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Hurricane forces NYSE to shutter on Monday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. financial markets are shutting down Monday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the nation's largest city. The NYSE's parent company said late Sunday that it had decided to close all of its markets the next day. The shutdown might be

NYC schools, transit closing ahead of storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - New York City shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes Sunday in the face of increasingly dire predictions about the wall of water that could hit the nation's largest

Northeast buttons up against terrifying megastorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Tens of thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the Northeast buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 50 million people in the

Megastorm could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the behemoth storm plodding up the East Coast will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain,

Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JEREMY HAINSWORTHAssociated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in

US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country

Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off western Canada

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JEREMY HAINSWORTHAssociated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada and a tsunami warning was issued, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit the Queen

US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country

Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. They set up

AP PHOTOS: Images of the East Coast superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By The Associated Press Hurricane Sandy is kicking up big waves along South Carolina as it heads north, where forecasters say it will likely hit two winter weather systems, creating a hybrid monster storm. The governor of Delaware has issued a mandatory evacuation for the state's coastal