didn’t think he would last …

• Singing stars arrive for American Music Awards

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World Pink on a song with Lauryn Hill? The pop star hopes so. Pink said on the red carpet of the American Music Awards that she’d like to collaborate with the …

• Pop-filled night planned for American Music Awards

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Along with Rihanna, Nicki Minaj is the top nominee at Sunday’s American Music Awards, but the rapper-singer isn’t concerned with her four nominations. “I don’t do …

• Obama views Sandy recovery in tour of NYC

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy “until the rebuilding is complete” after getting an up-close …

• Obama views Sandy recovery in aerial tour of NYC

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama got his first look Thursday at the devastation that Superstorm Sandy waged on New York City, with a helicopter tour above flood-ravaged and …

• Amid political storm, Obama to view Sandy recovery

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — In the midst of a political tempest that has engulfed his former CIA director and his top military commander in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama traveled Thursday …

• Census: New gauge shows 49.7 million poor in US

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America’s poor edged up last year to a high of 49.7 million, based on a new census measure that takes into account medical costs …

• What does it take to get people to flee a storm?

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Despite days of dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders as Superstorm Sandy …

• Fuller picture of poverty: 49.7M poor people in US

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A different way of calculating America’s poor by taking into account medical costs and work-related expenses finds a higher total than the government’s official count. This measure …

• Many on NY’s Long Island still dark after Sandy

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, while most utilities have restored electricity to nearly all their customers, there was one glaring exception Monday: a Long Island power … 1

• Gawkers head to NY’s storm-ravaged neighborhoods

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s storm surge. Then comes an …

• Laughing in the storm: Comics don’t shy from Sandy

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Dave Attell told a packed house at the Comedy Cellar that New York after Superstorm Sandy had a familiar feel. “It was dark. Toilets were …

• Laughing in the storm: Comics don’t shy from Sandy

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy is a punchline. That’s the word of New York comics who haven’t skipped a beat in adding the storm to their acts. Comedian Paul …

• As days without power drag on, frustration simmers

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers railed Sunday against a utility that has lagged behind others in restoring power two weeks after the superstorm that socked the region, criticizing its …

• Delays in power restoration after storm anger some

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers railed Sunday against a utility that has lagged behind others in restoring power two weeks after the superstorm that socked the region, criticizing its …

• About 150K in NY, NJ without power from storms

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — More than 150,000 homes and businesses in New York and New Jersey are still waiting for the lights to come back on about two weeks after …

• Sick, frail struggle most in storm’s aftermath

  November 10, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Some of society’s most vulnerable people — the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill — have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, flood-ravaged …

• Drivers grapple with NYC gas rationing after Sandy

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A return to 1970s-era gas rationing seemed to help with hourslong gas station lines that formed after Superstorm Sandy, but it didn’t end a fuel-gauge fixation …

• He called it, and now Silver’s a pop-culture star

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012. The 34-year-old statistician, unabashed numbers … 1

• Gas rationing, shortage fray nerves in NYC

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A gasoline shortage caused by Superstorm Sandy forced 1970s-era rationing on New Yorkers Friday, adding a fuel-gauge obsession to their frayed nerves and dwindling patience. “I …

• Gas rationing, shortage frays nerves in NYC

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A gasoline shortage caused by Superstorm Sandy forced 1970s-era rationing on New Yorkers Friday, adding a fuel-gauge obsession to their frayed nerves and dwindling patience. “I …

• Coming to Texas ballots: another Bush in 2014?

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George P. Bush, a rising star among Hispanic conservatives and the grandson of one president and nephew of another, has taken the first step toward seeking …

• Sandy likely biggest US relief effort since 2005

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread destruction from Superstorm Sandy will likely make this the largest U.S. relief effort for the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and other groups since Hurricane Katrina’s …

• Boehner says Obama should take lead on immigration

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says it’s time to change the nation’s immigration policies and called on President Barack Obama to take the lead in coming up with …

• Gas rationing begins in NY as power outages abate

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning, as utility crews made some …

• Gas rationing begins in NY as power outages abate

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning, as utility crews made some … 1

• Condoleezza Rice: GOP sent ‘mixed messages’

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Republican Party must adapt better to rapidly changing demographics in the United States, saying the GOP sent “mixed messages” … 4

• Gas rationing begins in NY; power outages persist

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York Friday morning as a nor’easter that knocked …

• FEMA sending manufactured housing to Sandy zones

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is moving manufactured housing into areas in New York and New Jersey that were hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency …

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