| Officials fret about polling sites in storm-ravaged states Nov 1st 2012, 23:54  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Officials in New York, New Jersey and other states hit hard by the powerful storm Sandy are anxiously waiting to see when power will be restored in darkened areas and whether polling sites may need to be moved for next Tuesday's presidential election. "We're open for business November 6. That will be Election Day," said John Conklin, spokesman for the New York state Board of Elections. "We're doing everything we can to make sure that everyone who goes to the polls will have a poll site to go to. ...
|  | Officials fret about polling sites in storm-ravaged states Nov 1st 2012, 23:54 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Officials in New York, New Jersey and other states hit hard by the powerful storm Sandy are anxiously waiting to see when power will be restored in darkened areas and whether polling sites may need to be moved for next Tuesday's presidential election. "We're open for business November 6. That will be Election Day," said John Conklin, spokesman for the New York state Board of Elections. "We're doing everything we can to make sure that everyone who goes to the polls will have a poll site to go to. ... | | Nine more cases of meningitis reported in outbreak Nov 1st 2012, 23:37 (Reuters) - Nine more cases of deadly fungal meningitis were reported from an outbreak tied to steroid medications shipped by a Massachusetts company, bringing the national total to 377 cases, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. No new deaths were reported on Thursday and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Virginia had revised down the number of deaths there to two from three, reducing the national fatality total to 28. The CDC gave no reason for the revision. ... | | Nine more cases of meningitis reported in outbreak Nov 1st 2012, 23:37 (Reuters) - Nine more cases of deadly fungal meningitis were reported from an outbreak tied to steroid medications shipped by a Massachusetts company, bringing the national total to 377 cases, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. No new deaths were reported on Thursday and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Virginia had revised down the number of deaths there to two from three, reducing the national fatality total to 28. The CDC gave no reason for the revision. ... | | On Staten Island, cries for help replaced by a loss for words Nov 1st 2012, 22:23  NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Hamden Ave, a storm-wrecked street on New York City's Staten Island, everyone was talking about the surge - a wall of water that came tearing down the street on Monday night. As families picked through mud-caked photo albums and couch cushions, and stared at ruined cars scattered across the neighborhood, they talked on Thursday about how a little bit of rain suddenly turned into pools of water. Then swelled and kept swelling until the water flooded the first floor of homes. ...
| | On Staten Island, cries for help replaced by a loss for words Nov 1st 2012, 22:23 NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Hamden Ave, a storm-wrecked street on New York City's Staten Island, everyone was talking about the surge - a wall of water that came tearing down the street on Monday night. As families picked through mud-caked photo albums and couch cushions, and stared at ruined cars scattered across the neighborhood, they talked on Thursday about how a little bit of rain suddenly turned into pools of water. Then swelled and kept swelling until the water flooded the first floor of homes. ... | | On the Jersey shore, emotion outweighs cost of rebuilding Nov 1st 2012, 22:18 BAY HEAD, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - The people of the Jersey Shore may feel alone in the world right now, their homes destroyed and their beaches ruined by Hurricane Sandy. But they will soon face a decision familiar to others who have survived massive storms - do I rebuild? There is a reason New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the destruction Sandy wrought on the shoreline "unthinkable." The one-time vacation paradise, familiar to fans of Bruce Springsteen, is now a twisted wreck, with remnants of a roller coaster floating in the ocean, and houses erased like they were temporary markings. ... | | New Jersey natgas co shuts lines to devastated parts Nov 1st 2012, 22:07 NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Natural Gas on Thursday shut down part of its pipeline system that serves the state's barrier islands, one of the areas most damaged by Hurricane Sandy's high winds and storm surge. The company was able to assess damages only in the last 24 hours, after the storm hit land on Monday, and found damaged pipelines flaring natural gas from broken ends. "Literally digging through rubble, we have found some of our exposed, broken pipes with flare-ups on the ends of them," said Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman. ... | | New Jersey natgas co shuts lines to devastated parts Nov 1st 2012, 22:07 NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Natural Gas on Thursday shut down part of its pipeline system