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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 43 in Caribbean Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 40 in Caribbean U.S. looks to old Arctic ship logs for climate change clues Stormy weather on the horizon for Washington, DC [VIDEO] Sandy pounds Bahamas after killing 40 in Caribbean Three Key Senate Races for Voters Who Love the Environment Mid-Atlantic braces for storm amid warm weather Chilly Weather Arrives In North Texas Why Obama and Romney aren't talking about climate change Gas prices boosted by weather forecast, LNG tanker bypass

Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 43 in Caribbean  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 08:30 PM PDT Hurricane Sandy spun away from the Bahamas late Friday after causing 43 deaths across the Caribbean, churning northward toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to join with winter weather fronts to create a super storm. Full Story	Top
Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 40 in Caribbean  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 08:15 PM PDT Hurricane Sandy spun away from the Bahamas late Friday after causing 40 deaths across the Caribbean, churning northward toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to join with winter weather fronts to create a super storm. Full Story	Top
U.S. looks to old Arctic ship logs for climate change clues  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 01:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A project to help track Arctic climate change using volunteers to transcribe U.S. ship logs online was launched on Wednesday by the National Archives and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Using citizen scientists to transcribe thousands of pages of logbooks from Navy, Coast Guard and other ships from 1850 to World War Two will fill a big data gap, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said. Scientists in recent decades have gotten weather data from satellites and ground observations, and such tools as ice samples show ancient patterns, she said. ... Full Story	Top
Stormy weather on the horizon for Washington, DC [VIDEO]  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 01:20 PM PDT According to Meat Loaf, storm clouds are swirling over the world this election season. But far out in the Atlantic Ocean, storm clouds of a different type are brewing: Hurricane Sandy is approaching the U.S. Eastern Seaboard with a vengeance. Widely described as the worst storm to hit the East Coast in 100 years, she has already claimed the lives of 21 people in the Caribbean. Full Story	Top
Sandy pounds Bahamas after killing 40 in Caribbean  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 01:03 PM PDT Hurricane Sandy rolled out of the Bahamas on Friday after causing 40 deaths across the Caribbean, churning toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to join forces with winter weather fronts to create a devastating super storm. Full Story	Top
Three Key Senate Races for Voters Who Love the Environment  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 12:09 PM PDT Climate change may have been completely ignored in the presidential debates this year for the first time in 24 years, and other serious green issues may have only gotten some attention in passing as Obama and Romney rushed to convince voters that they hold the secret to resuscitating the economy and lowering gas prices, but there are important political races this year where the environment and the fate of the planet are not being overlooked.  Full Story	Top
Mid-Atlantic braces for storm amid warm weather  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 11:48 AM PDT While emergency management officials throughout the mid-Atlantic region braced Friday for an onslaught of wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy, residents and visitors took advantage of the calm before the storm. Full Story	Top
Chilly Weather Arrives In North Texas  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 06:13 AM PDT Full Story	Top
Why Obama and Romney aren't talking about climate change  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 05:48 AM PDT "Scientists warn the planet is facing a global climate crisis that could result in unprecedented sea-level rise, drought, and food shortages," says Andrew Restuccia at Politico. "But you wouldn't know it from listening to the presidential debates." For the first time since 1988, neither candidate or their running mates talked about climate change or global warming in any of their four face-offs, and none of them were asked about it. The topic is also largely absent from the campaign trail: President Obama only occasionally brings it up, preferring to talk about the promise of green energy, ... Full Story	Top
Gas prices boosted by weather forecast, LNG tanker bypass  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 05:35 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British prompt gas prices rose on Friday morning, snapping three straight days of losses, as cooler weather forecast for next week lifted demand expectations and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker headed to North America instead of the UK. Gas for immediate delivery rose 1.75 pence to 67.25 pence a therm at 0845 GMT due to a combination of factors including a tight supply-demand balance, lower temperatures from Sunday and the expected start of maintenance at Apache's North Sea Beryl Alpha platform in the current trading session. Work at Beryl Alpha will shave 1. ... Full Story	Top

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