Hurricane

States scramble to help displaced residents vote

By BETH FOUHY and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKIAssociated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - One storm-battered New Jersey county was delivering ballots to emergency shelters Monday while New York City was lining up shuttle buses to ferry people in hard-hit coastal areas to the polls. With the presidential

Where will housing be found for Sandy's victims?

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MEGHAN BARRAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Government leaders are turning their attention to the next crisis unfolding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: finding housing for potentially tens of thousands of people left homeless. The Federal Emergency Management Agency

Relief at pump ahead for NY area drivers

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMPAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Drivers in the New York area may soon get relief from long lines and higher gas prices. A week after Superstorm Sandy hit the area, the price of gas has increased 10 cents per gallon or more in the New York City area and in hard-hit parts of

The danger increases, but still the water calls

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - "We are tied to the ocean," an avid sailor and president named John F. Kennedy once said. "And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came." Humans have an affinity for water. It is