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| Obama: Benghazi may have been ‘big breakdown’ Monday, Oct 29, 2012 09:34 AM PDT President Barack Obama said in an interview that if the investigation into the Sept. 11 attack on the American compound in Libya finds that "there was a big breakdown, and somebody didn't do their job, they'll be held accountable." Speaking with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program on Monday, the president said that "ultimately, as commander in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Live-blog: Superstorm Sandy batters New York City, East Coast Monday, Oct 29, 2012 07:00 AM PDT [Updated at 9 p.m. ET] Sandy has been reclassified from a hurricane to a "Superstorm" after forecasters say it lost the characteristics of a tropical storm. Regardless of rank, Sandy is still packing quite a punch. Sustained winds around 80 m.p.h. have damaged property and downed trees, and left three million people without power from [...] Full Story | Top |
| Guards at Tomb of the Unknowns to remain on-site during hurricane Monday, Oct 29, 2012 09:51 AM PDT WASHINGTONâ€"Hurricane Sandy is expected to slam the East Coast and the federal government is shut downâ€"but the U.S. servicemen who guard the outdoor Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery will remain on duty. "They will not abandon their post," an employee who answered the Arlington Cemetery's phone confirmed to Yahoo News. He identified [...] Full Story | Top |
| Would Romney abolish FEMA? His campaign says no Monday, Oct 29, 2012 01:23 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Iowaâ€"As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Mitt Romney's campaign is pushing back against suggestions that he wants to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agencyâ€"insisting that he would simply prefer to see states take a greater role in disaster relief. At a GOP primary debate in June 2011, Romney, when asked about [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario' Monday, Oct 29, 2012 05:03 AM PDT  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 area, government forecasters said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| People named Sandy more likely to give to Obama Monday, Oct 29, 2012 12:03 PM PDT Is the National Hurricane Center secretly a puppet of the Obama administration? People named Sandy are considerably more likely to have donated to President Obama than to Mitt Romney or another Republican primary candidate this year, according to a recent Yahoo News analysis of FEC records. Of the 353 Sandys who gave at least $200 this cycle, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Time-lapse views from space show Hurricane Sandy’s enormity Monday, Oct 29, 2012 08:34 AM PDT Time-lapse images from high above Earth show Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the East Coast, highlighting the storm's enormous size. NASA's Earth Observatory has released time-lapse animation of the powerful hurricane from a satellite 22,300 miles above ground. The images reveal details of Sandy's motion and eye wall. Hurricane Sandy was shown approximately 275 miles [...] Full Story | Top |
| Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes Monday, Oct 29, 2012 02:25 AM PDT  President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-important Ohio, according to an Associated Press analysis a week before Election Day. Full Story | Top |
| East Coast grinds to a halt as superstorm nears Monday, Oct 29, 2012 12:51 AM PDT  Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall. Full Story | Top |
| Sandy Sinks Tall Ship, 14 Rescued Monday, Oct 29, 2012 06:47 AM PDT  Crew Abandoned Their Ship Off North Carolina's Outer Banks Overnight Full Story | Top |
| Team Obama tries to run Romney’s Jeep charge off the road Monday, Oct 29, 2012 04:40 PM PDT ORLANDO, Florida--President Barack Obama's re-election team waged all-out political war on Monday against a controversial ad by Republican rival Mitt Romney. The ad implies, falsely, that Jeep plans to move jobs to China from Ohio--a charge that could resonate in that pivotal battleground state. The Obama campaign released a commercial rebutting the allegation, while Vice [...] Full Story | Top |
| Russian ship with 700 tons of gold ore missing Monday, Oct 29, 2012 05:04 AM PDT A vessel with a nine-person crew and 700 tons of gold ore onboard has gone missing in stormy seas off Russia's Pacific Coast. Full Story | Top |
| Crane dangles from NYC high-rise, clearing streets Monday, Oct 29, 2012 05:45 PM PDT  A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds and dangled precariously as a huge storm bore down on the city on Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Hurricane Sandy on verge of New Jersey landfall Monday, Oct 29, 2012 02:36 PM PDT NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, lashed the densely populated East Coast on Monday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential campaign. Fierce winds and flooding racked hundreds of miles of Atlantic coastline and heavy snows were forecast farther inland at higher elevations as the center of the storm moves ashore along the coast of southern New Jersey or Delaware on Monday evening. U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Superstorm Sandy slams into New Jersey coast, sends surge of seawater against NYC Monday, Oct 29, 2012 07:20 PM PDT 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, threatening its subways and the electrical system that powers Wall Street. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm, and the presidential campaign ground to a halt a week before Election Day. Full Story | Top |
