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• 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 …

• NYC, Long Island to ration gas to ease fuel crunch

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — With long gas lines persisting more than a week after Superstorm Sandy, New York imposed a gasoline rationing plan Thursday that lets motorists fill up every …

• 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 …

• FEMA to use manufactured housing in 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 …

• Cuomo: NY superstorm damage could total $33B

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Damage in New York state from Superstorm Sandy could total $33 billion when all is said and done, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday as the state …

• Storm brings new outages for Sandy-battered states

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The nor’easter that stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of new people in …

• Sandy-torn northeast deals with more wind, snow

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy are dealing with new outages after a nor’easter left a blanket of snow that snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power …

• Sandy-torn northeast deals with more wind, water

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The nor’easter, as promised, brought gusting winds, rain, snow and the threat of flooding. It menaced travelers with icy roads, snarled the Long Island Rail Road …

• Official: NY emergency boss fired in Sandy flap

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has fired his $153,000-a-year emergency management director for diverting a crew to remove a tree from his Long Island home’s driveway … 2

• New storm bears down on Sandy-battered NYC, NJ

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again …

• Sandy-battered NYC, NJ prepare for new storm

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of New York and New Jersey who were flooded out by Superstorm Sandy waited with dread Wednesday and heard warnings to evacuate for the second …

• Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens

  November 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East …

• NJ man swept away by Sandy left behind note

  November 6, 2012 in Nation/World TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Nearly naked and soaking wet, a New Jersey man who took refuge in a stranger’s house after he was swept away by Superstorm Sandy left …

• Housing, voting, power: Problems abound post-Sandy

  November 5, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — People in New York and New Jersey are still facing multiple fronts in the effort to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Most pressing is the need to …

• Post Sandy, manic Monday begins for commuters

  November 5, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Commuters streaming into New York City on Monday endured long waits and crowded trains, giving the recovering transit system a stress test a week after Superstorm …

• Post Sandy, manic Monday looms for commuters

  November 5, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey and New York coast lines, another challenge loomed ahead for the region: Commuters, public school students and …

• The danger increases, but still the water calls

  November 5, 2012 in Nation/World CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — “We are tied to the ocean,” an avid sailor and president named John F. Kennedy once said. “And when we go back to the sea, whether … 1

• Cold weather and new storm add to victims’ misery

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region — and …

• Red Cross carries on despite storm-response flak

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — It happened after the 9/11 terror attacks, after Hurricane Katrina and now, once again, after Superstorm Sandy: The American Red Cross takes flak for its response … 1

• Storm leaves Connecticut Gold Coast shaken

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — The floodwaters churned by Superstorm Sandy damaged waterfront homes along Connecticut’s southwest coast, and turned the charming center of tony Westport into a ghost town, with …

• Not wrecked by Sandy, ‘Ralph’ tops box office

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The weekend box office was not only undeterred by aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, it was buoyed by it. Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” opened strongly with $49.1 million …

• Falling temps add urgency to superstorm recovery

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Storm victims went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan area — and another drenching in …

• Urgency added to superstorm recovery as temps drop

  November 4, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Falling temperatures on Sunday put more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages and spasms of lawlessness in the wake …

• AP PHOTOS: Long gas lines after destructive Sandy

  November 3, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Filling stations with “No Gas” signs taped to the pumps are confronting drivers across New York City and coastal New Jersey amid fuel shortages following Superstorm …

• Storm was cruel to elderly who refused to evacuate

  November 3, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Even with her Coney Island apartment squarely in the path of Superstorm Sandy, Loraine Gore was staying put. At age 90, she said, she had her …

• Battered by storm, Staten Islanders feel forgotten

  November 2, 2012 in Nation/World 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 …

• Tired of dark, Sandy victims head to loved ones

  November 2, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Jill Meltz lives in an Upper West Side high-rise — just a one-bedroom, but far from the havoc wreaked by Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. And …

• Christie pushes for faster storm recovery in NJ

  November 1, 2012 in Nation/World MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) — In a whirlwind of post-storm decisions that might ruffle some feathers, Gov. Chris Christie announced a string of orders and plans intended to speed New Jersey’s …

• Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy

  November 1, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home filling with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy. But Glenda Moore and her SUV were no …

• From the Sky: Sandy’s wrath along NJ shore

  November 1, 2012 in Nation/World OVER THE COAST OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — It’s noisy aboard the King Air turboprop There’s a din from the small plane’s engines, and wind is whipping through a …

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