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Economy is still driving issue in election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The race for the White House is pretty much back where it started, after thousands of ads, billions of dollars in spending, two conventions and three presidential debates. Despite some detours, the emphasis is heavily on the nation's lukewarm

In states hit by Sandy, voters find ways to polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By BETH FOUHY and MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot

In states hit by Sandy, voters find ways to polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

At a glance: The latest of Sandy recovery efforts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By The Associated Press The latest on the fallout from Superstorm Sandy, which hit the East Coast last week: - NEW JERSEY - Hundreds of thousands go a week without electricity, natural gas remains cut off to barrier islands, subway service to New York still suspended. Some schools reopen. - NEW

WTC memorial reopens to public after storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The 9/11 memorial reopened to the public Tuesday a week after Superstorm Sandy flooded the World Trade Center site as it roared into New York, but another temporary closure was planned for Wednesday in anticipation of an approaching Nor'

Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East Coast storm threatened and police went through neighborhoods with loudspeakers

WTC memorial to reopen to public after superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The 9/11 memorial is reopening to the public a week after Superstorm Sandy flooded the World Trade Center site as it roared into New York. The storm that claimed at least 40 lives in the city spared the core of the memorial that will again

Where will housing be found for Sandy's victims?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MEGHAN BARRAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Government leaders are turning their attention to the next crisis unfolding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: finding housing for potentially tens of thousands of people left homeless. The Federal Emergency Management Agency

Mundane tasks mark big job of putting lights on

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By JONATHAN FAHEYAP Energy Writer HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - For utility crews racing to restore power to residents of this waterfront city that have been sitting in the dark for a week, the task is both mundane and monumental: Clean a bunch of gunk off electrical equipment with rags and cleaning

Gov't suspends foreclosures in RI because of storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is suspending foreclosures in Rhode Island on some federally insured mortgages because of Superstorm Sandy, the latest state to receive a 90-day moratorium. The Federal Housing Administration has already suspended foreclosures in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut