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Sat., Nov. 3, 2012, 6:13 a.m.
Power sputters back after storm; weariness mounts
NEW YORK (AP) — More New Yorkers awoke Saturday morning to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region, and those whose lights were back …
Sat., Nov. 3, 2012, 12:04 a.m.
With can-do stance on marathon, mayor misreads NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the …
Fri., Nov. 2, 2012, 2:53 p.m.
Battered by storm, Staten Islanders feel forgotten
NEW YORK (AP) — Gazing at her bungalow, swept from its foundation and tossed across the street, Janice Clarkin wondered if help would ever come to this battered island off …
Fri., Nov. 2, 2012, 12:55 p.m.
Mayor defends move to hold marathon, tempers boil
NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan skyline was expected to be mostly lit for the first time in five days Friday night, a sign of progress undercut by long gas …
Fri., Nov. 2, 2012, 10:51 a.m.
Bloomberg: NYC Marathon will go on
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg came under fire Friday for pressing ahead with this weekend’s New York Marathon in a city still reeling from Superstorm Sandy, with some …
Fri., Nov. 2, 2012, 7:34 a.m.
Long lines, rising tempers seen at gas stations
NEW YORK (AP) — Motorists increasingly desperate for a fill-up fumed in long lines at gas stations and screamed at each other Friday as fuel shortages in Superstorm Sandy’s wake …
Fri., Nov. 2, 2012, 12:06 a.m.
Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home as it filled with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy. But Glenda Moore and her SUV …
Thu., Nov. 1, 2012, 12:48 p.m.
Shore residents return home to damage, destruction
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — Bill Goldberg’s first reaction upon entering his flood-damaged home in this popular Jersey Shore resort community was unprintable. His second was that life as …
Thu., Nov. 1, 2012, 11:34 a.m.
Texas county returning alleged shakedown cash
DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in a Texas county where a drug enforcement program was allegedly used to shake down black and Latino highway travelers are returning more than $100,000 taken …
Thu., Nov. 1, 2012, 7:07 a.m.
Experts: NYC sea barrier could have stopped surge
NEW YORK (AP) — The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities …
Thu., Nov. 1, 2012, 4:38 a.m.
Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service
NEW YORK (AP) — Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, but traffic at bridges backed up for …
Thu., Nov. 1, 2012, 1:28 a.m.
Storm invigorates proponents of NYC sea barrier
NEW YORK (AP) — The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities …
Wed., Oct. 31, 2012, 2:33 p.m.
Another Superstorm casualty: Trick-or-treating
NEW YORK (AP) — Seventh-grader Samantha Bertolino was especially proud of her Halloween costume this year. She was going to be a vampire, and she really had it together this …
Wed., Oct. 31, 2012, 1:32 p.m.
New York struggles back 2 days after killer storm
NEW YORK (AP) — Flights resumed, but slowly. The New York Stock Exchange got back to business, but on generator power. And with the subways still down, great numbers of …
Wed., Oct. 31, 2012, 7:23 a.m.
Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated
NEW YORK (AP) — Two major airports reopened and the New York Stock Exchange got back to business Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to …
Wed., Oct. 31, 2012, 6:46 a.m.
Guard evacuating people, taking in food to NJ city
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey National Guard trucks are delivering ready-to-eat meals and evacuating the city of Hoboken. About half the city remains flooded two days after superstorm Sandy …
Wed., Oct. 31, 2012, 2:07 a.m.
Champion SF Giants to be celebrated on Halloween
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Orange-and-black clad hordes will flood the streets of San Francisco for a Halloween Day ticker-tape parade celebrating the 2012 World Series champion Giants. With the victory …
Wed., Oct. 31, 2012, 12:51 a.m.
Region hit by Sandy struggles to resume daily life
NEW YORK (AP) — Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, but across the river in New Jersey, the …
Tue., Oct. 30, 2012, 3:15 p.m.
Disarray, millions without power in Sandy’s wake
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country’s most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, …
Tue., Oct. 30, 2012, 1:19 p.m.
A day after Sandy, New Yorkers find a changed city
NEW YORK (AP) — Stripped of its bustle and mostly cut off from the world, New York was left wondering Tuesday when its particular way of life — carried by …
Tue., Oct. 30, 2012, 12:47 p.m.
Q&A: Could Sandy postpone the election?
WASHINGTON (AP) — One week before a close election, superstorm Sandy has confounded the presidential race, halted early voting in many areas and led some to ponder whether the election …
Tue., Oct. 30, 2012, 6:57 a.m.
Water, fire, destruction: NYC after the superstorm
NEW YORK (AP) — The massive storm that pummeled the East killed 10 people in New York City and left the nation’s largest city eerily quiet Tuesday, with no running …
Tue., Oct. 30, 2012, 12:49 a.m.
Coastal areas bear brunt of Sandy’s damaging wrath
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A string of New Jersey’s barrier islands got cut off from the mainland by storm surges. Crashing waves shattered part of a landmark fishing pier …
Mon., Oct. 29, 2012, 2:51 p.m.
Crane dangles from NYC high-rise, clearing streets
NEW YORK (AP) — A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds Monday and dangled precariously, prompting plans for engineers and inspectors …
Mon., Oct. 29, 2012, 12:46 p.m.
New Yorkers try for normalcy as Sandy approaches
NEW YORK (AP) — Defiant New Yorkers jogged, pushed strollers and took snapshots of churning New York Harbor on Monday, trying to salvage normal routines in a city with no …
Mon., Oct. 29, 2012, 8:41 a.m.
NYC waters rise to Irene levels before superstorm
NEW YORK (AP) — Waves splashed over the sea walls at the southern tip of Manhattan, already at Hurricane Irene levels Monday hours before the worst of a mammoth storm …
Mon., Oct. 29, 2012, 1:19 a.m.
NYC braces for wall of water from superstorm
NEW YORK (AP) — After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers gathered supplies or tried to get out of the way as forecasters warned …
Mon., Oct. 29, 2012, 12:17 a.m.
NYC braces for megastorm; evacuations ordered
NEW YORK (AP) — After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers scrambled to gather supplies and get out of the way as forecasters warned …
Sun., Oct. 28, 2012, 2:41 p.m.
Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm
NEW YORK (AP) — From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the …
Sun., Oct. 28, 2012, 1:47 p.m.
Sandy and storm surge pose ‘worst case scenario’
KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) — The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a “worst case scenario” with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City metro …