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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

Sandy takes out 25 pct of cell towers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Superstorm Sandy knocked out a quarter of the cell towers in an area spreading across 10 states, and the situation could get worse, federal regulators said Tuesday. Many cell towers that are still working are doing so with the help of

Egyptians in hajj divided over Islam in politics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Now that she has finished the hajj and is returning home to Egypt, Magda Bagnied says her family will no doubt try to convince her to put on the headscarf to demonstrate her religiosity after a pilgrimage meant to cleanse her of sin and

Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the presidential rivals ignored, including death-penalty repeal, marijuana legalization and assisted

New York Stock Exchange will reopen Wednesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Stock Exchange will reopen for regular trading Wednesday after being shut down for two days because of Hurricane Sandy. The exchange said in a statement Tuesday that its building and trading floor are fully operational and that normal trading will resume at the usual

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By ALLEN G. BREED and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - As superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit,

Disarray, millions without power in Sandy's wake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By TED ANTHONYAP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) - The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country's most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern communication and leaving millions without power Tuesday

Water, fire, destruction: NYC after the superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The massive storm that pummeled the East killed 10 people in New York City and left the nation's largest city eerily quiet Tuesday, with no running trains, a darkened business district and neighborhoods under water. It was "

W.Va. blizzard warning as Appalachia storm blows

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By VICKI SMITHAssociated Press ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - Wet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and neighboring Appalachian states Tuesday, shutting one interstate as trucks and cars bogged down and knocking out power