| Hurricane Sandy silences Atlantic City's casinos Oct 31st 2012, 00:05  (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy has silenced the thousands of slot machines and high-rollers who normally crowd the black jack and roulette tables of Atlantic City, but the resort's casino companies wager they could be back in business within days. The storm that swept up the East Coast of the United States on Monday made landfall near Atlantic City, ripping up several blocks of its famous boardwalk and tearing roofing off casinos and hotels. ...
|  | Hurricane Sandy silences Atlantic City's casinos Oct 31st 2012, 00:05 (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy has silenced the thousands of slot machines and high-rollers who normally crowd the black jack and roulette tables of Atlantic City, but the resort's casino companies wager they could be back in business within days. The storm that swept up the East Coast of the United States on Monday made landfall near Atlantic City, ripping up several blocks of its famous boardwalk and tearing roofing off casinos and hotels. ... | | Hurricane Sandy silences Atlantic City's casinos Oct 30th 2012, 23:55 (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy has silenced the thousands of slot machines and high-rollers who normally crowd the black jack and roulette tables of Atlantic City, but the resort's casino companies wager they could be back in business within days. The storm that swept up the East Coast of the United States on Monday made landfall near Atlantic City, ripping up several blocks of its famous boardwalk and tearing roofing off casinos and hotels. ... | | Trio of former California governors seeks to preserve death penalty Oct 30th 2012, 23:11 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A trio of former California governors urged voters on Tuesday to preserve the death penalty in the state by defeating a ballot initiative seeking to abolish capital punishment on cost grounds, and a recent poll showed the measure gaining support but falling short of passing. The initiative, if passed by voters next week, would automatically commute the sentences of 725 death row inmates in California, which has nearly a quarter of the nation's condemned prisoners but has executed none in the last six years. "Prop. ... | | Trio of former California governors seeks to preserve death penalty Oct 30th 2012, 23:11 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A trio of former California governors urged voters on Tuesday to preserve the death penalty in the state by defeating a ballot initiative seeking to abolish capital punishment on cost grounds, and a recent poll showed the measure gaining support but falling short of passing. The initiative, if passed by voters next week, would automatically commute the sentences of 725 death row inmates in California, which has nearly a quarter of the nation's condemned prisoners but has executed none in the last six years. "Prop. ... | | Travelers, cargo stranded as airports, rails assess damage Oct 30th 2012, 23:00  (Reuters) - As rail, transit, airline and port workers dug through debris, dealt with power outages and assessed damage on Tuesday, one thing became increasingly clear: Restoring full transportation could take some time. Hurricane Sandy's assault on the eastern United States so brutally flooded tracks and roads, felled trees and downed power lines, it could be days or weeks before travelers and cargo are moving around normally again, officials said. ...
| | Travelers, cargo stranded as airports, rails assess damage Oct 30th 2012, 23:00 (Reuters) - As rail, transit, airline and port workers dug through debris, dealt with power outages and assessed damage on Tuesday, one thing became increasingly clear: Restoring full transportation could take some time. Hurricane Sandy's assault on the eastern United States so brutally flooded tracks and roads, felled trees and downed power lines, it could be days or weeks before travelers and cargo are moving around normally again, officials said. ... | | New York's post-Sandy divide: Those with power and those without Oct 30th 2012, 22:41  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sandy split New York City in two. The massive storm left people damp, miserable and in the dark in the lower part of the city. Yet in much of the rest of Manhattan, life was almost normal, albeit without some of the usual urban comforts. Almost every street below Times Square in the city's Midtown district lost power on Monday night after an explosion at a Consolidated Edison power station, and it may not return for up to four days. A number of these areas had already been hit by flood waters. ...
