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 …