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| Sandy's death toll climbs; millions without power Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 02:38 PM PDT  Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 33, many of the victims killed by falling trees. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-FEMA director Michael Brown criticizes Obama for reacting too quickly to storm Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 01:28 PM PDT Former FEMA director Michael Brown, who was heavily criticized for the agency's failure to prepare for Hurricane Katrina, has criticized President Obama for responding to Hurricane Sandy too early. In an interview with Denver Westword, Brown said, "One thing [President Obama's]Â gonna be asked is, why did he jump on [Hurricane Sandy] so quickly and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama visits storm victims while Romney campaigns Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:11 AM PDT  President Barack Obama, locked in a fierce re-election bid, is emphasizing his incumbent's role for a third straight day, skipping battleground states to visit victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a state he's confident of winning. The president's actions have forced his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, to walk a careful line and make tough choices. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton Called On as Obama Closer Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:52 AM PDT  As Hurricane Sandy churned toward the East Coast, the call from President Obama came on Monday morning. “I got to go back right now, this storm’s getting out of hand. I got to handle it,â€Â former President Clinton recalled to an Ohio crowd later that day. “And I said, ‘Mr. President, that is the right call.’ †Full Story | Top |
| Romney Faces Scrutiny on Aid in Storm's Wake Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:06 AM PDT In wake of superstorm Sandy, Romney faces scrutiny for past comments on disaster relief Full Story | Top |
| Obama and Romney make young girl cry Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:56 AM PDT After months of buildup leading to the presidential election in November, 4-year-old Abigael Evans has had enough. The Fort Collins, Colo., girl broke down in tears after listening to yet another report on the radio about the race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a local NBC TV station reported. "I'm tired [...] Full Story | Top |
| Disarray, millions without power in Sandy's wake Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:46 PM PDT  The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country's most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern communication and leaving millions without power Tuesday as thousands who fled their water-menaced homes wondered when â€" if â€" life would return to normal. Full Story | Top |
| Romney to focus on 11 states in final election push Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:30 AM PDT TAMPA, Fla.â€"Mitt Romney will focus on 11 states before Election Day. The push in the election's final six days comes amid polls showing the GOP challenger in a dead hit with President Barack Obama in many battleground states, including Florida and Ohio. Between now and Tuesday, Romney and his key surrogates will attend rallies in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Disney buying Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 01:38 PM PDT Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind "Star Wars," from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series called "Episode 7," set for release in 2015, with plans to follow it with Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years. Full Story | Top |
| Skeleton found when historic Conn. tree uprooted Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 01:52 AM PDT New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since Colonial times. Full Story | Top |
| Celebratory gunfire at Saudi wedding cuts cable, 23 electrocuted Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 02:11 AM PDT RIYADH (Reuters) - Celebratory gunfire at a wedding party in eastern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night brought down an electric cable, killing 23 people, a local civil defense official said. "At the wedding, the cable fell on a metal door and the 23 people who died were all electrocuted," Eastern Province official Abdullah Khashman said by phone. A photograph of the aftermath of the accident, published on local newspapers' websites showed a large courtyard strewn with fallen chairs and a pole in the middle supporting cables carrying lightbulbs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Superstorm Sandy Rumors Cost Congressional Campaign Manager His Job Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:04 AM PDT  The congressional campaign manager who confessed to spreading falsehoods on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy has resigned from Christopher Wright’s New York City congressional campaign. Shashank Tripathi, under the guise of his Twitter handle @ComfortablySmug, sent out several pieces of misinformation during the worst of the... Full Story | Top |
| Region hit by Sandy struggles to resume daily life Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 06:16 AM PDT  Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, but across the river in New Jersey, the National Guard searched for flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy. Full Story | Top |
