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| Sandy's death toll climbs; millions without power Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:29 AM PDT  An eerily quiet NYC is all but closed off as the superstorm steams inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. Full Story | Top |
| Baby delivered in hospital truck during storm Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 09:39 AM PDT  During Hurricane Sandy’s high winds and heavy rain, a New Jersey woman gave birth to a baby boy in a hospital’s make-shift medical shelter to aid residents immobilized by flooding. Christine Schleppy, 34, was only 35 weeks into her pregnancy when she started having contractions... Full Story | Top |
| Sandy may cost Obama the popular vote—but not the presidency Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:35 AM PDT  This year’s black swan arrived on a rush of wind. Full Story | Top |
| Romney turns rally into a ‘storm relief event’ Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 10:27 AM PDT  The GOP challenger spent about a half hour helping supporters pack up cans in boxes to send to the storm zone. Full Story | Top |
| Sandy spawns blizzard conditions over West Virginia Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 12:22 PM PDT  A foot and more of snow was reported in lower elevations; the mountains are getting more than two feet and a blizzard warning for more than a dozen counties is in effect. Full Story | Top |
| After Sandy, canceled flights but no airport chaos Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:52 AM PDT  Not long ago, a big storm pounding the Northeast would mean havoc at the busiest hubs; but airports from Washington to Boston are deserted. Full Story | Top |
| 'Power of it was dizzying': first-person accounts Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:43 AM PDT  Overnight winds from Sandy blew over this tree in New York. Click image to see more Sandy photos. (Stephanie Jeannot/Yahoo! Contributor Network) From Florida to New England, residents along the eastern seaboard are sharing their anecdotes, photos and videos of Hurricane-turned-"Superstorm" Sandy. Below are excerpts from the latest dispatches from people living through the storm. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Why you shouldn't pay attention to national polls Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:54 AM PDT  Most stakeholders only care about the likelihood of victory in the Electoral College, and a national poll is not very useful at this point. Full Story | Top |
| ‘Man in Moon’ created by asteroid the size of Austria Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:18 AM PDT The famous flattened image across the surface of the moon, long dubbed the "Man in the Moon," appears to have been created by a giant asteroid the size of Austria. A new study published in the British journal Nature Geoscience says the flattened, 1,800-mile-wide section of the moon's Procellarum basin was caused after the large [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Tokyo's claustrophobic capsule hotel Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:53 AM PDT  In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, manager Akiyoshi Kaneko stands by the rooms at the Capsule & Sauna Century Shibuya in Tokyo. The capsule concept has been around for at least 30 years, starting out as lodging for businessmen working or partying late who missed the last train home and needed a cheap place to crash. But budget travelers and other folks curious about a unique lodging experience use them too. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Full Story | Top |
| 007 fans beware: Wikipedia reveals major 'Skyfall' spoiler Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 09:20 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - James Bond fans beware - Wikipedia's entry for the latest 007 film "Skyfall" contains spoilers big enough to drive an Aston Martin through. It's a posting that includes a full plot summary, which jeopardizes major twists involving the fate of one character and the future of MI6, the agency Bond calls home. Seriously, reading Wikipedia will have Bond devotees reaching for their vodka martinis. Don't worry, we won't spoil it, but best to steer clear of the web's encyclopedia if you want to stay in the dark. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bone-chilling science: The scariest experiments ever Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:00 AM PDT  Since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the popular imagination has been alive with stories of mad scientists and the chilling experiments they conduct. But sometimes, real life is even more frightening than fiction. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:57 AM PDT  A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) Full Story | Top |
| Live-blog: East Coast surveys damage Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 07:50 AM PDT  Yahoo News is tracking the latest in our live-blog, with dispatches from our reporters in NYC, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. Join the blog and let us know what's going on in your neighborhood. Full Story | Top |
| Problems at five nuclear plants in wake of Sandy Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:34 AM PDT  Alert Declared at Jersey Nuke Plant Full Story | Top |
| Accused UBS rogue trader: 'I lost control' Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:04 AM PDT  Kweku Adoboli, whose actions results in losses of $2.3 billion, says traders knew they had to bend rules to achieve the goals set by senior management. Full Story | Top |
| Meet the FDNY’s one-woman Twitter team Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 07:11 AM PDT  Emily Rahimi, a seven-year veteran at the FDNY, kept New Yorkers updated on developments while Sandy flooded parts of the city Monday night. Full Story | Top |
| Stranded Staten Island residents beg for rescue Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 07:34 AM PDT  On the island's south shore, trapped residents, some of whom ignored evacuation orders, pleaded with local officials on Facebook to send help. Full Story | Top |
| Mammograms: For 1 life saved, 3 women overtreated Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 08:10 AM PDT  Breast cancer screening for women over 50 saves lives, an independent panel in Britain has concluded, confirming findings in U.S. and other studies. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Captain missing after Sandy claims HMS Bounty Monday, Oct 29, 2012 09:06 PM PDT  This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members by helicopter. Hours later, rescuers found one of the missing crew members, but she was unresponsive. They are still searching for the captain. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski) Full Story | Top |
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