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New York's Silicon Alley makes do after Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

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,

UPDATE: Mother Who Left Children On Side Of I-90 Claims Amnesia

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KHQ.COM - Investigators say 27-year-old Shannon Germanton left her two young sons alone on the side of Interstate 90 between 6:30 and 7:30 Tuesday morning at the Washington-Idaho state line. Her sons, ages 3 and 6, were found on the side of the busy road sitting in the grass by a

UPDATE: Mother Who Left Children On Side Of I-90 Claims Amnesia

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Md. experiences full variety of Sandy's wrath

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By BRIAN WITTE and JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press CRISFIELD, Md. (AP) - On Maryland's jagged coastline, hurricane-riled waves destroyed an iconic pier and floodwaters forced caskets from graves in a town famed for crabbing. In the mountainous western edges, 2 feet of snow snapped power

Truck driver jobs hard to fill even in bad economy

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By RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Tribe Transportation is a growing company that just added 10 new trucks to its tractor-trailer fleet. The problem has been hiring people to drive them. So far the Georgia-based company has filled four of the jobs, leaving six vacancies. The new

No. 19 Boise St. adjusts to losses on defense

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By TODD DVORAKAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - For the second straight year, Boise State has to adjust to the loss of key players in the secondary of its highly ranked defense. But this year, the No. 19 Broncos (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West) are confident they have enough senior leaders and

No. 19 Boise St. adjusts to losses on defense

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

Diplomat: Texas agents should have seen people

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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Texas law enforcement agents were close enough to a pickup truck to see it was carrying people, not drugs, before one opened fire, killing two Guatemalan immigrants hiding under a cover in the vehicle's bed, a diplomat said

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

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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,

Water, fire, destruction: NYC after the superstorm

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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 "