Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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HMS Bounty: the inside story of its final days - Christian Science Monitor
HMS Bounty: the inside story of its final days. The HMS Bounty left New London, Conn., on Oct. 25 for a sail to St. Petersburg, Fla. It went due east to try to avoid hurricane Sandy, but the crew was mistaken in thinking the danger had been skirted. By Peter …


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Monster storm Sandy marches west, leaving death, chaos in its wake - Los Angeles Times
Floods and fires, seawater surges and electrical outages, fierce rains and lashing winds continued to pummel parts of the Northeast as Sandy continued its destructive march on Tuesday. From Chicago to the Atlantic Ocean, through major cities including New …


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Powerful storm devastates New York, New Jersey - Washington Post
New York and New Jersey awoke Tuesday to devastating flooding, power outages and scattered fires left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which cast broad swaths of the Northeast into darkness as it barreled ashore overnight and left at least 18 dead from …


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Obama Declares 'Major Disasters' in New York, New Jersey - Wall Street Journal
Mr. Obama signed the declarations early Tuesday as residents of the states awoke in many places to several feet of water and no electricity. The declarations free up federal resources to help the affected areas. "The President today declared a major disaster …


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Inside NYC hospital's near disaster during Sandy - CBS News
(CBS News) It was an extraordinary scene at NYU Langone Medical Center after the main and backup power generators failed. The stakes could not have been higher. When I arrived shortly before midnight yesterday, the lobby was filled with doctors, nurses, …


At least 80 flooded houses destroyed by NYC fire - USA TODAY
At least 80 flooded houses destroyed by NYC fire. Share. Comments. A blaze in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens has destroyed at least 80 homes, firefighters say. NYC fire. Firefighters approach Breezy Point to battle a blaze on Tuesday in New York …


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Ryan asks for support for hurricane victims - NBCNews.com (blog)
FERNANDINA BEACH, FL — Speaking under clear blue skies here as Hurricane Sandy pounds the Northeast, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan asked Floridians to keep those in the path of the storm in their thoughts and prayers. "Look …


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Romney victory would vindicate right wing smears of Obama - Los Angeles Times
It is impossible to know if Mitt Romney would turn out to be a good, bad or a mediocre president, but one certain downside of a Romney victory is that it would reward the most venal forces in American politics. It only starts with the kind of campaign Romney …


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Scott Forstall Leaving Apple: Company Announces iOS Boss' Departure; Retail ... - Huffington Post
Apple announced on Monday that Scott Forstall, the senior vice President of iOS software, will be leaving the company in 2013. In the meantime, Forstall will apparently step down from his SVP role and will be an "advisor" to CEO Tim Cook. Execs Jony Ive …


Superstorm Sandy slams East Coast, leaving floods, millions in dark - CBS News
NEW YORK As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit, with its …


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Firefighters battling 4-alarm fire in Breezy Point - Wall Street Journal
Associated Press. PEARL RIVER, N.Y. -- Firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire in the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. Fire officials say the fire was reported at about 11 p.m. Monday and involves about 15 houses situated in a …


Sandy slams New York, New Jersey; Washington region spared major devastation - Washington Post
The Washington area escaped the worst of the devastation brought to the East Coast by Hurricane Sandy. Residents awoke Tuesday to widespread but not overwhelming power outages, and flooding and downed trees and branches that paled in comparison …


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Storm Barrels Through Region, Leaving Battered Path - New York Times
As Hurricane Sandy churned inland as a downgraded storm, residents up and down the battered mid-Atlantic region woke on Tuesday to lingering waters, darkened homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generation storm surges and …


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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At least 14 deaths, 5.7 million without power in Superstorm Sandy's path - Chicago Tribune


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Floods across New York as Sandy slams into eastern US - Reuters
Hurricane Sandy lashes East Coast. NEW YORK – Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the densely populated East Coast on Monday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and …


Superstorm Sandy slams Northeast - CBS News
Updated at 11:46 p.m. ET. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater at New York City, flooding its tunnels, subway stations and …


