Tuesday, October 30, 2012

In Superstorm Sandy, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters

In Superstorm Sandy, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters


In Superstorm Sandy, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:45 PM PDT

As Superstorm Sandy pounded the US Atlantic coast on Monday night, knocking out electricity and Internet connections, millions of residents turned to Twitter as a part-newswire, part-911 hotline that...


South Dakota executes man who raped, murdered 9-year old girl

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:28 PM PDT

South Dakota prison officials on Tuesday night executed a man convicted of the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl he abducted from a Sioux Falls convenience store in 1990, a state corrections depart...


Superstorm Sandy: National Guard comes to aid of flooded Hoboken

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT

The New Jersey National Guard has come to Hoboken to help residents of the heavily flooded city on the Hudson River across from New York City.


Superstorm Sandy forces three US reactors shut

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:41 PM PDT

Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems.


Superstorm Sandy: For years, warnings that it could happen here

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:22 PM PDT

The warnings came, again and again. For nearly a decade, scientists have told city and state officials that New York faces certain peril: rising sea levels, more frequent flooding and extreme weath...


Superstorm Sandy prompts harrowing New York hospital evacuation

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:11 PM PDT

Evoking harrowing memories of Hurricane Katrina, 300 patients were evacuated floor by floor from a premier hospital that lost generator power at the height of superstorm Sandy.


Superstorm Sandy: After the devastation, a daunting recovery

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:02 PM PDT

The New York region began the daunting process Tuesday of rebuilding after a storm that remade the landscape and rewrote the record books as it left behind a tableau of damage, destruction and grief.


Japan airport reopens with World War II bomb still there

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:58 PM PDT

A huge World War II bomb uncovered near a busy runway was underneath a shield of concrete and sandbags on Wednesday as flights resumed at an airport in northern Japan, a government official said.


In Superstorm Sandy deaths, mystery, fate and bad timing

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:29 PM PDT

They stepped in the wrong puddle. They walked the dog at the wrong moment. Or they did exactly what all the emergency experts instructed them to do - they huddled inside and waited for its anger to go...


Obama on Superstorm Sandy: 'This storm is not yet over'

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:26 PM PDT

Seeking to project command in a crisis, US President Barack Obama told storm-stricken residents along the East Coast that "America is with you" but warned that the disaster "is not yet over."


Would-be UK migrants found in truck of coffins

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:18 PM PDT

British border officials have detained three people who tried to enter the country illegally by hiding in a truck full of coffins.


Earthquake shakes buildings in Philippine capital

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:05 PM PDT

A small earthquake shook buildings in the Philippine capital of Manila on Wednesday but caused no damage, the government said.


A state-by-state look at the East Coast Superstorm Sandy

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:52 PM PDT

The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 8.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and cau...


Port Authority reopens New York, New Jersey airports after Superstorm Sandy

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:21 PM PDT

Some limited air travel is expected to return to the New York City metro area on Wednesday following the superstorm.


US East Coast reels from deadly Superstorm Sandy; 45 dead, 16,000 flights cancelled

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:10 PM PDT

Millions of people faced epic flooding and lengthy power outages on Tuesday after the massive storm Sandy wreaked havoc in much of the eastern United States with high winds and heavy rains.


Superstorm Sandy may cause damages worth US$ 50 billion

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:38 PM PDT

Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm.


Superstorm Sandy: Death toll rises to 38; millions without power

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, sti...


Superstorm Sandy: Crane dangles off luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:11 AM PDT

The crane atop one of Manhattan's most prestigious addresses remained dangling precariously 1,000 feet above the ground on Tuesday as officials tried to determine how to safely secure it.


Superstorm Sandy barrels ashore, leaving path of destruction

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:57 AM PDT

As Hurricane Sandy churned inland as a downgraded storm on Tuesday, residents in battered mid-Atlantic states faced floods, power failures and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generatio...


Superstorm Sandy: Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan bear the brunt

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:46 AM PDT

With rapidslike fury, water piled out of New York Harbor on Monday night and flooded scores of city streets, venturing far deeper into neighborhoods than anyone could remember.

New York City subway likely out for 4, 5 days: Mayor Bloomberg

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:17 AM PDT

New York City's subway is likely to be out of service for another four to five days after monster storm Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg said on Tuesday.


13-year-old's blog on Sandy: Teachers e-mailed homework to us

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:55 AM PDT

"The wind was howling like a wolf. As I lay there, I felt like a burrito wrapped up in my blankets."


Astronauts see superstorm Sandy from space station

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:53 AM PDT

The commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams, said on Tuesday that she and her crew were able to make out the big swirl at the center of Sandy as it neared land on Monday.


Superstorm Sandy flooded seven New York subway lines: Reports

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:57 AM PDT

Surging seawater forced ashore by superstorm Sandy flooded seven New York subway tunnels and six bus garages in the worst disaster in the history of city transport, the network's chief said on Tuesday...


Sandy leaves 145,000 Canadians without power, one dead

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:15 AM PDT

Sandy toppled trees and power lines in the Canadian province of Ontario, leaving at least 145,000 people without power on Tuesday, including 55,000 in Toronto, the country's financial center.


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