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In Sandy, NYC rescuers find themselves the victims
When Sandy's storm surge plowed into the seaside neighborhood of Breezy Point, New York City police Officer and volunteer firefighter Tim O'Brien was ...
Gawkers head to NY's storm-ravaged neighborhoods
Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm ...
Deadly quake collapses bridge, mine in Myanmar
A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining ...
Strong quake strikes Myanmar, 12 feared dead
A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining ...
Deadly blast devastates Indianapolis neighborhood
Splintered beams and boards on a piece of charred earth were all that remained Sunday where at least two Indianapolis homes were leveled in a blast ...
As days without power drag on, frustration simmers
New Yorkers railed Sunday against a utility that has lagged behind others in restoring power two weeks after the superstorm that socked the region, ...
NJ storm victims scrambling to find rental homes
Irene Cramer threaded her Mercury Mountaineer around fallen branches, slowing down in front of a squat white ranch to see if, maybe, it could be the ...
Sandy's wrath stirs painful Katrina memories
The chaos wrought by Superstorm Sandy, the homes tossed from foundations and landmarks buried beneath seawater, delivered a gut-wrenching dose of deja ...
Sick, frail struggle most in storm's aftermath
Some of society's most vulnerable people — the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill — have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, ...
Frustrated residents protest outside NY utility
Even as the lights came on for many who lost power in New York and New Jersey during the superstorm and a later nor'easter, hundreds of residents ...
Claims about flood-damaged cars aren't true
In the days since Superstorm Sandy, an alarming prediction has flashed across the Internet: Hundreds of thousands of flood-damaged vehicles will ...
Cuba subsidizes home materials for Sandy victims
The Cuban government will offer subsidies and loans to help islanders rebuild the more than 200,000 homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy, official ...
Macy's 3Q net income rises, but Sandy impact looms
Macy's Inc. sent out a mixed message: It raised its annual profit guidance but told investors Wednesday that Superstorm Sandy would temper the start ...
AP sports writer's harrowing tale of Sandy
I was the first to cry. Not my wife. Not our three kids. I was standing in our pitch-black basement as water streamed through the broken windows like ...
Lights still out in Cuba's 2nd city after Sandy
Cuba's second city is still struggling to recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy even as streetlamps in hard-hit lower Manhattan shine brightly ...
Football game brings some relief from storm damage
Courtney Davis has no idea what her house looks like because her town of Sea Bright was washed away by Superstorm Sandy. Yet she was at the ...
Storm leaves Connecticut Gold Coast shaken
The floodwaters churned by Superstorm Sandy damaged waterfront homes along Connecticut's southwest coast, and turned the charming center of tony ...
Despite storm damage, election officials hopeful
Power generators are being marshaled, polling locations moved and voting machines hurriedly put into place as officials prepare to hold an national ...
Post-storm construction hiring may aid US economy
Hiring in the long-depressed U.S. construction industry will get a boost from the rebuilding that will follow Superstorm Sandy. Those jobs, in turn, ...
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 ...
Shuttle prototype Enterprise suffers storm damage
The flying machine that ushered in NASA's space shuttle program has suffered storm damage in New York City. Shuttle prototype Enterprise weathered ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Power, transit outages will increase Sandy's costs
Widespread power outages and subway shutdowns may wind up making Superstorm Sandy the second most expensive storm in U.S. history, according to the ...