| A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm Monday, Oct 29, 2012 09:01 PM PDT The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system affecting millions of people. Here's a snapshot of what is happening or expected, state by state. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton: Romney claim about Jeep a 'load of bull' Monday, Oct 29, 2012 04:14 PM PDT  Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton have criticized Mitt Romney for saying that Chrysler is shifting production of its Jeep brand autos from Ohio to China. Full Story | Top |
| Superstorm bears down on US East Coast as residents flee threat of wall of water Monday, Oct 29, 2012 06:00 AM PDT  NEW YORK, N.Y. - Forecasters warned that the New York City region could face the worst of Hurricane Sandy as it bore down on the U.S. East Coast's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of financial markets and mass transit, sending coastal residents fleeing and threatening high winds, rain and a wall of water up to 11 feet (3.35 metres) tall. It could endanger up to 50 million people for days. Full Story | Top |
| 14 rescued, 2 missing from tall ship off NC Monday, Oct 29, 2012 12:33 PM PDT  The Coast Guard rescued 14 members of a crew forced to abandon the tall ship HMS Bounty caught in Hurricane Sandy off the North Carolina Outer Banks and continued the search Monday for two other crew members. Full Story | Top |
| Obama scraps Florida campaign event, returns to DC Monday, Oct 29, 2012 04:27 AM PDT ORLANDO, Florida - President Barack Obama scrapped his planned campaign appearance here with Bill Clinton on Monday and planned to return to Washington to oversee the response to deadly Hurricane Sandy. "Due to deteriorating weather conditions in the Washington area, the President will not attend today's campaign event in Orlando," White House press secretary Jay [...] Full Story | Top |
| Toyota on top in latest Consumer Reports survey Monday, Oct 29, 2012 02:47 PM PDT  And the winner is ... Japan. Full Story | Top |
| Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 11:31 PM PDT  From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns were buttoned up Monday against the onslaught of a superstorm that threatened 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it â€" an 11-foot wall of water. Full Story | Top |
| Woman arrested for speaking too long at city council meeting Monday, Oct 29, 2012 02:06 PM PDT A 60-year-old woman was arrested after exceeding her allotted three minutes of speaking time at a California city council meeting. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that Karen Wright's arrested was caught on video, when she was handcuffed by police and cited for disrupting a public meeting during a Riverside City Council meeting. "Can you see my [...] Full Story | Top |
| Report: Iran has drone pictures of Israeli bases Monday, Oct 29, 2012 06:29 AM PDT  Iran has images of sensitive Israeli military bases taken by a drone that was launched by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and downed by Israel earlier this month, a senior Iranian lawmaker claimed Monday in the latest boast from Tehran about purported advances in the capabilities of its unmanned aircraft. Full Story | Top |
| Dr. Besser's 3 Tips to Ride Hurricane Sandy Out Safely Monday, Oct 29, 2012 04:26 AM PDT For those in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the wind, rain, floods and potential blackouts are on the way. If you are sheltered in place with adequate food, water, batteries and other supplies, you are likely to be well-prepared for the approaching weather threat. However,... Full Story | Top |
| Sandy gains power and aims for Northeast Monday, Oct 29, 2012 03:24 PM PDT  Gaining strength and threatening 50 million people, Hurricane Sandy chugged north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. Subways and schools were closed, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was deserted, and thousands fled inland. Full Story | Top |
| Sneaky Cat Caught on Camera in Himalayas Monday, Oct 29, 2012 11:20 AM PDT  An elusive thick-furred feline has been caught on camera for the first time in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Full Story | Top |
| Anderson Cooper's Talk Show Canceled Monday, Oct 29, 2012 11:08 AM PDT  The daytime talk show market just got a little bit smaller. Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show won’t return for a third season, Warner Bros. announced today. “We are extremely proud of Anderson and the show that he and the entire production team have produced,†a... Full Story | Top |
| Prowler at Cruise's home turns out to be neighbor Monday, Oct 29, 2012 06:44 AM PDT  Authorities say a security guard at Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion used a stun gun on a trespasser who turned out to be an intoxicated neighbor who may have mistakenly entered the property. Full Story | Top |
| Obama on storm: If they say evacuate, do it now Monday, Oct 29, 2012 11:03 AM PDT  President Barack Obama delivered a sober warning to millions in the path of Hurricane Sandy on Monday, declaring that even though food, water and generators have been moved into position, "this is going to be a difficult storm" with long-term power and transportation outages possible. Full Story | Top |
| Sandy wreaks havoc on New York City Monday, Oct 29, 2012 05:17 PM PDT Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City on Monday, reportedly killing one person, causing a crane to collapse and the facade of a four-story building to crumble. Full Story | Top |
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