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BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling people recovering from Sandy's devastation along New Jersey's coastline that "we are here for you, and we will not forget." Obama joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and other officials to inspect damage from the massive storm that struck the East Coast. He saw flooded neighborhoods […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, 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 35, many of the victims […]
NEW YORK (AP) — UPS expects to deliver 527 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, surpassing last year's record high by 10 percent. The world's largest package delivery company estimates 28 million of those will be delivered on Thursday, Dec. 20 — projected to be the busiest day of the year. That's nearly […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool. Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical tastes, an eclectic and all-encompassing list of artists and tracks that reflect the varied coalition of voters he is seeking to attract. Asked what was on the "presidential iPod," […]
GLEN ROCK, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman faces charges which includes risking a catastrophe after she jumped into a raging creek to "save" a couple dozen wild ducks. Southern Regional Police in York County said Justina Laniewski went into the Codorus Creek in Glen Rock on Monday evening, and her 4-year-old started to follow […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The havoc unleashed by Superstorm Sandy is bringing an unnerving pause to the presidential campaigning as President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney adjust the breakneck pace of the contest's final days to the anxieties and escalating emergency demands sweeping the Eastern Seaboard. Seven days before the election, both men and their […]
In a mid-October campaign survey released Tuesday, at least 40% of young people of color report not being sure of important state voting laws. The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE), Tufts University’s preeminent youth research organization, Tuesday released results of a nationally-representative youth poll on knowledge of state voting […]
Wireless providers are asking citizens in Hurricane Sandy’s path to text, don’t call. Cell phone experts believe that texting as opposed to calling can help customers save battery life as well as keep the network from getting congested. If customers have to take or place a call, they recommend keeping the conversation short. “Limit non-emergency […]
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are coming clean about their marriage. In the latest issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, First Lady Michelle Obama shared some of the secrets behind their successful marriage despite their hectic schedules. “There’s nothing that prepares you for this life,” Mrs. Obama said. “And we’re the only two […]
A Columbian mother says her newborn may be possessed by demons. Ana Feria Santos claims that her five-week-old baby is showing signs that he is possessed by evil spirits. Santos claims that her child is displaying abnormal adult behaviors for his stage of life. “He walks like an adult, sometimes going off and hiding underneath […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Sandy disrupted the campaign for the White House Monday, with President Obama rushing out of battleground Florida to get Air Force One safely back to Washington and monitor the storm. Republican nominee Mitt Romney was campaigning in the Midwest Monday out of the storm's path, but called off […]
Foes of new restrictive voting laws approved by states claimed victory Monday in beating back many of the measures that could have prevented up to five million Americans from casting ballots in local, state, and presidential elections next week. Updating an October 2011 report that sounded the alarm on the adverse impact of the new […]
