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4 smart ways to rebuild after superstorm Sandy
Early estimates of the damage from superstorm Sandy are staggering. In the days ahead, once people's immediate needs are met, we must focus on rebuilding. It is increasingly clear that rebuilding efforts must consider the following four points.
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What recovery? Top 10 cities losing jobs
For some regions of the US, talk of an economic recovery is more wishful thinking than reality. Here are the top 10 metropolitan areas that continue to struggle with unemployment, from the Carpet Capital of the World to the home of an Ivy League university.
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Winter storm update: Massive nor'easter could drop 36 inches in spots
The latest winter storm update for the nor'easter barreling toward Boston shows 18 to 24 inches of snow, with some spots getting more. Winds could hit 65 m.p.h. with a storm surge of five feet.
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Focus How will New York keep out a rising sea? Dikes, huge sea wall, oyster beds?
After superstorm Sandy, New York officials look for long-term solutions against future floods from storm surges. Many options, little consensus.
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4 smart ways to rebuild after superstorm Sandy
Early estimates of the damage from superstorm Sandy are staggering. In the days ahead, once people's immediate needs are met, we must focus on rebuilding. It is increasingly clear that rebuilding efforts must consider the following four points.
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HMS Bounty: the inside story of its final days (+video)
The HMS Bounty left New London, Conn., on Oct. 25 for a sail to St. Petersburg, Fla. It went due east to try to avoid hurricane Sandy, but the crew was mistaken in thinking the danger had been skirted.
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Chapter & Verse Hurricane Sandy's predecessor, the Great Hurricane of 1938: What can we learn from it?
Historian Cherie Burns discusses the 1938 natural disaster that shocked New England.
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Hurricane Sandy surge could flood New York runways and subways
Hurricane Sandy brings strong winds and rain, but for the New York area, the biggest concern may be the storm surge, which could come ashore in some places as a 13-foot wall of water.
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Hurricane Sandy: The situation in 17 states from the Carolinas to Maine
The eye of Hurricane Sandy is still about 300 miles from land, but it's long reach is already being felt in 17 states. Some are being hit, others are getting ready for the storm's arrival.
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Hurricane Sandy is already setting records (+video)
Hurricane Sandy already has surpassed hurricane Lili in 1996 as the second largest Atlantic storm in 24 years of storm-size recordkeeping. The size of the storm and its path are intensifying deep concerns about coastal flooding from storm surge.
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Not a trick or a treat: Hurricane Sandy could hit as monster hybrid storm
Hurricane Sandy, currently a category 2 storm, is taking aim at the Northeast in the days before Halloween. Forecasters say it could cause widespread power outages and dangerous flooding.
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Conn. nuclear plant unit closed due to too-warm seawater reopens
Water is used to cool key components of the plant and is discharged back into Long Island Sound. The water's temperature was averaging 1.7 degrees above the 75-degree limit.
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Investigators seeking cause of N.Y. yacht capsizing (+video)
The July Fourth boating accident has left more questions than answers in the search for a definitive cause.
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Crowded yacht capsizes off Long Island, N.Y., three die
A 34-foot yacht with 27 people on board to watch a fireworks show capsized in Oyster Bay Wednesday night. Three people died, but 24 were rescued, many by nearby boaters.
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What recovery? Top 10 cities losing jobs
For some regions of the US, talk of an economic recovery is more wishful thinking than reality. Here are the top 10 metropolitan areas that continue to struggle with unemployment, from the Carpet Capital of the World to the home of an Ivy League university.
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Change Agent Coalition helps the Connecticut River become the first National Blueway
Between 40 and 50 local and state entities, both public and private, from four states will work together to preserve the 410-mile-long Connecticut River and its watershed.
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Cover Story CSI Tornado: Decoding – and chasing – supercells with the experts
CSI Tornado: Chasing supercells, interviewing a homeowner sucked off his front porch in an Oklahoma tornado outbreak, and examining the path of a destructive funnel, an expert expedition shows how science is close to decoding the way a tornado works.
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Change Agent She helps save a memory in stone of a 200-year-old forgotten US war
Betty Oderwald has led an effort to restore the Powder House, one of Connecticut's few buildings connected to the War of 1812, now celebrating its bicentennial.
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The Vote President Obama hosts White House Science Fair. Did anybody win?
If championship sports teams are invited to the White House, President Obama reasons, then so should winners of science fairs.
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Candice Millard’s account of President James Garfield’s assassination brings back to roaring life a tragic but irresistible historical period.
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Hurricane Irene update: Sunday morning sees storm's fury move north
Sunday morning saw a slightly diminished hurricane Irene continuing its move up the East Coast with wind, rain, and coastal storm surges hitting New York and New Jersey.
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As hurricane Irene steams north, Long Island braces for impact
Storm tracks suggest that hurricane Irene could hit Long Island late Sunday. Residents are emptying basements and moving cars in preparation for a storm surge made worse by high tide.
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Hurricane watch from Surf City, N.C., to Virginia, as Irene expands reach (VIDEO)
Coastal residents from Surf City, N.C., to the Virginia border should be ready for hurricane conditions within 48 hours, forecasters said Thursday morning. Irene is still a Category 3 hurricane, but it has broadened.
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With 'riders,' GOP seeks to undo Obama environmental policies
House Republicans want to reshape federal environmental policies by adding amendments to the spending bill due Friday. Senate Democrats and the president oppose the 'riders.'
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'Gatsby mansion' to get wrecking ball
Gatsby mansion – or at least the one some say helped inspire the novel – is beyond repair. Five $10 million homes on Long Island will replace 'Great Gatsby' mansion.
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Plum Island, a former germ warfare testing site, gets rare look by environmentalists
Plum Island held an open house of sorts for environmental leaders Wednesday as the federal government proceeds with plans to relocate its 50-year-old animal disease research laboratory to Kansas and sell the 840-acre pork chop-shaped island off the eastern tip of New York's Long Island.
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For the love of babka: the Slavic sweet bread with a long tale
Babka, a Slavic sweet bread, took center stage at family gatherings and found its way into travel bags for long trips home.
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