| Threat of Hurricane Sandy grows as it targets East Coast Oct 28th 2012, 03:34  HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy closed in on the United States on Saturday as coastal communities along the East Coast scrambled to prepare for torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages a week before the presidential election. Governors in states in the hurricane's path declared emergencies, announcing mandatory evacuations of vulnerable areas. New York City officials discussed whether to shut the subway system on Sunday in advance of the storm. Rain accumulations of up to 12 inches and heavy snowfall inland are considered likely in some areas. ...
|  | Obama cancels stops in Virginia, Colorado because of storm Oct 28th 2012, 03:05  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is canceling campaign stops in Virginia and Colorado early next week because of the impending landfall of Hurricane Sandy and will instead monitor the storm from the White House, his spokesman said on Saturday. Obama was to have campaigned with former President Bill Clinton in Virginia on Monday as part of a three-state swing through political battlegrounds including Ohio and Florida. The Virginia stop has been canceled along with a trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement. ...
| | R&B singer Natina Reed hit and killed by car in Georgia Oct 28th 2012, 02:20  (Reuters) - Natina Reed, a member of the R&B singing trio Blaque, was struck and killed by a car as she walked in a major roadway in Georgia, police said on Saturday. Reed, who also appeared in the cheerleader movie "Bring It On" in 2000, would have turned 33 on Sunday. She was struck by a car at about 10:30 p.m. Friday on a state highway just north of the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, Gwinnett County Police Sergeant Rich Long said. The car's driver called 911 and a passenger performed CPR but Reed was pronounced dead at an area medical center, police said. ...
| | R&B singer Natina Reed hit and killed by car in Georgia Oct 28th 2012, 02:20 (Reuters) - Natina Reed, a member of the R&B singing trio Blaque, was struck and killed by a car as she walked in a major roadway in Georgia, police said on Saturday. Reed, who also appeared in the cheerleader movie "Bring It On" in 2000, would have turned 33 on Sunday. She was struck by a car at about 10:30 p.m. Friday on a state highway just north of the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, Gwinnett County Police Sergeant Rich Long said. The car's driver called 911 and a passenger performed CPR but Reed was pronounced dead at an area medical center, police said. ... | | Rubio leaves Romney motorcade after daughter in car accident Oct 28th 2012, 01:11  LAND O'LAKES, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who was campaigning in his home state of Florida with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left the campaign on Saturday to be with his 12-year-old daughter after she was injured in a car accident in Miami. Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party, had just finished taking part in a campaign rally with Romney in Kissimmee when he was told about the accident involving his daughter, Amanda. "Senator Rubio's daughter was involved in a motor vehicle accident earlier today in Miami," said Rubio spokesman Alex Conant. ...
| | Rubio leaves Romney motorcade after daughter in car accident Oct 28th 2012, 01:11 LAND O'LAKES, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who was campaigning in his home state of Florida with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left the campaign on Saturday to be with his 12-year-old daughter after she was injured in a car accident in Miami. Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party, had just finished taking part in a campaign rally with Romney in Kissimmee when he was told about the accident involving his daughter, Amanda. "Senator Rubio's daughter was involved in a motor vehicle accident earlier today in Miami," said Rubio spokesman Alex Conant. ... | | Hurricane Sandy looms over 10-day sprint to U.S. election Oct 28th 2012, 00:30 NASHUA, N.H./KISSIMMEE, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaigned feverishly in closely contested battleground states on Saturday but changed travel plans to avoid Hurricane Sandy, the massive storm approaching the U.S. East Coast. With just 10 days before Election Day and polls showing the national race a dead heat, Romney held three rallies in Florida, whose 29 electoral votes are the biggest prize among states considered too close to call. ... | |
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