| Federal agencies in Washington to be open on Wednesday Oct 30th 2012, 19:51 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal agencies in Washington, D.C., will be open on Wednesday, after massive storm Sandy essentially shut down the federal government for two days. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management also announced that federal government employees in Washington will have the option for unscheduled leave on Wednesday. (Reporting By Karey Wutkowski; editing by Christopher Wilson) |  | Federal agencies in Washington to be open on Wednesday Oct 30th 2012, 19:51 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal agencies in Washington, D.C., will be open on Wednesday, after massive storm Sandy essentially shut down the federal government for two days. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management also announced that federal government employees in Washington will have the option for unscheduled leave on Wednesday. (Reporting By Karey Wutkowski; editing by Christopher Wilson) | | Lower Manhattan faces up to four days without power: ConEd Oct 30th 2012, 19:48  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Residents of lower Manhattan faced up to four days without power on Tuesday as Consolidated Edison, New York City's power provider, scrambled to repair the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy. Almost every street below Times Square in the city's Midtown district was plunged into darkness on Monday night after an explosion at a Con Edison power station on 14th Street threw the electricity provider's plans for controlled shutdowns into disarray. ...
| | Lower Manhattan faces up to four days without power: ConEd Oct 30th 2012, 19:48 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Residents of lower Manhattan faced up to four days without power on Tuesday as Consolidated Edison, New York City's power provider, scrambled to repair the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy. Almost every street below Times Square in the city's Midtown district was plunged into darkness on Monday night after an explosion at a Con Edison power station on 14th Street threw the electricity provider's plans for controlled shutdowns into disarray. ... | | New England spared flooding as Sandy clean-up begins Oct 30th 2012, 19:36  NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Residents of the coastal areas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island ventured out on Tuesday to clear up the wreckage caused by powerful storm Sandy, which flattened trees, damaged homes and left hundreds of thousands in the region without power. Unlike in the greater New York area, where Sandy brought rising seas that flooded Manhattan and parts of the New Jersey shore, New England's misery came mostly from the storm's heavy winds. ...
| | New England spared flooding as Sandy clean-up begins Oct 30th 2012, 19:36 NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Residents of the coastal areas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island ventured out on Tuesday to clear up the wreckage caused by powerful storm Sandy, which flattened trees, damaged homes and left hundreds of thousands in the region without power. Unlike in the greater New York area, where Sandy brought rising seas that flooded Manhattan and parts of the New Jersey shore, New England's misery came mostly from the storm's heavy winds. ... | | Tidal surge on river floods three New Jersey towns Oct 30th 2012, 19:18  TETERBORO, New Jersey (Reuters) - A wall of water, at times greater than 5 feet high, swept through three towns in northern New Jersey early Tuesday, a parting shot from Hurricane Sandy that prompted the evacuation of a few thousand people from their homes. The tidal surge up the swollen Hackensack River started just after midnight, and there was little time for the unprepared towns of Little Ferry, Moonachie and Carlstadt to rouse their roughly 19,000 residents and urge them to seek higher ground. ...
| | Tidal surge on river floods three New Jersey towns Oct 30th 2012, 19:18 TETERBORO, New Jersey (Reuters) - A wall of water, at times greater than 5 feet high, swept through three towns in northern New Jersey early Tuesday, a parting shot from Hurricane Sandy that prompted the evacuation of a few thousand people from their homes. The tidal surge up the swollen Hackensack River started just after midnight, and there was little time for the unprepared towns of Little Ferry, Moonachie and Carlstadt to rouse their roughly 19,000 residents and urge them to seek higher ground. ... | | Obama to travel to New Jersey Wednesday to view storm damage Oct 30th 2012, 19:10  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel to New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage caused by massive storm Sandy, the White House said in a statement. "Tomorrow afternoon, the president will travel to New Jersey where he will join Governor (Chris) Christie in viewing the storm damage, talking with citizens who are recovering from the storm and thanking first responders who put their lives at risk to protect their communities," the statement said. Obama canceled campaign appearances planned for Ohio on Wednesday because of the storm. ...
