2012年10月29日星期一

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Superstorm Sandy loses its hurricane status

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:09 PM PDT

A downed limb lies in a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Center Moriches, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Forecasters say the storm is no longer a hurricane but is still a dangerous system taking dead aim at New Jersey and Delaware.


Residents' stories: Sandy is windy, wet and loud

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:32 PM PDT

(James Sims/Flickr)A view of a flooded street in New York on Monday. Click image to see more photos. (Photo courtesy of Nick Cope via Melissa Walker/Yahoo! Contributor Network) From Florida to New England, residents along the eastern seaboard are sharing their anecdotes, photos and videos of Hurricane Sandy. Below are excerpts from the latest dispatches from [...]


Sandy unlikely to damage U.S. economy, analysts say

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. There had been plans to allow electronic trading to go forward on the New York Stock Exchange but with a storm surge expected to cover parts of lower Manhattan in water, officials decided late Sunday that it was too risky to ask any personnel to staff the exchanges. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, stranding travelers around the globe. Insurers are bracing for possible damages of $5 billion. Retailers face shrunken sales.


Crane dangling from NYC high-rise

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:49 PM PDT

A partially collapsed crane hangs from a high-rise building in Manhattan as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New YorkA construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds and dangled precariously as a huge storm bore down on the city on Monday.


Syrian regime launches nationwide airstrikes

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:58 PM PDT

In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 photo. A rebel fighter throws a homemade grenade towards Syrian army troops on the frontline in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago.


Mother of Mo. Sen. McCaskill dies at age 84

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2006 file photo, then-candidate for U.S. Senate Claire McCaskill, left, gives the thumbs up to supporters as she holds the hand of her mother, Betty Anne McCaskill, after her debate against incumbent Sen. Jim Talent at Clayton high school in Clayton, Mo. McCaskill's campaign said that 84-year-old Betty Anne Ward McCaskill died Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at her home in St. Louis. The Democratic senator had said Saturday that her mother suffered from "acute cardio-renal failure" and had lost consciousness at several points in recent days. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)Betty Anne Ward McCaskill, the mother of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and a political trailblazer in her own right, died Monday at her home in St. Louis after a long struggle with heart and kidney problems, the senator said.


Two missing Oregon teen hikers found

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Two Missing Oregon Teen Hikers Found SafeThe Oregon Army National Guard is helping Clackamas County rescuers in their search to find two West Linn teenagers who went missing on Saturday while on a hike in southeast Molalla, Ore. Jackson Chandler, 17, and 16-year-old Bradley Nelson went on a day hike in...


Chicago surpasses 2011 total for homicides

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:33 PM PDT

With two months left in 2012, Chicago has surpassed the number of homicides it had for all of last year.

Woman arrested for speaking too long at city council meeting

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT

A 60-year-old woman was arrested after exceeding her allotted three minutes of speaking time at a California city council meeting. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that Karen Wright's arrested was caught on video, when she was handcuffed by police and cited for disrupting a public meeting during a Riverside City Council meeting. "Can you see my [...]

British man sues telemarketers for wasting his time

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:52 PM PDT

Fed up with  calls from telemarketers, Richard Herman of the U.K. issued an ultimatum: Call again and he would start charging 10 pounds (about $16) per minute for his time. Herman's warning went unheeded. He continued to receive calls, despite being on the U.K.'s Telephone Preference Service (similar to the Do Not Call list). So [...]

Would Romney abolish FEMA? His campaign says no

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses during a campaign stop at Avon Lake High School in Avon Lake, Ohio, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)His campaign is pushing back against suggestions that he wants to abolish the agency, insisting that he would simply prefer to see states take a greater role in disaster relief.


Guards at Tomb of the Unknowns to remain during storm

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:51 AM PDT

guardThe U.S. servicemen who guard the outdoor Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery will remain on duty.


Meningitis spreads to 19 states with first case in R.I.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

(Reuters) - The deadly meningitis outbreak tied to steroid injections from potentially tainted medications spread to a 19th state on Monday with the first case reported in Rhode Island, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Only four of the 23 states that received some of the medication have not reported cases of fungal meningitis, which has killed 25 people nationwide. The four states that have not reported at least one case of meningitis are California, Nevada, West Virginia and Connecticut, the CDC said. ...

People named Sandy more likely to give to Obama

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Is the National Hurricane Center secretly a puppet of the Obama administration? People named Sandy are considerably more likely to have donated to President Obama than to Mitt Romney or another Republican primary candidate this year, according to a recent Yahoo News analysis of FEC records. Of the 353 Sandys who gave at least $200 this cycle, [...]

Photos: SF cleaning up after rowdy Giants fans take to streets

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:26 PM PDT

Photos: SF cleaning up after rowdy Giants fans take to streetsSan Francisco Giants fan David Zweig celebrates outside PacBell Park on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in San Francisco after the Giants swept baseball's World Series against the Detroit Tigers. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Sneaky cat caught on camera in Himalayas

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Sneaky Cat Caught on Camera in HimalayasAn elusive thick-furred feline has been caught on camera for the first time in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.


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