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Sandy shreds Jersey Shore homes, boardwalks

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:07 PM PDT

New Jersey's Shore, the East Coast's summer playground famous for its amusement parks, fine white sand beaches, family vacation cottages and even a reality TV show, could be among areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.New Jersey's Shore, the East Coast's summer playground famous for its amusement parks, fine white sand beaches, family vacation cottages and even a reality TV show, could be among areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.




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Super PACs, nonprofits favored Romney

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Super PACs and nonprofits unleashed by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision have spent more than $840 million on the 2012 election, with the overwhelming majority favoring Republicans, particularly GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a new analysis shows.

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Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Insurance may soften blow of Sandy's economic hit

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

The economic hit from Superstorm Sandy may have a big silver lining. It will be offset by the boost in spending that will accompany insurance-fueled clean-up and rebuilding efforts. The economic hit from Superstorm Sandy may have a big silver lining. It will be offset by the boost in spending that will accompany insurance-fueled clean-up and rebuilding efforts.




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Sandy takes a nasty bite out of NYC infrastructure

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

The unprecedented surge from Sandy's floodwaters took a bite out of the core of the Big Apple's infrastructure, knocking out power to electrical substations and crippling a subway system used daily by more than 4 million people.The unprecedented surge from Sandy's floodwaters took a bite out of the core of the Big Apple's infrastructure, knocking out power to electrical substations and crippling a subway system used daily by more than 4 million people.




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Disney to buy 'Star Wars' studio Lucasfilm

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT

Walt Disney Co. is buying Lucasfilm in a $4 billion deal that brings the best-selling "Star Wars" franchise under the Disney umbrella, with plans to release Episode 7 of the long-running saga in 2015.

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Stocks may be jumpy when market reopens

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Investors are bracing for a possibly wild ride when the stock market reopens Wednesday after its first weather-related shutdown in more than a quarter-century.

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Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Newborn boy abandoned in handbag survives

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

A newborn boy is stable and "doing fine" after being stuffed in a handbag and abandoned Sunday evening near a North Texas home as temperatures dipped into the 40s, authorities say.

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'No stopping it'; 4 NJ towns submerged

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:49 AM PDT

Residents of four northern New Jersey towns inundated overnight when a levee failed to hold back Sandy's storm surge said Tuesday that they were terrified to see a torrent of black water racing through their streets

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Major stock markets to reopen on Wednesday

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Updated at 1 p.m. ET: Major U.S. stock exchanges plan to open on Wednesday after a monster storm shut down their trading for two days.

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Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:05 AM PDT

80 homes burn as six-alarm blaze hits Queens

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:48 AM PDT

At least 80 homes were destroyed in the New York City borough of Queens in a six-alarm fire that raged overnight and into the daylight amid neck-deep floodwaters.

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Campaign pause set to lift on Wednesday

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:15 AM PDT

President Barack Obama canceled his campaign trips to Ohio on Wednesday as the rest of the 2012 presidential campaign prepared to largely resume its usual stride in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

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Coast Guard hopeful about finding Bounty's captain

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:26 AM PDT

Coast Guard officials deployed ships and airplanes to search the Atlantic on Tuesday for the captain of the HMS Bounty, which went down during Superstorm Sandy. The Coast Guard is optimistic Robin Walbridge, 63, could still be alive.

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NBA preview: Yes, expect it — Lakers vs. Heat

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:31 AM PDT

PBT's season predictions: It will be Bryant, Howard and Nash against LeBron, Wade and Allen for the title next summer.PBT's season predictions: It will be Bryant, Howard and Nash against LeBron, Wade and Allen for the title next summer.




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Championship hasn't diminished LeBron's fire

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT

A year ago, LeBron James spent the first two weeks of his offseason in a dark place, shutting out the world. This offseason, there was no equal period of celebration. There couldn't be, not with the Olympics and an early start to camp because of the Heat's preseason China trip. Does LeBron James enter the NBA season content, satisfied, sated, having finally won his elusive NBA championship? Hardly. There is so much more to accomplish. There are Bird and Magic, and, of course, Michael to chase.




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Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Waiting to get booted from the cancer club

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 05:40 AM PDT

This month marks a year since I finished treatment for breast cancer. The double mastectomy, chemo and radiation I wrote about last October on TODAY.com are all in the rear view mirror. But being done with cancer treatment, I have learned, is not the same as being done with cancer. This month marks a year since I finished treatment for breast cancer. The double mastectomy, chemo and radiation I wrote about last October on TODAY.com are all in the rear view mirror. But being done with cancer treatment, I have learned, is not the same as being done with cancer.




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Mammograms: For 1 life saved, 3 overdiagnosed

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:46 AM PDT

Breast cancer screening for women over 50 saves lives, an independent panel in Britain has concluded, confirming findings in U.S. and other studies. But, the review found that for every life saved, roughly three other women were overdiagnosed.

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