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NEW YORK (AP) — The nor'easter that interrupted recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday morning, leaving a blanket of thick, wet snow that snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines. Households from Brooklyn to storm-battered sections of the Jersey shore and Connecticut that had waited for days […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Northeast coastal residents got some good news Wednesday. Weather experts say that a new storm that threatens to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts on Wednesday now looks like it will be weaker than expected. The storm on Tuesday was moving from Florida toward the Atlantic. As it moves up the coast […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Utility crews struggled to catch up with a backlog of millions of people without electricity for a fourth hot day Tuesday as frustration grew and authorities feared the toll of 23 storm deaths could rise because of stifling conditions and generator fumes. Power was back for more than a million customers but […]

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If you’re black, you probably have heard the joke about how crowds of us draw heat; about how too many of us in one space can cause enough swelter to induce suffocation. That’s still self-deprecating silliness. But this recent heat wave – one that scientists say offer a glimpse of what global warming might look […]

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — Across the eastern U.S., people struggled through a third day of heat and no electricity. Their groceries are long gone, either used up in weekend cookouts or left to spoil in useless refrigerators. The usual frozen treats people turn to on a sweltering summer day have melted. The basics of daily […]

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FRANCONIA, Va. (AP) — A day after seeking refuge at shopping malls and movie theaters, hoping the lights would be back on when they returned, 3 million residents faced a grim reality Sunday: stifling homes, spoiled food and a looming commute filled with knocked-out stoplights. Two days after storms tore across the eastern U.S., power […]