Syria activists report 23 dead in Damascus suburb
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes by Syrian jets and shells from tanks leveled a neighborhood in a restive city near the capital of Damascus on Tuesday, killing 18 people, and at least five rebel fighters died...
View ArticleJapan spent rebuilding money on unrelated projects
SENDAI, Japan (AP) — About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been spent on unrelated projects, including subsidies for a...
View Article9 charged in Fla. youth football gambling ring
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday they uncovered a massive gambling operation targeting youth football games in South Florida, leading them to arrest nine men, including several...
View ArticleAlleged Pakistani militant leader offers to help storm-stricken U.S.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a Pakistani hard-line cleric with a $10 million bounty placed on him by the United States because of his alleged links to militancy, says he wants to help...
View ArticleScotland Yard may move to new digs
LONDON — Scotland Yard wants to pull up stakes. One of the world's most famous police forces unveiled plans Tuesday to sell off its iconic office tower with the revolving "New Scotland Yard" sign out...
View ArticleFinale rings of hardline pressure
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It was a VIP audience for what was likely the last performance of the venerable Tehran Symphony Orchestra. Watching from the front row in late August was Supreme Leader...
View ArticleNuclear plants weather hit from superstorm
ATLANTA (AP) — Superstorm Sandy forced three nuclear reactors to close by playing havoc with cooling water and electrical lines, but the nuclear industry took the pounding without suffering a major...
View Article'Hell night' for residents who stayed
NEW YORK — A tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate from the area burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field....
View ArticleStorm hits Staten Island hard
NEW YORK — Sandy hit Staten Island hard, knocking down parts of houses, tossing boats and cars around and swamping parks and streets. An empty tanker ship moored at a marina was tossed aground a...
View ArticleCoast Guard still searching for captain of foundered tall ship
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Robin Walbridge had been in a lot of dicey situations as the captain of the HMS Bounty, an 18th-century replica tall ship that was the set of countless movie dramas. But none of...
View ArticleYork prisoners returning after precautionary move
HARTFORD — Prisoners at the York Correctional facility in Niantic are headed back to their own cells after about 300 were temporarily relocated during superstorm Sandy. Correction Department spokesman...
View ArticleChrysler CEO writes email to reassure workers after Romney ad
DETROIT — Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said no U.S. production of Jeep vehicles will be moved to China and that U.S. production of Jeeps "will constitute the backbone of the brand," in an email to...
View ArticleConn. treatment plants discharging raw sewage
HARTFORD — Millions of gallons of untreated or partially treated sewage spilled into Long Island Sound and other Connecticut waterways during flooding and power outages caused by superstorm Sandy,...
View ArticleConnecticut death toll from storm rises to 3
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — The body of a missing man has been recovered in Milford, bringing the state's death toll from superstorm Sandy to three. The Coast Guard says the body of 34-year-old Brian Bakunas...
View ArticleNew Yorkers find city a different place
NEW YORK — Stripped of its bustle and mostly cut off from the world, New York was left wondering Tuesday when its particular way of life — carried by subway, lit by skyline and powered by 24-hour deli...
View ArticleWaterbury police blotter
POLICE BLOTTER WATERBURY Waterbury police recently filed the following charges: JOSHUA DEJESUS, 23, of 367 Colonial Ave., second-degree breach of peace, first-degree criminal trespass, interfering with...
View ArticleSkeleton found when historic Conn. tree uprooted
NEW HAVEN — New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since colonial times. Police spokesman David Hartman said a woman who was with...
View ArticleGroton sub base suffers little damage from Sandy
GROTON, Conn. (AP) — The commanding officer at Connecticut's Naval Submarine Base says it suffered only minor damage from superstorm Sandy. The base in Groton is currently open for only essential...
View ArticleSouthbury police blotter
POLICE BLOTTER SOUTHBURY Southbury police recently filed the following charges: RUSSELL HICKS, 41, of 117 Skokorat St., Seymour, driving while intoxicated, failure to drive to the right, Oct. 28....
View ArticleState treatment plants discharging raw sewage
HARTFORD — Millions of gallons of untreated or partially treated sewage spilled into Long Island Sound and other Connecticut waterways during flooding and power outages caused by superstorm Sandy,...
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