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Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever
BOSTON (AP) — The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever. Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions have increased, pitting endangered Northeastern Republicans against their colleagues from other parts of the country. Enraged tea party leaders are threatening to knock off dozens of Republicans who… Continue reading
Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever
BOSTON (AP) — The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever. Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions have increased, pitting endangered Northeastern Republicans against their colleagues from other parts of the country. Enraged tea party leaders are threatening to knock off dozens of Republicans who… Continue reading
NYC flood protection won’t be easy
NEW YORK (AP) — Inside tunnels threading under a Houston medical campus, 100 submarine doors stand ready to block invading floodwaters. Before commuters in Bangkok can head down into the city’s subways, they must first climb three feet of stairs to raised entrances, equipped with flood gates. In Washington, D.C., managers of a retail and… Continue reading
Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding
NEW YORK (AP) ‚ President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy “until the rebuilding is complete” after getting an up-close look at devastated neighborhoods rendered unliva… Continue reading
Many on NY’s Long Island still dark after Sandy
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — More than 70,000 customers of Long Island Power Authority in New York were without electricity Monday, two weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck, and the often-criticized government entity mostly blamed factors beyond its control. LIPA had restored power to nearly 1.1 million customers by Monday morning. Of those still in the dark,… Continue reading
Storm brings new outages for Sandy-battered state
NEW YORK (AP) — The nor’easter that stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of new people in darkness after a blanket of thick, wet snow snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines. From Brooklyn to storm-battered sections of the Jersey shore and… Continue reading
Sandy’s ripple effects felt at BYU
Superstorm Sandy, with a wave of Internet pictures announcing her debut, looked more Hollywood-produced than reality-produced and has left millions without power as well as 26 dead Americans. “My childhood best friend is at school in Boston,” said Andrea Schindler, a senior from Ashburn, Va., studying geography. “I was really worried about how the storm… Continue reading
Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without power, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 33, many of the victims… Continue reading
Superstorm Sandy approaching land
NEW YORK (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy has picked up a little strength and is making a turn toward a projected landfall on or near the southern coast of New Jersey. The National Hurricane Center said Monday morning the storm’s top sustained winds had risen to near 90 mph (150 kph), with higher gusts.… Continue reading
Special sing-off screening
Fans got the chance to watch an episode of “The Sing-Off” with the members of Vocal Point. Continue reading