[U.S.] Superstorm Sandy moves northward, still packs punch

Superstorm Sandy moves northward, still packs punch
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/31/superstorm-sandy/1670691/
Cars are blurred as they pass by a darkened Flatiron Building in a section of Manhattan still in a blackout following Hurricane Sandy.

Fire breaks out in storm-damaged NJ shore town
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Fire-breaks-out-in-storm-damaged-NJ-shore-town-3995839.php
MANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) - A fire has broken out in a New Jersey shore town that was hit hard by Sandy. Video from WNBC-TV in New York shows flames reaching in the sky over Mantoloking.

Campaign Ads Intensify During Final Week Of Presidential Election
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/campaigning-halts-but-politicking-alive-and-well-in-sandys-aftermath-20121031-28jbz.html
NEW YORK -- The campaign ad war has intensified and expanded in the last week of the presidential contest, with President Barack Obama, Republican challenger Mitt Romney and allied independent groups making their final, full-throated advertising ...

List of executions in South Dakota
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57542776-504083/south-dakota-executes-donald-moeller-for-rape-murder-of-9-year-old-girl/
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - There have been 17 executions in South Dakota or Dakota Territory since 1877. Donald Moeller's scheduled execution Tuesday night will mark the 18th execution in South Dakota.

Young Jewish couple killed by tree felled by Sandy
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/in-superstorm-sandy-deaths-mystery-fate-and-bad-timing-286483
Share; Email · Print. Young Jewish couple killed by tree felled by Sandy. October 31, 2012. (JTA) -- Two young Jews were killed in Brooklyn by a falling tree during superstorm Sandy.

Sandy Moves West Trailing Devastation, Death in Eastern U.S.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Bloomberg-Now-not-the-time-for-Obama-NYC-visit-3994656.php
Sandy Moves West, Leaving Devastation, Death in Eastern U.S. (3). (Updates death toll starting in second paragraph, Obama asked not to visit New York in 15th paragraph.

Romney campaign to hit the road with 100 surrogates
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/paul-ryan-balances-storm-relief-with-politics-just-seven-days-out/
(CNN) - Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, will kick off a four-day tour starting Friday, where they'll be joined by their wives and 100 surrogates in the final days of the White House race, his campaign announced Wednesday.

ObamaCare mandate big on state ballots that also include gay marriage ...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-election/legalizing-pot-same-sex-marriage-and-assisted-suicide-what-else-us-voters-will-decide/article4754383/
Four states are continuing to fight against ObamaCare by including a ballot measure on Election Day that asks residents whether they want to block the mandate requiring Americans to have insurance under the new federal health-care law.

Sandy's shore devastation, seen from a chopper
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20121031_Sandy_s_shore_devastation__seen_from_a_chopper.html
Sandy's shore devastation, seen from a chopper. THE DAILY NEWS took to the skies Tuesday to get a bird's-eye view of the jaw-dropping damage Hurricane Sandy inflicted on the Jersey Shore from Long Beach Island to Ocean City.