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Most East Coast refineries not damaged by Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By The Associated Press Oil refineries that make up 8 percent of U.S. refining capacity sit in the area hit by Hurricane Sandy. Nearly all were affected by the superstorm. Most of the nine either shut down or ran at reduced levels. They are now cranking up to normal rates. Two still have no

Some in NYC to be without power at least a week

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Consolidated Edison says power will be restored everywhere in Manhattan and Brooklyn within four days, but it could be at least a week for other boroughs and Westchester County because power is delivered to those areas largely using overhead lines.

After Sandy, canceled flights but no airport chaos

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAssociated Press Airlines Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Sandy has left more than 16,000 flight cancellations in its wake. Chaos at airports? Hardly. Not long ago, a powerful storm pounding the Northeast would have brought havoc to some of the nation's busiest airports

Storm's cost may hit $50B; rebuilding to ease blow

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - 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. In the long run, the

Storm's cost may hit $50B; rebuilding to ease blow

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

THE RACE: Obama and Romney both focusing on Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney are both carefully navigating a path through disaster politics. Both want to show their main focus isn't on the election just a week away but on relief and cleanup from one of the worst-ever storms to slam the East

Gas pump prices fall in wake of Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

NEW YORK (AP) - The price of gasoline fell Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy left a wide swath of flooding, power outages and disrupted transportation in the eastern U.S. The national average for a gallon of regular fell by about a penny, to $3.53. That's more than 11 cents lower than a week ago.

Sandy prompts harrowing NYC hospital evacuation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By LEANNE ITALIE and MARILYNN MARCHIONEAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - 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. Rescuers and staff at New York University

ALERT: Sandy Breaks The Internet For Millions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

REUTERS - Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit eastern United States, flooded servers of Datagram Inc in New York City, bringing down several media websites it hosts, including Huffington Post and Gawker. "We are continuing to battle flooding and fiber outages in downtown New York and

Wife of tall ship captain awaits word on his fate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By EMERY P. DALESIO and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Coast Guard used ships and airplanes to search the Atlantic on Tuesday for the captain of the sunken HMS Bounty as the sailor's wife held on to a sliver of hope that he had survived the harrowing ordeal. The