Flood ebbs, Northeast picks up after epic storm |
- Flood ebbs, Northeast picks up after epic storm
- Fuel spills into waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island
- Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison
- New York's Bellevue Hospital evacuates about 500 patients
- New Yorkers in fuel scramble as storm-hit pumps dry up
- Texas executes man who murdered girlfriend over money
- About 6 million remain without power in Northeast
- In Sandy's wake, debris chokes New York oil hub
- New York City subways to reopen Thursday with limited runs, Cuomo says
- New York state asks Washington to cover all storm costs
- New York commuters walk, bike and fume amid post-Sandy snarls
- California boy charged with killing neo-Nazi dad claims child abuse
- At Manhattan federal court, working with the lights out
- Obama, Republican Christie tour storm-hit New Jersey, trade praise
- New Jersey gets diesel waiver to avoid shortfall after Sandy
- Chicago's Cook County drops bullet tax, keeps gun levy
- U.S. eases clean gasoline rules in East after Sandy
- Washington pot activists push for driving curbs to help pass bill
- Sandy's silver lining: Skiing in North Carolina starts early
- New Yorkers scramble for fuel, gas stations run dry
- Supreme Court hints at limits on dog sniffs for drugs
- New York Mayor Bloomberg orders traffic restrictions after storm
- Contractor leaked test to guards at nuclear complex: watchdog
- Chicago's Cook County drops bullet tax, but keeps gun levy
- Sandy clouds capital outlook for New York's MTA: comptroller
- New York Harbor "unlikely" to fully reopen Wednesday: U.S. Coast Guard
- Most New York City, Jersey fuel stations without power, gas
- Huge fire in Sandy's wake destroys New York City beach community
- Texas executes man who murdered girlfriend over money
- Fuel spills into waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island
- ABC News seeks dismissal of Beef Products' defamation lawsuit
- California boy charged with killing neo-Nazi dad claims child abuse
- New York state asks Washington to cover all storm costs
- Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison
- In Sandy's wake, debris chokes New York oil hub
- At Manhattan federal court, working with the lights out
- New Yorkers in fuel scramble as storm-hit pumps dry up
| Flood ebbs, Northeast picks up after epic storm Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:27 PM PDT
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| Fuel spills into waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island Posted: 31 Oct 2012 06:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - An unknown amount of fuel spilled from a northern New Jersey oil facility that had been closed due to Sandy, the storm that battered the U.S. Northeast, the site's operator said on Wednesday. Motiva, a joint venture of Shell Oil and Saudi Refining, said the spill occurred at its Sewaren, New Jersey, facility, along the Arthur Kill, the tidal waterway separating New Jersey from Staten Island, New York. "No injuries have occurred and there has been no further product released since the initial event. ... |
| Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:05 PM PDT
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| New York's Bellevue Hospital evacuates about 500 patients Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:58 PM PDT
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| New Yorkers in fuel scramble as storm-hit pumps dry up Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:30 PM PDT
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| Texas executes man who murdered girlfriend over money Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man convicted of fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend in 2003 after she refused to give him money was executed in Texas on Wednesday by lethal injection, said state officials. Donnie Lee Roberts, 41, became the 35th person executed in the United States this year and the 12th in Texas. He was pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m. local time at the state prison in Huntsville, the state Department of Criminal Justice. Just before he died, Roberts apologized, officials said. "I am truly sorry," they quoted him as saying. "I never meant to cause y'all so much pain. ... |
| About 6 million remain without power in Northeast Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:01 PM PDT
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| In Sandy's wake, debris chokes New York oil hub Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:53 PM PDT
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| New York City subways to reopen Thursday with limited runs, Cuomo says Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:33 PM PDT
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| New York state asks Washington to cover all storm costs Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:37 PM PDT NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City. Governor Andrew Cuomo said he is asking fellow Democrat, President Barack Obama, to pay 100 percent of the estimated $6 billion bill, at a time that state and local government budgets remain constrained by a weak economic recovery. That would be a significant change from last year when the federal government covered about 75 percent of the $1. ... |
| New York commuters walk, bike and fume amid post-Sandy snarls Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:40 PM PDT
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| California boy charged with killing neo-Nazi dad claims child abuse Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:03 PM PDT RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A California boy charged with murdering his neo-Nazi father when he was 10 said in a videotaped police interview played in court on Wednesday that he was physically abused at home and committed the shooting because he "wanted everything to stop." The emotionally charged video of statements Joseph Hall made to a police detective hours after the shooting was shown on the second day of the boy's juvenile court trial stemming from the May 2011 killing of his father, 32-year-old Jeffrey Hall. ... |