| No prank: On Halloween, US military forces train for zombie apocalypse Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 09:21 AM PDT Why is the US military preparing for a zombie apocalypse? Full Story | Top |
| Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars - Elimination Shocker Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 09:12 PM PDT  "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" produced a bona fide shocker of an elimination show on Tuesday night, which featured a surprising elimination and an even more jaw dropping Bottom 2. Full Story | Top |
| Terrorist Offers Hurricane Aid, US Says No Thanks Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 08:18 AM PDT  Hafiz Saeed Has $10 Million US Bounty on His Head Full Story | Top |
| Romney, GOP suddenly plunging onto Democratic turf Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 03:20 PM PDT  Mitt Romney is suddenly plunging into traditionally Democratic-leaning Minnesota and Pennsylvania, and his GOP allies are trying to put Michigan into play. It's forcing President Barack Obama to defend his own turf â€" he's pouring money into television ads in the states and dispatching top backers â€" in the campaign's final week. Full Story | Top |
| 'Waffle House Index' Guides FEMA Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:52 PM PDT  Two red, two yellow. What sounds like a child sorting Halloween hard candies this year doubles as something a bit more important to state and federal disaster-management officials: the Waffle House Index for Hurricane Sandy. Two Waffle Houses near Allentown, Pa., were closed, and two... Full Story | Top |
| How much caffeine would it take to kill a person? Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 05:37 PM PDT After the recent lawsuit against the manufacturers of Monster energy drinks, Popular Science looked into the question of "how much caffeine would it take to kill you?" In short, it would take at least six gallons of McDonald's coffee. In April, a coroner's report cited a New Zealand woman's consumption of Coca-Cola as being related [...] Full Story | Top |
| Crippled NYC subways could hamper storm recovery Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:18 PM PDT  The floodwaters that poured into New York's deepest subway tunnels may pose the biggest obstacle to the city's recovery from the worst natural disaster in the transit system's 108-year history. Full Story | Top |
| Police: 10-year-old boy sorry he shot neo-Nazi dad Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:21 AM PDT  The 10-year-old son of a neo-Nazi leader casually told police he had shot his father as he slept but then became agitated in the back of a patrol car and asked an officer if his father would survive, a police officer said. Full Story | Top |
| Obama back on campaign trail Thursday as final push begins Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:03 AM PDT President Barack Obama will return to campaigning after spending three days managing the federal response to the deadly superstorm. He's launching a frenetic final push with stops in Wisconsin, Colorado and Nevada. Come Election Day, the Democrat will watch the results come in at what aides are billing with characteristic audacity (bluster?) as a "victory [...] Full Story | Top |
| Eurozone unemployment rises to new record Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 07:04 AM PDT  Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is deteriorating as governments struggle to get a grip on their three-year debt crisis. Full Story | Top |
| Q&A: Could Sandy postpone the election? Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 01:14 PM PDT  One week before a close election, superstorm Sandy has confounded the presidential race, halted early voting in many areas and led some to ponder whether the election might even be postponed. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Gene Hackman slaps homeless man in NM Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:49 PM PDT Police in New Mexico say Gene Hackman was acting in self-defense when he slapped a homeless man who had become aggressive toward the Oscar-winning actor and his wife. Full Story | Top |
| Inside Breezy Point: An Inferno in a Flood Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 05:20 PM PDT  REPORTERS’ NOTEBOOK By Keturah Gray and Jim Dubreuil When we were sent out on Monday afternoon to report on the “holdouts†of Hurricane Sandy â€" those who refused to leave their homes despite New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s mandatory evacuation  orders â€" we  expected... Full Story | Top |
| Tempers flare in NJ city where thousands stranded Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:17 AM PDT  Tempers are flaring in Hoboken, N.J., as residents complain officials in the flooded city on the Hudson River have been slow to get out food and water to the stranded. Full Story | Top |
| Devastated Northeast crawls back after monster storm Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 10:42 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Northeast began an arduous slog back to normal on Wednesday after historic storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed at least 64 people with a massive storm surge that caused epic flooding. Financial markets reopened with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after the first weather-related two-day closure since 1888, and packed buses took commuters to work with the city's subway system halted after seawater flooded its tunnels. The New York area's John F. ... Full Story | Top |
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