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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Outer edges of Hurricane Sandy are bringing high winds and rains today - but ... - Boston.com


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, …


As election nears, cries of voter intimidation - CBS News


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