| At Manhattan federal court, working with the lights out Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:43 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time since the September 11 attacks, the federal court in Manhattan has put criminal cases on hold, as officials struggle to resume operations in the devastating wake of Hurricane Sandy. With the courthouse at 500 Pearl St. still without power Wednesday afternoon, Chief Judge Loretta Preska issued an order extending deadlines in pending criminal cases until Monday and deadlines for grand jury action until November 12. Federal law permits a judge to extend the time for certain criminal filings if the clerk's office is unavailable for filing, or for good cause. ... |
| Obama, Republican Christie tour storm-hit New Jersey, trade praise Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:18 PM PDT
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| New Jersey gets diesel waiver to avoid shortfall after Sandy Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT
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| Chicago's Cook County drops bullet tax, keeps gun levy Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The senior executive of the county that includes Chicago dropped a proposed tax on bullets on Wednesday but kept a plan to tax firearms to help defray healthcare expenses associated with the high rate of gun. "It is very important to us to tax guns because we know that guns are the sources of the incredible violence we have in our neighborhoods," Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle told a news conference. She said 29 percent of guns used in crimes in Chicago were purchased legally in suburban Cook County. ... |
| U.S. eases clean gasoline rules in East after Sandy Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. environmental regulator temporarily waived clean gasoline requirements through November 20 across the eastern seaboard to ease a supply crunch after Hurricane Sandy. "I have determined that an 'extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstance' exists that will prevent the distribution of an adequate supply of gasoline to consumers," Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said in a letter on Wednesday to governors of the states. ... |
| Washington pot activists push for driving curbs to help pass bill Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Marijuana activists in Washington state hope voters will be reassured by strict new "stoned driving" standards, despite opposition from medical cannabis users who say the limits would make it hard for them to ever drive legally. Washington is among three states voting on Tuesday on whether to allow marijuana for recreational use, even though the federal government considers it illegal, harmful and liable to be abused. Legalization measures in two other states, Colorado and Oregon, contain no new restrictions on impaired driving. ... |
| Sandy's silver lining: Skiing in North Carolina starts early Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:19 PM PDT WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Some North Carolina residents donned ski gear instead of Halloween costumes on Wednesday after Hurricane Sandy dumped several inches of snow on western parts of the state and allowed a few resorts to kick off the season early. Sandy's low-pressure systems pushed cold air down from Canada to bring the winter-like conditions to North Carolina's mountains, National Weather Service meteorologist Doug Outlaw said. Some areas reported getting up to 3 feet of snow. "This is incredibly unusual," Outlaw said. ... |
| New Yorkers scramble for fuel, gas stations run dry Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry. More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and power outages, frustrating attempts to restore normal life, industry officials said. Reports of long lines, dark stations and empty tanks circulated across the region, with some station owners unable to pump fuel due to a lack of power. ... |
| Supreme Court hints at limits on dog sniffs for drugs Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While considering whether a police dog should be allowed to sniff outside a home for illegal drugs inside, some U.S. Supreme Court justices smelled a rat. At their Wednesday session, justices from across the ideological spectrum signaled that the privacy interest of a person in his home was too great to give police a broad license to let trained canines sniff around a home for evidence they could not see. But in a second case involving a sniffer dog, some of the justices indicated they were hesitant to set too high a bar on police to show that their dogs are reliable. ... |
| New York Mayor Bloomberg orders traffic restrictions after storm Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:29 PM PDT
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| Contractor leaked test to guards at nuclear complex: watchdog Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Guards at the government's maximum-security facility for weapons-grade uranium were given a copy of a test and its answers before they were to take it, an official report by the Energy Department's Inspector General said on Wednesday. The test was prompted by a major security breach at the government's Y-12 nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in July, when an 82-year-old nun and two aging peace activists broke into the complex and vandalized it. ... |
| Chicago's Cook County drops bullet tax, but keeps gun levy Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:07 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The top executive of the county that includes Chicago on Wednesday dropped a proposed tax on bullets but kept a plan to tax firearms to help defray healthcare expenses associated with the high rate of gun violence. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle dropped a proposed tax of 5 cents a bullet because the tax in some cases would have been more than the ammunition price itself. If approved by the board, the nation's third most populous county could be the first major U.S. ... |