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Sandy leaves NYC dark and deluged - CBS News
NEW YORKNEW YORK Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. The city had shut its mass …


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Superstorm Sandy slams into NJ coast - CBS News
Last Updated at 8:40 p.m. ET. ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey. Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline 80 mph winds and hurled a record-breaking 13-foot surge of seawater at New York City on Monday, roaring ashore after washing away …


Monday, October 29, 2012

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Hurricane Sandy picks up speed, nears landfall as it lashes East - Los Angeles Times
Hours before one of the largest storms on record makes landfall in southern New Jersey Monday evening, Hurricane Sandy was speeding up and lashing the East Coast, pushing floodwaters in low-lying areas from Maryland to New York, bringing …


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Crane dangles from NYC high-rise, clearing streets - Wall Street Journal
Associated Press. NEW YORK -- A construction crane is dangling off a luxury high-rise in Manhattan, prompting a large emergency response as a huge storm bears down on New York City. The crane is at West 57th Street. No injuries are reported. The city …


Hurricane Sandy Forces More Than 12000 Flight Cancellations - Wall Street Journal
By JACK NICAS. Airlines canceled thousands more flights on Monday because of Hurricane Sandy, which also crippled rail and shipping traffic along much of the East Coast of the U.S. just as freight transporters were trying to finish moving goods ahead of the …


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Feds hopeful Hurricane Sandy won't delay Friday's jobs report - Los Angeles Times


UPDATE 3-Fourteen rescued from HMS Bounty in path of hurricane; 2 missing - Reuters
By Daniel Trotta and David Adams. Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members who abandoned the replica tall ship HMS Bounty while in the path of Hurricane Sandy off North Carolina, using helicopters on Monday to pluck …


Weather Journal: What to Expect at Landfall in Next Two Hours - Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Eric Holthaus. Hurricane Sandy has started to accelerate its forward speed, racing headlong toward landfall inside Greater New York. This requires some updates to the projected timing of the storm's worst impacts later Monday night. The storm's …


Android 4.2: Still Jelly Bean, but sweeter - NBCNews.com
Along with a small mountain of new Nexus devices, Google announced also Android 4.2 on Monday. It's still called Jelly Bean, just like the prior version, but it's made just a little bit sweeter by the addition of new features such as Photo Sphere, Gesture Typing, …


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Calling Romney's lie what it is: A lie - Washington Post (blog)
The Obama campaign is up with a new ad in Ohio that hits back at Mitt Romney's suggestion -- made most recently in a Romney campaign ad -- that Obama's auto bailout will result in American Jeep jobs getting shipped to China: …


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Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8 breakthrough features - USA TODAY (blog)
Byron Acohido, USA TODAYShare. Comments. Microsoft has a lot riding on Windows Phone 8 as it competes against Google's hot-selling Android and Apple's iconic iPhone smartphones. Ballmer. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduces Windows Phone 8 at …


Poll finds 2012 race dead even, foresees relatively high turnout - Los Angeles Times
With only one week left in the 2012 campaign, a major new Pew Research Center poll is projecting a relatively high level of voter turnout in the dead-even presidential contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney. The national opinion survey, released …


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Attacks Continue During Failed Holiday Truce in Syria - New York Times


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Romney doubles down on Jeep jobs claim - NBCNews.com
thing we mentioned earlier in this newscast is mitt romney has picked up a key endorsement from the "the des moines register ." they say he as a strong record of aachievement in the private and public sectors. romney has made the rebuilding the economy …


Sandy Sinks Tall Ship, 14 Rescued and Two... - ABC News
Fourteen people were rescued this morning from a tall ship that was sunk by Hurricane Sandy, but a Coast Guard helicopter is scouring the churning seas for two crew members who are missing. The HMS Bounty, a three masted ship, was 90 miles southeast …


