2012年10月31日星期三

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With Christie, Obama vows, ‘We will not quit until this is done’

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:44 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama talks to the media in a neighborhood after it was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in New JerseySix days before the election, the president tours storm-ravaged areas with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.


About 6 million remain without power in Northeast

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:01 PM PDT

A power company worker in a cherry picker connects wires to a power line while working to restore electricity in East MassapequaPower companies have restored electricity to 2.28 million customers, although the pace of recovery in New York appears to lag behind.


Photos: Before and after Sandy

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

A roller coaster sits in the surf after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the boardwalk and pier in Seaside ParkImages of the aftermath of superstorm Sandy clearly show the devastation it wrought, including at least 64 deaths and billions of dollars in damages throughout the East Coast. These amazing before and after photographs help bear witness to the destructive force of the powerful wind gusts, torrential rains and massive storm surges. The Battery Park [...]


Obama touring hard-hit New Jersey

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:39 PM PDT

The view of storm damage over the Atlantic Coast in Seaside Heights, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, from a helicopter traveling behind the helicopter carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, as they viewed storm damage from superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)The president is surveying with GOP Gov. Chris Christie, while Romney muted criticism of his foe in battleground Florida.


N.Y.'s Bellevue Hospital evacuating hundreds

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:58 PM PDT

Paramedics wheel a patient out of Bellevue Hospital during an evacuation in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New YorkNew York City's Bellevue Hospital Center, which has been operating on backup generators is being evacuated, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.


Romney camp stands by Christie for working with Obama during storm

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to the crowd at a campaign rally in Tampa"Gov. Christie's doing his job," Romney senior adviser Russ Schriefer told reporters when asked how the campaign felt about Christie working with Obama.


Time-lapse video captures superstorm Sandy’s wrath on New York City

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:48 PM PDT

A video on YouTube condenses superstorm Sandy's strike on New York City into about two minutes.

Sandy won’t wash politics clean, but we can dream

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:13 AM PDT

Sandy upends final week of presidential raceHurricane Sandy's imperious reign of watery and wind-blown destruction all along the East Coast brought me back to the idea of community.


Powerless in Connecticut seek unlikely refuge

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:21 PM PDT

A computer keyboard is seen in BucharestA fellowship of wireless is turning the second floor of Connecticut's Danbury Fair shopping mall into a satellite office.


Reporters getting too close to superstorm Sandy

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT

Journalists by definition are a curious bunch. Weather reporters may take that to the extreme, especially when extreme weather is at hand. This video covers a  montage of intrepid reporters taking some ill-advised moves into superstorm Sandy—all in the service of giving television viewers a sense of how bad it is during the worst of [...]

‘It’s the president, stupid’: Elections drive the economy, too

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Last year, the Signal noticed an eerie correspondence between the highs and lows of the S&P 500 stock market index and the ups and downs of President Barack Obama's odds of winning re-election in the prediction markets. Almost a year later, the two data sets continue to move in remarkable lockstep. As thorny correlation issues [...]

Photos: Aerial views show extent of damage

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Photos: Aerial views show extent of damageBoats are seen in a yard, where they washed onto shore during Hurricane Sandy, near Monmouth Beach, New Jersey October 31, 2012. The U.S. Northeast began an arduous slog back to normal on Wednesday after historic storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed at least 64 people with a massive storm surge that caused epic flooding. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER MARITIME)

The many heroes of superstorm Sandy

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:48 AM PDT

Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University Tisch Hospital, after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out by a superstorm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Dozens of ambulances lined up outside NYU Tisch Hospital on Monday night as doctors and nurses began the slow process of taking people out. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)From firefighters in N.J., to the FEMA crew that saved NYU's Tisch Hospital, here are some of examples of grace under pressure.


FBI: Minnesotans may be joining Somali terror group

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT

Somali National Army and members of AMISOM display ammunitions and explosives recovered from Islamist al Shabaab militants in Somalia's capital MogadishuUnder "Operation Rhino," the Feds have been investigating what has been described as a recruiting pipeline from the Twin Cities.


Obama vs. Romney: Who would the Brits vote for?

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:43 AM PDT

Sandy upends final week of presidential raceWhy is Obama overwhelmingly more popular than Romney in Britain and the rest of Europe? Chris Parsons from Yahoo! UK News takes a look.


Pakistani terrorist offers storm aid, U.S. says no thanks

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:22 AM PDT

Hafiz Saeed, the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, gestures to the media as he arrives to attend a rally organised by the Defense Council of Pakistan in LahoreHafiz Saeed, who has a $10 million bounty on his head, issued a written statement offering to send supplies and volunteers to help the East Coast.


U.S. military training for zombie apocalypse

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Why is the US military preparing for a zombie apocalypse?

The science of Halloween's scariest creatures

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:04 AM PDT

The Science of Halloween's Scariest CreaturesOoooowwwoooo! Werewolves, zombies and good old-fashioned ghosts may pop out of the crypt tonight, but Halloween's creepiest staples didn't just appear out of thin air. Many of them once instilled real fear in medieval towns, when folklore reigned supreme and getting freaked out came easy.


Photos: Thousands gather for Giants' World Series parade

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:02 PM PDT

Photos: Thousands gather for Giants' World Series paradeSAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 31: Pablo Sandoval #48 of the San Francisco Giants holds his World Series MVP trophy during the San Francisco Giants World Series victory parade on October 31, 2012 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers to win the 2012 World Series. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Video: See the moment the lights went out in NYC

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Talk about perfect timing to capture an awful moment: Sean Blackwell was filming the flooding from Hurricane Sandy on the Lower East Side of New York City at the intersection of Eighth Street and Avenue C at the moment of the blackout. As the camera pans across the intersection, a mind-boggling view of water-logged streets [...]

How one Twitter user became Sandy's biggest villain

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:46 AM PDT

On Tuesday, the man behind the Twitter handle @ComfortablySmug apologized for spreading false information about conditions in New York City during Superstorm Sandy.GOP consultant Shashank Tripathi is getting deserved grief for tweeting fake bad news during the Frankenstorm


Death toll from meningitis outbreak hits 28 nationwide

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Handout image of Exserohilum rostratum, a type of fungi(Reuters) - Another patient has died in Virginia after contracting fungal meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections supplied by a Massachusetts company, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the outbreak to 29 nationwide. The latest death brings to three the number of fatalities reported in Virginia. Tennessee has reported the most deaths at 11, followed by Michigan with seven. The number of cases of fungal meningitis reported across the United States rose to 368 on Wednesday, up 12 from Tuesday, the CDC said. ...


Skeleton found when historic Conn. tree uprooted

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:52 AM PDT

New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since Colonial times.

Inside Breezy Point: An inferno in a flood

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:03 AM PDT

Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife Laura as they survey the remains of the home owned by her parents that burned to the ground in the Breezy Point section of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. More than 50 homes were destroyed in the fire which swept through the oceanfront community during superstorm Sandy. At right is their son, Kyle. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)At least 80 homes were destroyed in the beachfront neighborhood and a reporter was got caught in the chaos.


Obama and Romney make young girl cry

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Obama and Romney make girl cry.After months of buildup leading to the presidential election in November, 4-year-old Abigael Evans has had enough.


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