| Sandy clouds capital outlook for New York's MTA: comptroller Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:03 AM PDT (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces "very significant" repair costs following massive storm Sandy, adding a still-unknown burden to a system that had already cut its proposed capital budget, the state comptroller said on Wednesday. The state agency operates New York City's subway and buses, as well as commuter trains serving surrounding suburbs and various bridges and tunnels. The fierce storm flooded subway tunnels and certain key road tunnels that link Manhattan and will add unexpected spending for the authority, which is a big borrower in the $3. ... |
| New York Harbor "unlikely" to fully reopen Wednesday: U.S. Coast Guard Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:06 AM PDT
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| Most New York City, Jersey fuel stations without power, gas Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:28 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of all service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut on Wednesday due to power outages and depleted fuel supplies, frustrating attempts to restore normal life in the wake of powerful storm Sandy, industry officials said. Reports of long lines, dark stations and empty tanks circulated across the region on Wednesday, with some station owners unable to pump fuel due to a lack of power, while others quickly ran their tanks dry because of intensified demand and logistical problems in delivering fresh supplies. ... |
| Huge fire in Sandy's wake destroys New York City beach community Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT
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| Texas executes man who murdered girlfriend over money Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man convicted of fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend in 2003 after she refused to give him money was executed in Texas on Wednesday by lethal injection, said state officials. Donnie Lee Roberts, 41, became the 35th person executed in the United States this year and the 12th in Texas. He was pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m. local time at the state prison in Huntsville, the state Department of Criminal Justice. Just before he died, Roberts apologized, officials said. "I am truly sorry," they quoted him as saying. "I never meant to cause y'all so much pain. ... |
| Fuel spills into waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island Posted: 31 Oct 2012 06:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - An unknown amount of fuel spilled from a northern New Jersey oil facility that had been closed due to Sandy, the storm that battered the U.S. Northeast, the site's operator said on Wednesday. Motiva, a joint venture of Shell Oil and Saudi Refining, said the spill occurred at its Sewaren, New Jersey, facility, along the Arthur Kill, the tidal waterway separating New Jersey from Staten Island, New York. "No injuries have occurred and there has been no further product released since the initial event. ... |
| ABC News seeks dismissal of Beef Products' defamation lawsuit Posted: 31 Oct 2012 06:28 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - ABC News on Wednesday asked a federal court to throw out claims it defamed a meat processor through a series of television reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have dubbed "pink slime." In court papers, lawyers for the U.S. network said a September lawsuit by Beef Products Inc (BPI) seeks to inhibit free speech. They said the lawsuit poses a challenge to the right of a news organization "to explore matters of obvious public interest -- what is in the food we eat and how that food is labeled. ... |
| California boy charged with killing neo-Nazi dad claims child abuse Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:03 PM PDT RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A California boy charged with murdering his neo-Nazi father when he was 10 said in a videotaped police interview played in court on Wednesday that he was physically abused at home and committed the shooting because he "wanted everything to stop." The emotionally charged video of statements Joseph Hall made to a police detective hours after the shooting was shown on the second day of the boy's juvenile court trial stemming from the May 2011 killing of his father, 32-year-old Jeffrey Hall. ... |
| New York state asks Washington to cover all storm costs Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:37 PM PDT NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City. Governor Andrew Cuomo said he is asking fellow Democrat, President Barack Obama, to pay 100 percent of the estimated $6 billion bill, at a time that state and local government budgets remain constrained by a weak economic recovery. That would be a significant change from last year when the federal government covered about 75 percent of the $1. ... |
| Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:05 PM PDT
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| In Sandy's wake, debris chokes New York oil hub Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:53 PM PDT
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| At Manhattan federal court, working with the lights out Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:43 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time since the September 11 attacks, the federal court in Manhattan has put criminal cases on hold, as officials struggle to resume operations in the devastating wake of Hurricane Sandy. With the courthouse at 500 Pearl St. still without power Wednesday afternoon, Chief Judge Loretta Preska issued an order extending deadlines in pending criminal cases until Monday and deadlines for grand jury action until November 12. Federal law permits a judge to extend the time for certain criminal filings if the clerk's office is unavailable for filing, or for good cause. ... |
| New Yorkers in fuel scramble as storm-hit pumps dry up Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:30 PM PDT
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