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Sandy shuts down Northeast air travel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By JOSHUA FREED and SAMANTHA BOMKAMPAP Airlines Writers Superstorm Sandy grounded more than 18,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe, and it will take days before travel gets back to normal. According to the flight-tracking service FlightAware, more than 7,000 flights were canceled on

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the Romney campaign

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By Charles DharapakAssociated Press After waking up in Tampa, Fla., Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walked down a hotel hallway carrying his own bags as he prepared to leave one swing state behind and make his way to another. Accompanied by a few Secret Service agents, he got into

At a Glance: How to handle a flight cancellation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall Monday night or early Tuesday, likely in New Jersey. It will tie up with other weather systems and form a so-called superstorm. Airlines have preemptively canceled thousands of flights in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and elsewhere.

Middle of the storm: How people handled Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By The Associated Press Along the East Coast, residents weathered the effects of Hurricane Sandy as it churned north and then merged with two other weather systems to create a fearsome superstorm. Here are their stories. ___ Most businesses near the Hudson River in Hoboken, N.J., piled sandbags

SC skydiver killed after hard landing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

CHESTER, S.C. (AP) - A skydiver died Sunday after a hard landing at an airport in South Carolina, authorities said. Chester County Emergency Management director Eddie Murphy said authorities were called to an airport in Chester, about 50 miles southwest of Charlotte, N.C., just after 10:15 a.m.

Hurricane Sandy grounds air travel in Northeast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Sandy brought air travel to a halt in the Northeast Monday, grounding thousands of flights and upending travel plans across the globe. Planes and passengers are likely to remain stranded Tuesday and it could be a number of days before airport

Hurricane Sandy grounds air travel in Northeast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

HURRICANE SANDY DEATH TOLL NOW AT 55

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

UPDATE: The Navy is sending 3 helicopter carrier ships to shores of NYC and New Jersey to provide assistance. PREVIOUS STORY: NEW YORK (AP) - The death toll from superstorm Sandy is now at least 55 people along the Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, communities are slowly recovering from

Mechanical problems delay first lady's plane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

LAS VEGAS (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is returning to Washington after her plane was delayed in Nevada Friday night because of mechanical problems. A McCarran International Airport spokesman says her aircraft was held up for three hours but departed about 9 p.m. PDT. Glenn Gardner says he

Woman Found Bound & Gagged In The Trunk Of Her Car

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Police say a 20-year-old Yakima woman was found bound and gagged in the truck of a car near the Yakima airport after being kidnapped from her home Thursday. Police say the woman was taken from her home by her mother's ex-boyfriend.