Hurricane Sandy carries high winds, big waves to Michigan - The Detroit News
The outer fringe of the Hurricane Sandy system is beginning to assault Michigan, bringing with it rain, high winds, canceled airline flights and gale conditions on the Great Lakes. For Metro Detroit, the first effect will be the winds, according to National Weather …


Hurricane Sandy gains strength on East Coast path - CBS News


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Sandy Bears Down on East Coast - Wall Street Journal
By MIKE ESTERL, TED MANN, LISA FLEISHER and JENNY STRASBURG. Hurricane Sandy strengthened early Monday, packing 85-mile-an-hour winds as it churned up the Atlantic coast and was expected to make landfall late Monday, unleashing …


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15 rockets, mortars hit the South; IAF strikes Gaza - Jerusalem Post
The Israeli Air Force hit terror targets in the Gaza Strip overnight on Sunday in response to renewed rocket fire following , the IDF Spokesperson Office said. A further 15 rockets fell overnight and in the early hours of Monday morning on the Sderot area areas …


Syria jets bomb Damascus on last day of 'ceasefire' - BBC News
Warplanes have bombed parts of Syria's capital, Damascus, on the fourth day of a ceasefire during which hundreds of people are reported to have died. Opposition activists said government jets attacked areas in and around the eastern suburbs of Harasta …


Giants Beat Tigers 4-3 in 10 Innings for Sweep - NBC Chicago
Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda. All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants. Nearly knocked out in the playoffs time and time again, and finally pressed by the Detroit Tigers in Game 4, …


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Crew of tall ship off NC abandons ship - Seattle Post Intelligencer
This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Hurricane Sandy turning to the to the north well east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Maximum winds are 75 mph with slight strengthening possible in the next 12 hours. Sandy is …


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As Hurricane Sandy approaches, 'colossal tide' predicted - Newsday
Photo credit: Newsday / Jessica Rotkiewicz | Dennis Rutowizz, of Babylon Village, takes in the view at the Babylon boat launch as Hurricane Sandy approaches. "Besides tying down my jetski, just want to get out and see how beautiful this crazy weather could …


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Call sounds to stay put as Sandy bears down - Boston.com
State and local officials on Sunday closed schools and encouraged all nonessential workers in government and private businesses to stay home on Monday, when Hurricane Sandy is expected to begin thrashing Massachusetts with winds gusting to 80 miles …


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Sandy turns in march toward East - CBS News
NEW YORK A superstorm that threatened 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation started turning Monday, forecasters said. Hurricane Sandy was expected to hook inland during the day, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from …


With a Sweep, Giants Are Champions Again - New York Times


Sunday, October 28, 2012

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Giants beat Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings for sweep - Boston.com
San Francisco Giants' Ryan Theriot reacts after scoring from second on a hit by Marco Scutaro during the 10th inning of Game 4 of baseball's World Series against the Detroit Tigers Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Detroit. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip). By RONALD …


Hurricane Sandy causes evacuations, closings throughout East Coast - Washington Post


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Hurricane Sandy blows US election off course - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy blew the U.S. presidential race off course on Sunday even before it came ashore, forcing Republican Mitt Romney to shift his campaign inland and fueling fears that the massive storm bearing down on the East …


Hurricane Sandy forcing changes in campaigns, early voting - Fox News
The approaching Hurricane Sandy is already forcing big changes in the final days of the presidential election — from Maryland nixing early voting Monday to both campaigns canceling and rescheduling rallies in critical battleground states. The Romney …


Gov. Christie on superstorm: Stay inside - Washington Post
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned state residents not to try to be a hero as the wrath of Hurricane Sandy is felt in the Garden State. Christie told residents to stay inside and off the roads on Monday. Associated Press. Correction: Clarification: RELATED …


'Walking Dead' Season 3 Record Ratings Changing Cable TV, AMC Streams ... - Books & Review
Today, in this-ain't-your-Granpappy's-TV-news: A cable series is now the most watched show on TV. The premiere episode for the third season of AMC's "The Walking Dead" broke ratings records for the network with nearly 11 million viewers. And apparently …