that serves the state's barrier islands, one of the areas most damaged by Hurricane Sandy's high winds and storm surge. The company was able to assess damages only in the last 24 hours, after the storm hit land on Monday, and found damaged pipelines flaring natural gas from broken ends. "Literally digging through rubble, we have found some of our exposed, broken pipes with flare-ups on the ends of them," said Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman. ... | | New York's MTA has no need for clean-up borrowing: CFO Nov 1st 2012, 21:27 (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority does not expect to need to borrow to pay for cleanup and repairs arising from superstorm Sandy, the chief financial officer of the largest U.S. transport agency said on Thursday. "At this stage, I am not anticipating the need of external borrowing," CFO Robert Foran said in a conference call with reporters. "We fully expect the operating and capital costs will be fully reimbursed by FEMA and our insurance. ... | | British millionaire pleads guilty in Iran missile scheme Nov 1st 2012, 21:04  SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - British millionaire Christopher Tappin pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas on Thursday to charges of attempting to sell missile parts to Iran, prosecutors said. Tappin, 66, from Orpington, Kent, who had previously pleaded not guilty, reversed that stance in federal court in El Paso as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors that calls for a sentence of 33 months in prison and a fine of more than $11,000, according to U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman. ...
| | Nearly 30 Air Force Academy cadets injured in annual ritual Nov 1st 2012, 20:57 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," Brigadier General Gregory Lengyel said. ... | | California ballot holds credit risk for school districts Nov 1st 2012, 20:50 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If voters in California next week reject ballot measures to raise taxes, school districts in the Golden State will be among the first victims of spending cuts - a major concern not only for teachers and parents but also bondholders. According to the latest polls, support for Proposition 30, the measure Governor Jerry Brown proposed to raise personal income and sales taxes, stands at below 50 percent for the November6 vote. A rival measure - Proposition 38, which would also increase taxes - appears to be backed by even fewer voters. ... | | Sandy caused "major damage" to U.N. headquarters: official Nov 1st 2012, 20:47 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations headquarters suffered severe damage when Sandy, a massive storm that hit the U.S. East Coast this week, caused heavy flooding at the world body's Manhattan complex along the East River, the U.N. security chief said on Thursday. Sandy made landfall in New York City on Monday evening, flooding many parts of lower Manhattan and leaving nearly 2 million residents of New York state without electricity. The storm surge from the East River also affected the United Nations, which remained shut from Monday to Wednesday. ... | | Jersey Shore residents wait to go home, assess Sandy's damage Nov 1st 2012, 20:40 SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey (Reuters) - Summer resort towns along the New Jersey shore by all accounts were devastated by the massive storm Sandy, but many residents still cannot see the extent of the damage for themselves. Under New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's orders, homeowners who evacuated to higher ground cannot yet return to much of the hard-hit coastal region. Roads are impassable, power is out and the possibility of open gas lines poses potential danger, authorities say. ... | | Judge to rule on accused mobster Bulger's bid for trial delay Nov 1st 2012, 20:35 BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge said on Thursday he would rule in the next few days on accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's request to delay until next November his trial on 19 counts of murder. "The case needs some firm management, which I intend to give it," U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said during a hearing in which Bulger's lawyer argued that he did not have enough time to review more than 360,000 pages of evidence before the scheduled March 4 trial date. "If you ask me to high jump 10 feet, I couldn't do it. ... | | Supreme Court weighs expanded warnings on deportation risk Nov 1st 2012, 20:02 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the future of thousands of immigrants at stake, the Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether to extend a rule that requires lawyers to tell clients who are not citizens that they can be deported if they plead guilty to crimes. A decision could prove significant to non-citizens who had ineffective counsel before March 2010, when the court, in Padilla v. Kentucky, said immigrants deserve to be told at least some consequences of guilty pleas. Federal appeals courts have since divided on whether the decision should apply retroactively. ... | |
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