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VIDEO: Mammoth storm Sandy plunges NYC into darkness
Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people.
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In NJ bay, sea draws ever closer
PHILADELPHIA -- The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning. She had been driving to her waterfront home along the Delaware Bay in South Jersey. As she crossed the wide marsh in
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Map of hateful tweets shows hotspots
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tweets containing hateful words are coming in larger proportions from people living in the eastern half of the United States, according to a new map that tracked hate speech on Twitter. “How much hate people are broadcasting onlin
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Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
LOS ANGELES — It’s 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Asteroid
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Report: Child mental health disorders rising
WASHINGTON -- Up to one in five American youngsters -- some 7 million to 12 million by one estimate -- experience a mental health disorder each year, according to a new report billed as the first comprehensive look at the mental health status of Amer
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At least 6 die when 10 tornadoes whip through Texas
GRANBURY, Texas -- Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people yesterday aftern
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