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Netflix moves to block a hostile takeover

NEW YORK (AP) - Netflix is moving to protect itself against hostile takeovers, less than a week after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake of nearly 10 percent in the online video company. Netflix Inc. said Monday that it has adopted a shareholder rights plan, also known as a poison pill

Inland NJ town reeling from river flooding

By KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press LITTLE FERRY, N.J. (AP) - The lives of the residents of Lamker Court lie in heaps on lawns and curbs. A stuffed Shrek doll sits atop a dining room chair. A gas stove rests in a driveway, a washer and dryer nearby. A computer monitor is wedged against a recliner.

Tragedies can't break heroic NY community's spirit

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Tragedy has too often visited one Queens community, but residents drew a line in the sand with Superstorm Sandy, rallying with a surfboard and kayaks at the storm's peak to rescue themselves as a fire engulfed 14 homes and flaming embers

Economic toll of Sandy: Damage second only to Katrina?

By Mark Trumbull Economic impacts of superstorm Sandy are just starting to come into view, but what's clear is that they're big. The nation's economic capital, New York City, has been hobbled by electricity outages, floods, and damage to its massive subway system. From flooded Hoboken