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Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path

Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path
By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVANAssociated Press Death blew in on the superstorm's wild winds and sea water torrents, claiming 90-year-olds and children with capriciously toppling trees, taking tall-ship adventurers in mountainous Atlantic waves and average folks just trying to deal with a freakish

Mood of the Nation: Worrying how others are faring

Mood of the Nation: Worrying how others are faring
By MICHAEL SANDLERAP Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them was Vicki

Mood of the Nation: Worrying how others are faring

Mood of the Nation: Worrying how others are faring
By MICHAEL SANDLERAP Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them was Vicki

New York's Silicon Alley makes do after Sandy

New York's Silicon Alley makes do after Sandy
By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's fast-paced technology scene, known as Silicon Alley, tried not to lose a step after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power lines, devastated the public transit system and left portions of the city flooded. On Tuesday,

Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end

Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley is flipping foreclosed homes for profit. He wants to ship jobs overseas and strip health

DA: Friend planned $50K kidnapping, but baby died

DA: Friend planned $50K kidnapping, but baby died
By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press BRIDGEPORT, Pa. (AP) - A family friend hoped to hold a baby girl hostage to get $50,000 from her software-engineer parents but instead killed her and her grandmother in a botched kidnapping, according to police in a Philadelphia suburb. Raghunandan "Raghu"

Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire

Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire
By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - As a Houston home day care filled with choking smoke and flames last year, neighbors tried desperately to rush in and rescue the seven children who had been left alone and were trapped inside. Day care owner Jessica Tata was screaming "the kids

Pa. friend charged with killing grandmother, baby

Pa. friend charged with killing grandmother, baby
By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press BRIDGEPORT, Pa. (AP) - A family friend charged with killing a baby girl and her grandmother told police he dropped the baby as he wielded a knife and the grandmother charged at him during a botched kidnapping, authorities said Friday. Raghunandan "Raghu"

Prosecutor: Kids twice left home alone day of fire

Prosecutor: Kids twice left home alone day of fire
By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston home day care where four children were killed in a fire last year was run by an irresponsible woman who twice left the children alone that day to go shopping, prosecutors told jurors Thursday during her murder trial. Investigators

Kids stabbed dead in NYC home; nanny, knife nearby

Kids stabbed dead in NYC home; nanny, knife nearby
By COLLEEN LONG and DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A mother returned home to her luxury apartment building near Central Park on Thursday to find two of her small children stabbed to death in a bathtub and their nanny, with self-inflicted stab wounds, lying near them, police said