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New York cancels Sunday marathon in wake of deadly storm
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg abruptly reversed course and canceled Sunday's marathon, a beloved annual race that had become a lightning rod for people frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy.
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New Jersey's own Springsteen and Bon Jovi sing for Sandy victims
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi joined Staten Island-born Christina Aguilera and others on Friday in a televised benefit concert for victims of Sandy, the storm that killed more than 100 and devastated parts ...
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US taps reserves to calm New York, New Jersey fuel "panic" post Sandy
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A third day of gasoline "panic buying" among storm-stricken motorists in the New York area and New Jersey prompted authorities to tap emergency oil reserves and ordered the military to dispatch fuel on Friday, while limited ...
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Super PACs Provide Last-Minute Rush of Campaign Spending
New York Times
In mid-October, a Republican lawyer in Washington sent paperwork overnight to the Federal Election Commission forming a new "super PAC" called Freedom Fund North America. The group did nothing for more than a week, until the last deadline passed for ...
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Astros new uniforms: A familiar look
Houston Chronicle (blog)
The buzz began when an inspired Bo Porter introduced himself to longtime fans as Houston's new manager. It peaked when mascot Orbit was paraded around the outfield in a secret service-style SUV caravan. And while players such Jose Altuve, Lucas ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Without Hotel, Steelers Forgo Away-Game Ritual
New York Times
The Pittsburgh Steelers were laughing in their locker room Friday, recalling their high school days, when they would wear their uniforms on the school bus. When they got off the bus, they would put on their shoulder pads and go straight to the opponent ..
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New York Harbor reopens, bringing hope to the fuel-hungry
NBCNews.com (blog)
Updated 7:40 p.m. ET: New York Harbor reopened Friday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy roared in and scattered debris into the waterway that is a vital conduit for the city's commerce, including the tankers that bring fuel for New York and New ..
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New York needs to adapt to new reality of regular flood danger
Toronto Star
It is small comfort to sodden and stranded New Yorkers that Hurricane Sandy's flooding of the city's infrastructure, from power lines to subways to low-lying communities, was predicted in grimly precise detail by scientists in the latest state and city ...
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Toronto Star
New York Knicks win rousing season opener over champion Miami Heat
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carmelo Anthony helped lead the New York Knicks to a rousing 104-84 win over the NBA champions Miami Heat on Friday in New York City's first sporting event since the devastating impact of the powerful superstorm Sandy. Anthony ...
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New reality dawns for Quinn as Garda van arrives
Irish Times
It was only three years since the new inmate had controlled a €5 billion empire and – in the words of his lawyer – "stood tall as a leading light of the Celtic Tiger". Three weeks ago, he told the Financial Times that he deserved public gratitude ..
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Irish Times
Bloomberg diverts critical supplies from Staten Island to NYC Marathon
RT
man rides a bike past three others walking through water still sitting in the streets to survey damage from Hurricane Sandy in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York, November 1, 2012. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson) ...
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RT
New €21m Glanbia plant opens in Kilkenny
Irish Times
Opening a new €21 million whey protein isolate plant at Glanbia Dairy Ingredients' base at Ballyragget, Co Kilkenny, Mr Hogan said agriculture and food were "synonymous with positivity" in Ireland. "We forgot that for a little bit of time when the ...
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Desperately Seeking New Partners, Washington Turns on Syrian National Council
Pacific Free Press
Clinton went on to describe US efforts to "groom" a new leadership to serve as a front for Washington's neocolonial project. She allowed that the American government had "facilitated the smuggling-out of a few representatives of the Syrian internal ...
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New Mexico coyote-hunting contest prompts outcry
Reuters UK
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A statewide coyote-hunting contest planned for later this month has caused an uproar in New Mexico, pitting environmentalists against ranchers, as heated words flooded social media networks and thousands signed a ...
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Eric Gordon not expected to return until mid-December because of problems ...
NOLA.com
New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Eric Gordon will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of recurring problems with his right knee, a league source confirmed Friday afternoon. Gordon's prognosis was determined after he underwent further ..
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NOLA.com
Where Ferry Riders Met Subway, the Hudson and Debris Now Block the Way
New York Times
... the Hudson and Debris Now Block the Way. By MATT FLEGENHEIMER. Published: November 2, 2012. It was one of the subway system's glistening jewels, the modern descendant of a century-old hub greeting New Yorkers at the tip of Lower Manhattan.
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New York Skyline to be Lit Up Again Tonight
KTVN
For the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck at the start of the week, the Manhattan skyline is expected to be mostly lit up tonight. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the utility Con Edison is hoping to have most of Manhattan's outages resolved by ...
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Powerless in New Jersey post-Sandy
CNN
After Superstorm Sandy walloped the East Coast on Monday night, more than 2 million New Jersey residents, such as 62-year-old Holterhoff of Ocean Township, were left without electricity, heat or cell phone service Power has been restored to some ...
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Christie continues tour of storm-damaged New Jersey
NorthJersey.com
Governor Christie continued his tour of storm-damaged New Jersey on Friday, visiting parts of Ocean County that included a boat trip with a member of President Obama's Cabinet. Gov. Chris Christie, fourth left, stands with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno ...
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NorthJersey.com
After Days of Pressure, Marathon Is Off
New York Times
"It's clear that the best thing for New York and the best thing for the marathon and the future is, unfortunately, to move on," said Ms. Wittenberg, the chief executive of New York Road Runners, the organization that operates the marathon. "This isn't ...
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Sandy Spurs Talk of Sea Barrier for New York
ABC News (blog)
Oceanography professor Malcolm Bowman told ABC News that a sea wall barrier could have stopped Sandy's 14-foot storm surge earlier this week that crippled the city by flooding the subway system and parts of the electrical grid. Hurricane Sandy: Full ...
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ABC News (blog)
New York Axes Marathon, But Some Electricity Returns
Jakarta Globe
Runners are seen near Central Park on Nov. 2, 2012 in New York City. Mayor Bloomberg announced on Friday evening that the marathon was canceled. Limited public transit has returned to New York. With the death toll continuing to rise and millions of ...
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Jakarta Globe
New filings show Groupon remained in SEC crosshairs long after IPO
San Jose Mercury News
Chris O'Brien is a business and technology columnist at the San Jose Mercury News. He has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade and covered everything from the dot-com and bust to the rise of Web 2.0. He became a columnist in 2008 and focuses ...
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Storm Sandy to cost New York state economy up to $18 billion: government
Reuters
Disruptions to daily business -- from Wall Street in New York City to Main Street shops on Long Island and upstate -- could cause between $15 billion and $18 billion in lost economic activity, according to DiNapoli's preliminary estimates. Not all the ...
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Dupuy: Can't face new reality with old infrastructure
Online Athens
The 14th Regiment Armory was built for the National Guard (nee New York militia) in 1893. The massive Brooklyn structure was supposed to mimic the castles of Europe — brick towers and fortifications of previous centuries. Now a YMCA, the Armory today ...
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