| | New York's post-Sandy divide: Those with power and those without Oct 30th 2012, 22:41 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sandy split New York City in two. The massive storm left people damp, miserable and in the dark in the lower part of the city. Yet in much of the rest of Manhattan, life was almost normal, albeit without some of the usual urban comforts. Almost every street below Times Square in the city's Midtown district lost power on Monday night after an explosion at a Consolidated Edison power station, and it may not return for up to four days. A number of these areas had already been hit by flood waters. ... | | Ohio jury convicts teenager of Craigslist murders Oct 30th 2012, 22:14 AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A jury convicted 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty of murder on Tuesday in the deaths of three men, two of whom were lured to Ohio by a Craigslist ad promising work on a farm. Rafferty and Richard Beasley, 53, were charged with murder in the deaths of the three men. Two men answered a social media ad for a $300-a-week job as a caretaker on a farm about 100 miles south of Cleveland. Although prosecutors said Beasley pulled the trigger, they accused Rafferty of assisting in the crimes and the attempted murder of a fourth man, Scott Davis. ... | | Ohio jury convicts teenager of Craigslist murders Oct 30th 2012, 22:14 AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A jury convicted 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty of murder on Tuesday in the deaths of three men, two of whom were lured to Ohio by a Craigslist ad promising work on a farm. Rafferty and Richard Beasley, 53, were charged with murder in the deaths of the three men. Two men answered a social media ad for a $300-a-week job as a caretaker on a farm about 100 miles south of Cleveland. Although prosecutors said Beasley pulled the trigger, they accused Rafferty of assisting in the crimes and the attempted murder of a fourth man, Scott Davis. ... | | Teen charged as adult in Colorado schoolgirl's murder, dismemberment Oct 30th 2012, 21:59 GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) - A teenager who authorities said confessed to the abduction, killing and dismemberment of a 10-year-old Colorado girl was formally charged as an adult on Tuesday with first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault on a child. Austin Sigg, 17, appeared in Jefferson County District Court to hear the charges against him in the slaying of Jessica Ridgeway as prosecutors for the first time accused him of sexually assaulting the schoolgirl. ... | | Teen charged as adult in Colorado schoolgirl's murder, dismemberment Oct 30th 2012, 21:59 GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) - A teenager who authorities said confessed to the abduction, killing and dismemberment of a 10-year-old Colorado girl was formally charged as an adult on Tuesday with first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault on a child. Austin Sigg, 17, appeared in Jefferson County District Court to hear the charges against him in the slaying of Jessica Ridgeway as prosecutors for the first time accused him of sexually assaulting the schoolgirl. ... | | Mexican pleads guilty to U.S. agent's murder tied to gun probe Oct 30th 2012, 21:44 PHOENIX (Reuters) - A Mexican man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to first-degree murder in the 2010 death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, a killing linked to a controversial U.S. attempt to track gunrunning to Mexico drug cartels. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes made a deal with prosecutors and entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Tucson in the shooting death of agent Brian Terry in the Arizona borderlands, federal officials said. He could face life in prison, but prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. Osorio-Arellanes, 36, was one of five Mexican suspects charged in Terry's murder. ... | | Trial opens for California child who killed neo-Nazi father Oct 30th 2012, 21:34 (Advisory: Please note strong language in paragraph 13) RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A boy accused of murdering his neo-Nazi father when he was 10 years old went on trial in California on Tuesday, with prosecutors portraying the child as violent and troubled and a defense lawyer saying he acted to protect his family. Both sides agree that Joseph Hall, now 12, shot his father, Jeffrey Hall, at near point-blank range on May 1, 2011. He is being tried in juvenile court and could be sent to a juvenile facility until age 23. ... | | BP says no injuries in Texas City hydrotreater fire Oct 30th 2012, 21:02 HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said a fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon in a residual hydrotreater at the company's 400,780 barrel-per-day Texas City, Texas, refinery was extinguished in about 1-1/2 hours and resulted in no injuries. BP spokesman Scott Dean said a portion of the refinery was evacuated. The residual hydrotreater remained shut following the fire, but the rest of the refinery's units, including crude distillation and gasoline plants, were operating, Dean said. The blaze was fought by the refinery's fire department, Dean said. ... | | East Coast power outages from Sandy hit 8.2 million Oct 30th 2012, 20:50  (Reuters) - East Coast electric companies report that outages from Hurricane Sandy have hit more than 8.2 million homes and businesses, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said in a report early on Tuesday. The impact was just shy of the 8.38 million homes and businesses that lost power during Hurricane Irene last year. Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, at about 8 p.m. EDT on Monday, the DOE said. New Jersey was the hardest hit state with about 65 percent of customers, or 2.6 million, without power. ...
| | Hospitals battled to protect patients as Sandy raged Oct 30th 2012, 20:43  NEW YORK (Reuters) - At one New York hospital where backup generators failed, staff carried premature babies down more than a dozen flights of stairs in one of the more dramatic moments for healthcare workers during powerful storm Sandy. Record flooding and power outages across the northeastern United States made for a long night caring for the most critically ill, as several hundred patients were evacuated in New York City, day-time hospital staff slept overnight on vacant beds and less urgent procedures were postponed. ...
| | Hospitals battled to protect patients as Sandy raged Oct 30th 2012, 20:43 NEW YORK (Reuters) - At one New York hospital where backup generators failed, staff carried premature babies down more than a dozen flights of stairs in one of the more dramatic moments for healthcare workers during powerful storm Sandy. Record flooding and power outages across the northeastern United States made for a long night caring for the most critically ill, as several hundred patients were evacuated in New York City, day-time hospital staff slept overnight on vacant beds and less urgent procedures were postponed. ... | | Dead crew woman on sunken HMS Bounty claimed ancestry to mutineer Oct 30th 2012, 20:37  (Reuters) - The crew member who died when the replica ship HMS Bounty sank during Hurricane Sandy had written on her Facebook page that she was a descendent of the original Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian. Claudene Christian, 42, was pulled from the sea and hoisted aboard a Coast Guard helicopter on Monday afternoon. She was taken to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where she was pronounced dead. Coast Guard rescue swimmers plucked 14 other crew members from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and brought them safely ashore by helicopter. ...
| | BP says no injuries in Texas City hydrotreater fire Oct 30th 2012, 20:21 HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said a fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon on a residual hydrotreater at the company's 400,780-barrels-per-day Texas City, Texas, refinery, but no injuries were reported. The fire forced the evacuation of a section of the plant, BP spokesman Scott Dean said. The blaze was being fought by the refinery's fire department, Dean said. The fire was expected to continue for several hours before burning itself out, the Texas City Emergency Management Office said. ... | |
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