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Broadway takes few chances with superstorm coming
Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday performances of shows like "The ...
Tone turns ominous at The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel had its third straight day of a round-the-clock vigil for the approaching superstorm, and the tone of its meteorologists turned ...
'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its parts
The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, ...
Megastorm could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US
Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare for the first ...
NYC nanny not herself before children's killings
Friends and relatives of Yoselyn Ortega, the New York City nanny accused of stabbing two young children to death, said she appeared to be struggling ...
Kim Kardashian makes a splash at NYC bash
Kim Kardashian isn't worried about the behemoth storm expected to pummel the eastern U.S. with rain and wind this week. Dressed as a blond mermaid for ...
US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations
Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably ...
'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its nasty parts
The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with persistent high winds, drenching ...
Amid dire forecast, Sandy a hurricane again
With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, residents of the nation's most densely populated corridor contemplated whether ...
NY parents shaken as nanny accused of killing kids
The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions ...
Sanchez set to take the mound for trailing Tigers
Justin Verlander already lost. Doug Fister pitched gamely, but his fine effort wasn't good enough either. Now, with their World Series hopes slipping ...
Aresco: Commissioners support adding marquee bowl
Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco says support for adding a bowl game to college football's new postseason system has not waned. Earlier this week, ...
East Coast braces for monster 'Frankenstorm'
When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging ...
Airlines ask fliers to reschedule due to hurricane
U.S. airlines are giving travelers a way out if they want to scrap their plans due to Hurricane Sandy. All the major airlines are offering waivers to ...
NYC cannibal case tests lines of fantasy, threat
In Internet chats as breezy as they were bizarre, a police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and eat as many as 100 women was once cautioned not ...
Ravens fined $20K for not listing Reed's injury
The NFL fined the Baltimore Ravens $20,000 Friday for not listing safety Ed Reed on the team's injury report. Reed publicly acknowledged his right ...
Sarah Jessica Parker among stars honoring fashion
Fashion may have been the focus of the Night of Stars gala in New York, but actress Sarah Jessica Parker was more interested in talking politics.
Manager's toughest call: sitting a slumping star
Pete Rose sat in the World Series. So did Reggie Jackson, Barry Zito and Paul O'Neill. Tim Lincecum lost his spot in the San Francisco Giants' ...
Holiday gadgets: Microsoft phone, Google events
It's been a big week for tech gadgets. Microsoft started selling its Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet computer. Apple announced new iPads ...
NY man accused of trying to cheat Facebook
A businessman who claimed in a lawsuit that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had promised him half ownership in the then-fledgling company when he was ...
From text to touch, a look at Microsoft systems
With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal ...
Kids stabbed dead in NYC home; nanny, knife nearby
A mother returned home to her luxury apartment building near Central Park on Thursday to find two of her small children stabbed to death in a bathtub ...
NYC police officer charged in cannibalism plot
A city police officer dreamed up plots to kidnap, torture, cook and eat at least 100 women whose photos, names and addresses he pulled from a ...
Soundtrack to history: 1878 Edison audio unveiled
It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world's first recorded blooper. The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the ...