Storm

Weekly applications for US jobless aid dip to 363K

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000 last week, a level consistent with modest hiring. The report comes just before Friday's October jobs data, the last broad snapshot of the

Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service

By ADAM GELLER and MEGHAN BARRAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, but traffic at bridges backed up for miles, long lines formed at gas stations, and big crowds waited impatiently for buses

A state-by-state look at superstorm's effects

By The Associated Press The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 90 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 4 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5

Experts: NYC sea barrier could have stopped surge

By JENNIFER PELTZ and PETER SVENSSONAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities in Europe, some scientists and engineers say. The multibillion-dollar price tag of