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Sandy might send more than 250,000 cars ...

Nov 8th, 2012
Sandy might send more than 250,000 cars to scrap heap
(Reuters) – Superstorm Sandy may consign as many as a quarter of a million new and used cars and trucks to the scrap heap, a loss that could eventually lead to a spike in new auto sales, automakers and...

Obama, Romney to make their final case o...

Nov 5th, 2012
Obama, Romney to make their final case on last day of race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney make a frenetic dash to a series of crucial swing states on Monday, delivering their final arguments to voters on the...

Gasoline prices post biggest fall in nea...

Nov 5th, 2012
Gasoline prices post biggest fall in nearly 4 years: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gasoline took its biggest drop since 2008 in the past two weeks, due to lower crude oil prices, a big price drop in pump prices in...

New Jersey’s own Springsteen and B...

Nov 2nd, 2012
New Jersey’s own Springsteen and Bon Jovi sing for Sandy victims
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...

East Coast power recovery slows, 3.5 mil...

Nov 2nd, 2012
East Coast power recovery slows, 3.5 million still in dark
(Reuters) – U.S. utilities restored power on Friday to about a million East Coast homes and businesses plunged into darkness by Hurricane Sandy, a slowdown from the past two days, as crews began to...

Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ d...

Oct 31st, 2012
Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated
NEW YORK (AP) — Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood...

The NYT called out city’s flood-protecti...

Oct 31st, 2012
The NYT called out city’s flood-protection problems in Sept.
In a prescient New York Times article in September, scientists warned that New York City could become paralyzed for a month or more if a storm–or rising sea levels caused by climate change–caused...

For Romney and Obama, a disruptive storm...

Oct 29th, 2012
For Romney and Obama, a disruptive storm at a pivotal time
AVON LAKE, Ohio—With just eight days to go before Election Day, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney face what could be the worst scenario for an October surprise: a potentially...

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