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Battered by storm, Staten Islanders feel forgotten
Gazing at her bungalow, swept from its foundation and tossed across the street, Janice Clarkin wondered if help would ever come to this battered ...
Corporations just beginning to tally Sandy's costs
Corporate America is just starting to add up its losses from Superstorm Sandy, expected to be one of the most expensive storms in U.S. history.
Obama orders fuel to be sent to areas hit by Sandy
The Obama administration is ordering the purchase of up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for ...
Appalachian Trail hiker trapped by snow is rescued
A man trying to hike the entire 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail was rescued Friday after calling 911 to say he didn't think he'd be able to make ...
US stocks waterlogged by Sandy's mounting costs
Waterlogged from Superstorm Sandy and unmoved by a solid October jobs report, U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average ...
NJ casinos reopen after 5-day storm shutdown
All but two casinos in Atlantic City planned to be back in business Friday, hours after getting the permission to reopen from Gov. Chris Christie and ...
Stocks sink as investors assess Sandy's damage
Stocks are ending sharply lower on Wall Street as investors assess the potential costs of Superstorm Sandy. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 139 ...
Singer Aimee Mann debuts 'Sandy' song
Singer Aimee Mann has a new song born of her experience riding out this week's superstorm in a Brooklyn hotel. Called "Sandy" and sung to the tune of ...
Mayor defends move to hold marathon, tempers boil
The Manhattan skyline was expected to be mostly lit for the first time in five days Friday night, a sign of progress undercut by long gas lines and ...
Heat not sure they should be playing in New York
Dwyane Wade thinks the NBA should have postponed Miami's game at New York on Friday night, while LeBron James is "50-50" over whether the game should ...
Ralph Lauren 2Q net falls 8 pct; sees Sandy effect
Ralph Lauren says reduced wholesale shipments to Europe and a tax cost drove its fiscal second-quarter net income down by 8 percent, and the clothing ...
Forecasters: New, lesser storm may hit East Coast
Forecasters say another messy — and wintry — storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather weary East Coast. But meteorologists ...
Verizon says Sandy effects could be 'significant'
Verizon says the effects of Superstorm Sandy on its fourth-quarter earnings could be "significant." Verizon Communications Inc., whose downtown ...
Springsteen pays tribute to storm-damaged NJ coast
New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen says his home state will rebound from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. During a stop at the Jordan ...
Christie pushes for faster storm recovery in NJ
In a whirlwind of post-storm decisions that might ruffle some feathers, Gov. Chris Christie announced a string of orders and plans intended to speed ...
Tired of dark, Sandy victims head to loved ones
Jill Meltz lives in an Upper West Side high-rise — just a one-bedroom, but far from the havoc wreaked by Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. And she ...
From the Sky: Sandy's wrath along NJ shore
It's noisy aboard the King Air turboprop There's a din from the small plane's engines, and wind is whipping through a hole in the floor where a camera ...
Gas stations scramble in Sandy's aftermath
There's plenty of gasoline in the Northeast — just not at gas stations. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up Thursday for hours at ...
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 ...
Storm-wracked states prepare for Election Day
Election officials were ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as ...
Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at ...
Amtrak to restore service from NYC to Boston
Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm Sandy, the ...
Biden praises bipartisanship in wake of Sandy
Vice President Joe Biden is making a pitch for bipartisanship, telling voters in Iowa that it's reassuring to see Democrats and Republicans working ...