| | Obama to travel to New Jersey Wednesday to view storm damage Oct 30th 2012, 19:10 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel to New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage caused by massive storm Sandy, the White House said in a statement. "Tomorrow afternoon, the president will travel to New Jersey where he will join Governor (Chris) Christie in viewing the storm damage, talking with citizens who are recovering from the storm and thanking first responders who put their lives at risk to protect their communities," the statement said. Obama canceled campaign appearances planned for Ohio on Wednesday because of the storm. ... | | Three more deaths from meningitis outbreak linked to injections Oct 30th 2012, 19:02  (Reuters) - Three more patients have died after contracting fungal meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections supplied by a Massachusetts company, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the outbreak to 28 nationwide. Two of the new deaths were in Michigan, which now has reported seven fatalities, and one in Tennessee which has confirmed 11 deaths, the CDC said. The two states have been the hardest hit by the outbreak, first discovered in Tennessee late last month. ...
| | Three more deaths from meningitis outbreak linked to injections Oct 30th 2012, 19:02 (Reuters) - Three more patients have died after contracting fungal meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections supplied by a Massachusetts company, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the outbreak to 28 nationwide. Two of the new deaths were in Michigan, which now has reported seven fatalities, and one in Tennessee which has confirmed 11 deaths, the CDC said. The two states have been the hardest hit by the outbreak, first discovered in Tennessee late last month. ... | | Obama says storm not yet over, government to aid local authorities Oct 30th 2012, 18:48  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the federal government would do all it could to help local authorities cope with damage caused by the massive storm Sandy. The president, speaking at the national headquarters of the American Red Cross, said the storm, which slammed into some of the most densely populated areas of the eastern United States on Monday, was "not yet over" and that there were still risks. "It is still moving north," he said. "There are still communities that could be affected. ...
| | Obama says storm not yet over, government to aid local authorities Oct 30th 2012, 18:48 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the federal government would do all it could to help local authorities cope with damage caused by the massive storm Sandy. The president, speaking at the national headquarters of the American Red Cross, said the storm, which slammed into some of the most densely populated areas of the eastern United States on Monday, was "not yet over" and that there were still risks. "It is still moving north," he said. "There are still communities that could be affected. ... | | California's longest-serving death row inmate spared execution Oct 30th 2012, 17:58 SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of California's longest serving death row inmate, a 54-year-old Mono Indian man convicted in 1978 for killing a woman during a drug- and alcohol-fueled carjacking. Douglas Stankewitz, who has spent 34 years awaiting execution, will be re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole unless prosecutors decide within 90 days to retry the penalty phase of his trial, which would consider punishment only, not guilt or innocence. ... | | California's longest-serving death row inmate spared execution Oct 30th 2012, 17:58 SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of California's longest serving death row inmate, a 54-year-old Mono Indian man convicted in 1978 for killing a woman during a drug- and alcohol-fueled carjacking. Douglas Stankewitz, who has spent 34 years awaiting execution, will be re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole unless prosecutors decide within 90 days to retry the penalty phase of his trial, which would consider punishment only, not guilt or innocence. ... | | U.S. capital escapes brunt of storm Sandy Oct 30th 2012, 17:29 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nation's capital appeared to have escaped the worst of monster storm Sandy on Tuesday, although concerns remained about the potential for severe flooding along the Potomac River. Washington suffered high winds and rains that brought down trees on some homes and flooded a few roads. But the area got off relatively lightly compared to New Jersey, where Sandy came ashore on Monday night, and battered New York City. As of 2 a.m. ... | | Intelligence spending fell in 2012 for second year in a row Oct 30th 2012, 17:27 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's total spending on intelligence activities fell in 2012, the second year in a row of declines after years of soaring security spending since the September 11 attacks in 2001. The Office of Director of National Intelligence, the top U.S. intelligence authority, announced on Tuesday that total funding appropriated for the National Intelligence Program, covering activities of the CIA and high-tech spy agencies such as the National Reconnaissance Office, was $53.9 billion in Fiscal Year 2012, which ended on September 30. That was down from the $54. ... | |
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