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House finally OKs Sandy aid; Senate action expected soon
WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. ...Tags: Jon Runyan, U.S. House of Representatives, Jim Cooper, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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House approves $50.5 billion for Superstorm Sandy aid
More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed...
Tags: The Pentagon, Business, U.S. House of Representatives, Christopher L. Smith, U.S. Senate
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Smith Fourth Grader Drags $132 In Coins To School For Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser
The Hartford CourantA Smith STEM School fourth grader surprised first grade teacher Sara Novak last month when he came down the hall, beaming, dragging a huge bag of coins. Novak's class had partnered with another first grade class to collect loose change to benefit...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Human Interest
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Chris Christie rips NRA's anti-Obama ad; Rand Paul rips Christie
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose political hug of President Obama in the wake of Hurricane Sandy raised Republican hackles, has now criticized the National Rifle Assn. for the group's anti-gun control ad that referenced the president's two daughters....
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Regional Authority, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Executive Branch, Laura Ingraham
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Still recovering from Sandy, Crisfield braces for next storm
— Hazel Cropper, for years the fastest crab picker in this city built on its seafood industry, worries about the storm drain a few feet from her living room. As volunteers assessed the damage Superstorm Sandy caused to her home, the 74-year-old...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. House of Representatives, Aquaculture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Oceans
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Hot enough for you?
WASHINGTON -- All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-keeping began? Apparently not. The climate change denialists --...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Science and Technology, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Droughts
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Jobless claims fall sharply for the week
WASHINGTON -- New jobless claims last week fell much more sharply than expected, a reassuring sign that the damaging effects from Hurricane Sandy to the labor market have largely passed. The Labor Department said Thursday that 370,000 people filed...
Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Career and Workplace, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Employment
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Weather Channel special looks back at extreme weather events of 2012
Channel Guide MagazineThe Weather Channel premieres a year-end special called 2012: A Year Out of Season this Friday, Dec. 28, at 8pm ET. The one-hour program explores the brutal weather that ravaged the United States and defined 2012. Weather Channel on-camera meteorologist... -
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin indicted on corruption charges
Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, who was the combative and determined face of his city crushed beneath the floodwaters spawned by Hurricane Katrina, has been indicted on bribery and related charges, officials announced on Friday. The charges...
Tags: Trials, Prosecution, FEMA, Hurricane Katrina (2005), National Government
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Heart attack pattern shifted after Katrina: study
Reuters(Reuters) - Heart attacks are usually most common on weekdays and mornings, especially Mondays, but the pattern reversed in New Orleans after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, according to a U.S. study. "The fact that it's such a polar opposite...Tags: Cardiologists, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Science and Technology
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Jon Stewart lashes out at House Republicans over Hurricane Sandy aid
“The Daily Show” returned Monday after an unusually newsy holiday hiatus that included the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and the manufactured drama of the fiscal cliff negotiations. In his first broadcast of 2013, Jon Stewart...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hurricane Sandy (2012), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Elections, Fiscal Cliff
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Local man to play in '12-12-12' Hurricane Sandy relief concert tonight. Watch it here
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGWhen the curtain lifts on the 12-12-12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief tonight in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, onstage will be The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Paul McCartney, The Who, Eric Clapton, Bon......
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