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| Sandy: East Coast braces for epic hurricane, ‘life-threatening’ storm surge Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 07:25 AM PDT  "Superstorm." "The Perfect Storm." "Frankenstorm." Whatever you want to call it, the East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Sandy, a "rare hybrid storm" that is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge to the mid-Atlantic coast, Long Island Sound and New York harbor, forecasters say, with winds expected to be at [...] Full Story | Top |
| Giants sweep Tigers for World Series title Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 09:20 PM PDT  The end came much like this series, not with a boom, but with a little fly ball that fell through the 10th inning raindrops and onto the outfield grass for a single that would win the S.F. Giants the 2012 World Series. Full Story | Top |
| Storm sets off frantic rush for supplies on East Coast Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:46 PM PDT  Good luck buying lanterns, generators, propane, or - if you are really unprepared - rain boots and batteries in areas in the path of Hurricane Sandy as it bears down on the U.S. East Coast. The approach of the gigantic storm, which is expected to come ashore on Monday night set off a weekend scramble for supplies from Virginia to New England, causing long lines at gas stations, bare shelves at hardware and home-supply shops, and a run on bread, bottled water and canned foods. "It's been crazy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc on presidential race Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:33 PM PDT  Hurricane Sandy has scrambled the last week of the presidential race, upsetting campaign schedules, putting both President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney off-message, and raising doubts about Election Day and how early voting is going. Full Story | Top |
| Obama balancing storm response with campaigning Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 06:36 PM PDT  President Barack Obama has spent months trying to balance his re-election bid with running the government. Full Story | Top |
| Romney cancels N.H. rally amid concern over Hurricane Sandy Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 02:42 PM PDT  Mitt Romney is cancelling yet another event amid worries over the impact of Hurricane Sandy. The Romney campaign announced Sunday it would cancel a Tuesday evening rally in Milford, N.Hâ€"a stop that would have been Romney's first visit to the swing state in more than a month. Rick Gorka, a Romney spokesman, said the [...] Full Story | Top |
| NYC schools, transit to close ahead of storm Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 09:16 PM PDT  New York City shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes Sunday in the face of increasingly dire predictions about the wall of water that could hit the nation's largest city as part of the superstorm bearing down on the East Coast. Full Story | Top |
| Hawaii tsunami warning canceled after lower than expected waves Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:12 PM PDT  Hawaii state officials on Sunday canceled a tsunami advisory prompted by a powerful earthquake off the Canadian coast that sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground, but did not cause major damage. The advisory was canceled shortly before 4 a.m. local time (1400 GMT) after the anticipated waves rolled in lower than expected, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Kevin Richards, earthquake and tsunami manager for Hawaii State Civil Defense, said water, gas and power lines were not damaged by the smaller-than-expected waves. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. stock markets to close on Monday, possibly Tuesday Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 08:15 PM PDT U.S. stock trading will be closed on Monday and possibly Tuesday in response to Hurricane Sandy, NYSE Euronext said late on Sunday. NYSE Euronext, which runs the New York Stock Exchange, had previously said that electronic trading would remain open and that only the exchange's trading floor would close. In a statement, the company said that "the dangerous conditions developing as a result of Hurricane Sandy will make it extremely difficult to ensure the safety of our people and communities, and safety must be our first priority. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dr. Besser's 3 Tips to Ride Hurricane Sandy Out Safely Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 04:09 PM 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 |
| AP analysis: Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:04 PM 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 |
| Why won't Mitt Romney go on any late night shows? Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 06:32 PM PDT With nine days to go until Election Day, political satirists are doing everything they can to squeeze every last laugh out of the campaigns, but Mitt Romney refuses to be the butt of anybody's joke. Full Story | Top |
| First Native American saint stirs pride, skepticism Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:21 PM PDT  Some traditional Mohawks are treating the naming of the nation's first Native American saint with skepticism and fear that the Roman Catholic Church is using it to shore up its image and marginalize traditional spiritual practices. Full Story | Top |
| Mass. closes third pharmacy since meningitis outbreak Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 06:03 PM PDT Massachusetts regulators shut down a pharmacy on Sunday after a surprise inspection raised concerns about the sterility of its drugs, in the third such closure since a deadly meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated drugs from another pharmacy in the state. The latest pharmacy to be closed, Infusion Resource, is not affiliated with New England Compounding Center, the company linked to the outbreak, officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:23 PM PDT  A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in Canada since 1949 largely unscathed. Full Story | Top |
| Dragon ship back on Earth after space station trip Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:53 PM PDT  An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, completing the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. Full Story | Top |
| Former suspect in Etan Patz case to be freed Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 05:54 PM PDT  While prosecutors weigh what to do about a suspect who surprisingly surfaced this spring in the landmark 1979 disappearance case of Etan Patz, the man who was the prime suspect for years is about to go free after more than two decades in prison for molesting other children. Full Story | Top |
| Mom raises money to watch daughter's killer die Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 03:30 PM PDT Friends, family members and strangers have helped Tina Curl's grim dream come to fruition -- to watch the man who raped and murdered her 9-year-old daughter be strapped to a gurney, fight for his final breath as lethal drugs course through his veins. Curl, 50, spent months... Full Story | Top |
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