| Factbox: Massive storm Sandy blamed for 76 deaths Nov 1st 2012, 10:58 NEW YORK (Reuters) - North American deaths from Sandy, the massive storm that tore through the U.S. East Coast, rose to at least 76 on Thursday as deaths reported in New York City jumped substantially. The latest New York City death count has risen to 34, New York City police said on Thursday morning. Fifteen of the city's dead were found on Staten Island, whose south-eastern flank took the full brunt of the Atlantic storm surge. The storm, at one point extending 1,000 miles in diameter, has wound down into a broad weather system that is making its way north into Canada. ... |  | Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets injured in annual ritual Nov 1st 2012, 09:57 DENVER (Reuters) - Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets required medical care, with six of them hospitalized, after an annual tradition to mark the first snowfall of the season turned into an out-of-control melee, school officials said on Wednesday. An unauthorized ritual last week called "First Shirt/First Snow," in which freshman cadets try to throw their cadet sergeant into a snowbank, grew violent and resulted in injuries, the academy said in a statement. "A relatively small number of cadets chose to take part in this unsafe activity," said Brigadier General Gregory Lengyel. ... | | Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets injured in annual ritual Nov 1st 2012, 09:57 DENVER (Reuters) - Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets required medical care, with six of them hospitalized, after an annual tradition to mark the first snowfall of the season turned into an out-of-control melee, school officials said on Wednesday. An unauthorized ritual last week called "First Shirt/First Snow," in which freshman cadets try to throw their cadet sergeant into a snowbank, grew violent and resulted in injuries, the academy said in a statement. "A relatively small number of cadets chose to take part in this unsafe activity," said Brigadier General Gregory Lengyel. ... | |
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