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Drowning most common fatality during Superstorm Sandy
The leading cause of death during Superstorm Sandy last fall was drowning, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which analyzed 117 storm-related deaths, comes amid a National Oceanic and...
Tags: American Red Cross, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Relief and Aid Organizations
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Oklahoma's tornado and political cheap shots
It's as predictable as it is disheartening: A red state gets hit hard by a tornado outbreak -- in this case killing at least 24 people, many of them children attending school -- and the first batch of letters from readers (most of them from Southern...
Tags: Employees, American Red Cross, Career and Workplace, Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell
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Oklahoma lawmakers who opposed disaster aid now face own disaster
WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma’s five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes. At the time, some of the Oklahoma lawmakers...
Tags: Tom Coburn, Crime, Law and Justice, Harold Rogers, U.S. Congress, Tom Cole
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Senate approves bill that would benefit L.A. port
WASHINGTON--The Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would increase funding for port projects in Los Angeles and elsewhere, shore up defenses against Sandy-like superstorms and study ways to better prepare the country for more extreme weather events....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Barbara Boxer, O.J. Simpson, Conservation, Politics
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Prince Harry tours Sandy-battered N.J.: 'This used to be a house?'
Britain's Prince Harry expressed astonishment at the damage still evident on the New Jersey shore from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday as he toured hard-hit towns and took in the view of the historic Seaside Heights roller coaster, which was washed into the...
Tags: Jersey Shore (tv program), United Kingdom, Imperial and Royal Matters, Entertainment, Theme Park Vacations
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Superstorm Sandy aid center on Staten Island fights order to leave
NEW YORK — It has been six months since Donna Graziano packed a barbecue into her car, drove 15 miles from her Brooklyn home to Staten Island, and began cooking for residents of a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Her one-woman effort in a...
Tags: Event Planning, Staten Island (New York City), Services and Shopping, Relief and Aid Organizations, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Prince Harry plays football, honors war veterans on U.S. visit
Prince Harry has a future in American football if that whole royal heir/third in line to the throne thing doesn't work out. The young royal set out on his U.S. visit over last week and, over the weekend, he partook in a very American pastime: football....
Tags: David Cameron, Diana, Princess of Wales, Armed Conflicts, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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The year 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record
The United Nation’s weather agency has confirmed that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850, and the 27th consecutive year that global land and ocean temperatures were above average. Last year exceeded the global...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Weather, Global Change, Conservation
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Six months later, Superstorm Sandy's impact still being felt
The Obama administration approved $1.83 billion to help New Jersey recover from the effects of Superstorm Sandy, which six months ago to the day pounded through the state and metropolitan New York City areas, bring flooding, destruction and death....
Tags: U.S. Congress, Atlantic Ocean, Hypothermia, Elections, Politics
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Nine Tribeca Film Festival titles you'll soon be hearing about
NEW YORK--The Tribeca Film Festival that ended Sunday occupies an odd niche in the movie-confab calendar, which among its oddities includes a large number of posts about the odd niche it occupies in the movie-confab calendar. But amid all the hand-...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Ice Hockey, TriBeCa Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Entertainment
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Sen. Boxer finds herself at odds with environmentalists
WASHINGTON — Barbara Boxer has long been one of the Senate's environmental champions, racking up perfect scores for each of the last five years on the League of Conservation Voters' report card on key votes. But the Californian now finds herself...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Democratic Party, Natural Resources, Ron Wyden, Barbara Boxer
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'Albanian Bear' Reshat Mati is always up for a fight
NEW YORK — The first hint of a bruise, blackish and glossy, appears under Reshat Mati's eye as he finishes a jujitsu workout. It seems that he took a knee to the face. Someone offers to get an ice pack, but there isn't time. Reshat hurries off...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Wrestling
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