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Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario'

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By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) - The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a "worst case scenario" with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City metro area, government forecasters said Sunday. The more they observe it, the

Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes

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By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) - President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-

Hurricane Sandy grounds air travel in Northeast

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By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Sandy brought air travel to a halt in the Northeast Monday, grounding thousands of flights and upending travel plans across the globe. Planes and passengers are likely to remain stranded Tuesday and it could be a number of days before airport

Hurricane Sandy grounds air travel in Northeast

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Tips on preparing for East Coast superstorm

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By The Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers tips on how to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and other tropical storms. Sandy is expected to be especially disastrous when it merges with a winter storm system, bringing powerful winds, rain, snow and storm surge along the

Obama: Storm is 'serious and big,' and slow-moving

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By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Sunday that the storm taking aim at the East Coast is a "serious and big storm" that will be slow-moving and might take time to clear up. The government would "respond big and respond fast" after it hits, he said.

Obama: Storm is 'serious and big,' and slow-moving

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HURRICANE SANDY: Death Toll Rises, Bridges Start To Reopen

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UPDATE: It could be days before people in much of the Northeast can see their lives start to return to normal, in the aftermath of a storm that has left at least 39 people dead. More than 8.2 million people across the East are without power. New York City was especially hard hit, its subways shut

NYC schools, transit closing ahead of storm

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By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - New York City shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes Sunday in the face of increasingly dire predictions about the wall of water that could hit the nation's largest

Northeast buttons up against terrifying megastorm

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By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Tens of thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the Northeast buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 50 million people in the