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Monday, 29 October 2012 22:49

Mammoth storm Sandy plunges NYC into darkness

Written by By JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYS

NEW YORK (AP) -- Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people.......

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Monday, 29 October 2012 11:15

Extra inspectors to nuclear plants as storm nears

Written by By JOSH LEDERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Additional inspectors are being sent to nuclear power plants in five states as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast.......

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Monday, 29 October 2012 09:53

FBI: Crime reported to police fell last year

Written by By PETE YOST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI says the number of violent crimes reported to police decreased 3.8 percent last year to 1.2 million, the fifth straight year of declines.......

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Monday, 29 October 2012 08:43

US seeks Algeria's support in possible Mali move

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ALGEIRS, Algeria (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking Algeria's assistance for any future military intervention in Mali.......

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Monday, 29 October 2012 01:44

Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm

Written by By JENNIFER PELTZ and ALLEN G. BREED

NEW YORK (AP) -- From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the country, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it - an 11-foot wall of water.......

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Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:54

Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario'

Written by By SETH BORENSTEIN

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.......

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Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:31

Judge calls mistrial on 1 claim in bias trial

Written by By RYAN J. FOLEY

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- A jury found Wednesday that a conservative scholar who claims she was passed over for jobs at the University of Iowa law school because of liberal bias didn't have her 1st Amendment rights violated.......

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