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NASA GOES Project(NEW YORK) -- Superstorm Sandy, in all of its might, caused 350,000 gallons of fuel to spill into the Arthur Kill, a canal that separates New Jersey from the Staten Island section of…
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Five days after superstorm Sandy downed power lines, flooded homes and crippled transportation in the Northeast, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said his state is "returning to a new normal,"…
Sunday, 04 November 2012 17:52

Child Mauled to Death by Dogs at Pittsburgh Zoo

Written by Kelly Knaub
Hemera/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) -- A toddler was mauled to death Sunday after falling into the African painted dog exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo.The boy, who was around 3 years old, fell 14 feet over a railing…
Sunday, 04 November 2012 14:32

Rescue of Hiker Trapped by Sandy Caught on Video

Written by Kelly Knaub
ABC News(GATLINBURG, Tenn.) -- A 56-year-old hiker was trapped in the Tennessee mountains for three days by the remnants of Hurricane Sandy.  The storm, having come inland, pounded the Appalachian Trail with record levels of…
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A ferocious nor'easter storm could wreak more havoc on areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, as plunging temperatures threaten the nearly two million homes and businesses that remain without power…
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The decision to allow a transgender 45-year-old college student who identifies as a woman but has male genitalia to use the women’s locker room has raised a fracas among  parents and faith-based…
Sunday, 04 November 2012 11:55

Bristol Palin Bar Heckler Lawsuit Tossed

Written by Kelly Knaub
Kevin Winter/Tonight Show/Getty Images for The Tonight Show(NEW YORK) -- A defamation lawsuit filed by a man who made headlines for heckling Bristol Palin in a California bar has been tossed out, her attorney John…
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The New York Police Department formally charged Upper West Side nanny Yoselyn Ortega with the slaying of two young children with a kitchen knife last month. "Yoselyn Ortega, age 50, was tonight…
Sunday, 04 November 2012 11:20

New York City Marathon Canceled Too Late for Many

Written by Kelly Knaub
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Fresh off his flight from San Francisco Friday afternoon, Leland Kim had just picked up his numbered marathon bib and registration packet at the Javits Center and was headed to the ING…
Michael Pahl/Skydive Utah(SALT LAKE CITY) -- When a Utah couple was wed Thursday, they decided to take the plunge, literally. Emily Lucero and Allan Toole boarded a plane in Tooele, Utah, as just another couple…
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