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Hurricane Sandy 2012

Superstorm wipes out New York's Nielsen ratings
Superstorm Sandy has wiped out New York's Nielsen Co. ratings report for the month of November. The company that measures television viewership said ...
Springsteen, Bon Jovi join Sandy NJ Relief Fund
Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are among the New Jersey natives joining a special fund created in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The musicians will ...
Study: NJ beaches 30-40 feet narrower after storm
The average New Jersey beach is 30 to 40 feet narrower after Superstorm Sandy, according to a survey that is sure to intensify a long-running debate ...
Superstorm shines light on federal beach program
Towns along the Jersey shore that made use of federal money to build up beaches came through Superstorm Sandy with far less damage than those that ...
Sandy a super test for Bloomberg, Christie, Cuomo
For New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, leadership often came with an empathetic hug. For New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it came with an angry tirade at ...
Power outage time after Sandy not extraordinary
As the number of nights without power stretched on for thousands left in the dark after Superstorm Sandy, patience understandably turned to anger and ...
Sandy, budget worries hold back US factory output
U.S. factory production of machinery and equipment fell sharply last month, held back by temporary disruptions caused by Superstorm Sandy and ...
Verizon, AT&T say cell network back up after Sandy
Verizon and AT&T said Thursday that their wireless networks are fully back up after Superstorm Sandy blew into the New York and New Jersey on Oct. 29.
3 TV networks airing Sandy specials on Sunday
Less than three weeks after Superstorm Sandy came ashore on the East Coast, three television networks will offer the chance to relive the experience ...
WWII-era love letters wash ashore in NY post Sandy
World War II-era love letters written by a New Jersey woman to her boyfriend washed ashore during Superstorm Sandy. A 14-year-old found the 57 letters ...
Springsteen, McCartney, Kanye set for Sandy show
Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Kanye West will hit the stage at a Superstorm Sandy benefit concert next month at Madison ...
Superstorm Sandy pushes US jobless claims to 439K
Superstorm Sandy drove the number of people seeking unemployment benefits up to a seasonally adjusted 439,000 last week, the highest level in 18 ...
LI couple sues Cablevision over storm credits
A Long Island couple is suing Cablevision, saying the cable company should be offering automatic credits to customers in areas that lost service due ...
What does it take to get people to flee a storm?
Despite days of dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders ...
Sandy, careful consumers lower US retail sales
Superstorm Sandy combined with cautious consumers to lower retail sales in October and raise concerns about weaker economic growth and a tepid holiday ...
Power back in Santiago de Cuba 3 weeks after Sandy
Cuban authorities say power has been almost completely restored in the eastern city of Santiago nearly three weeks after Hurricane Sandy. A report in ...
Dave Matthews Band pledges $1M for Sandy relief
The Dave Matthews Band is giving $1 million to help Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts. The band announced Wednesday that the Nov. 30 opening show of ...
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 ...
Home Depot 3Q results edge up, beat Street's view
Home Depot Inc.'s net income rose slightly in the third-quarter, as glimmers of a housing market recovery and storm-preparation added to sales and ...
Long Islanders fume over utility's storm response
Priscilla Niemiera has a message for officials at the Long Island Power Authority. "I'd tell them, get off your rear end and do your job," the ...
Many on NY's Long Island still dark after Sandy
Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, while most utilities have restored electricity to nearly all their customers, there was one glaring exception ...
Review: Online tools make Sandy fundraising easier
Superstorm Sandy convinced me that I should do something new: raise money toward hurricane relief. If it weren't for the ease of nudging my friends ...
Laughing in the storm: Comics don't shy from Sandy
Comedian Dave Attell told a packed house at the Comedy Cellar that New York after Superstorm Sandy had a familiar feel. "It was dark. Toilets were ...
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 ...