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Obama gets storm update, sends officials to states
President Barack Obama said Saturday that "there's nothing more important than us getting this right" as he visited the headquarters of the Federal ...
NYC Marathon is canceled following storm damage
Gisela Clausen delivered the news to her fellow runners from Germany as they walked into the New Yorker Hotel. "We spend a year on this. We don't eat ...
NYC Marathon off, Wade donates to relief effort
The New York City Marathon is off, and a marathon ride into the city prompted Dwyane Wade to help those still dealing with the horrendous aftermath ...
Coast Guard base preps recruits for daring rescues
At a new Coast Guard training facility here, rescue swimmers jump from a 12-foot tower into a wave pool as large fans blow 70 mph wind at them.
Coast Guard probing cause of tall ship's sinking
The Coast Guard has ordered a formal investigation into the sinking of a famous tall ship off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy.
Mayor says NYC Marathon won't divert resources
The blue and orange finish line is in place in Central Park, no superstorm debris in sight. Little else is normal with the New York City Marathon.
2 NYC boys found dead, swept away by storm waters
Two young brothers swept from the arms of their mother by the violent sea at the height of Superstorm Sandy were found dead in a marsh Thursday, a ...
US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya
CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U
Timeline of events surrounding Libya rescue effort
U.S. intelligence officials offered a timeline Thursday of the CIA's response to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, from its annex ...
NFL and players' union donating $1 million
The NFL and the players' union are combining to donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to help in the recovery efforts in the Northeast after ...
Some Muslim clerics say Sandy is God's punishment
Some anti-American Muslim clerics have cast the deadly Superstorm Sandy as divine punishment for a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad or for other ...
Search on for NYC boys ripped from mother by flood
Rescuers in New York City are searching for two young boys who were swept from their mother's arms by floodwaters. Police say the boys are a ...
Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path
Death blew in on the superstorm's wild winds and sea water torrents, claiming 90-year-olds and children with capriciously toppling trees, taking ...
New Yorkers search for food, water and electricity
The people gathered around the side of a building on Third Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, ...
Coast Guard searches on for tall ship's captain
Robin Walbridge had been in a lot of dicey situations as the captain of the HMS Bounty, an 18th-century replica tall ship that was the set of ...
Wife of tall ship captain awaits word on his fate
The Coast Guard used ships and airplanes to search the Atlantic on Tuesday for the captain of the sunken HMS Bounty as the sailor's wife held on to ...
Crew of ship that went down in Sandy identified
The Coast Guard is identifying the crew of a replica 18th-century sailing vessel that went down off the North Carolina coast and says the missing are ...
How to stay connected during Hurricane Sandy
When disaster strikes, phone and Internet service often takes a hit, right when it's needed the most. Here are some tips for communicating with ...
Official: Iraq searches Syria-bound Iranian plane
Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons, an Iraqi ...
British army dog joins list of animal war heroes
British soldiers and military dogs gathered at a London army barracks Thursday to honor a fallen hero with selfless courage, nerves of steel — and ...
Police: Pa. baby abducted after grandmother killed
Authorities searched Tuesday for a 10-month-old girl who was declared missing after her grandmother, who was baby-sitting her, was found slain inside ...
Myanmar find could flood vintage Spitfire market
As many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes — three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist — are believed to be buried ...
Thousands mourn slain Colo. girl; police seek help
More than 2,000 family members, friends, neighbors and others remembered a 10-year-old girl who was abducted on her way to school in a Denver suburb ...
More than 2,000 attend slain Colo. girl's memorial
More than 2,000 family members, friends, neighbors and others gathered Tuesday to remember a 10-year-old suburban Denver girl who was abducted on her ...