[U.S.] Sandy's cost to economy: Up to $50 billion

Sandy's cost to economy: Up to $50 billion
http://myfox8.com/2012/11/02/sandys-cost-to-economy-up-to-50-billion/
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - The estimated loss to the nation's economy from Superstorm Sandy has climbed to as much as $50 billion, making it one of the nation's most costly disasters.

Political Wisdom: More Jobs and Rallys in Battleground States
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/11/02/political-wisdom-more-jobs-and-rallys-in-battleground-states/
Top Lines: The economy added 171,000 jobs in October with unemployment rate moving up a notch to 7.9% as more people entered the labor force… Crews have restored power to about half of the 10 million customers who lost electricity in superstorm ...

Spanier: Precipitous fall of a respected leader
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20121102_Spanier__Precipitous_fall_of_a_respected_leader.html
Now, the man who ran the university - former President Graham B. Spanier - has been indicted on allegations that he failed to stop Sandusky when he had the chance.

Indiana poll: Donnelly up 11 over Mourdock
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/women-conceived-rape-speak-mourdock-17622401
Fourteen months ago Richard Mourdock held an endorsing Tea Party audience at Greenfield rapt in his history lesson, and his call to arms.

The Joys of Third Party Voting, or How I Learned to Love the Electoral College
http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/2012/10/mail-ballots-might-slow-election-tally
Here in Oregon, where I live, voting is done entirely by mail. The ballots, secrecy envelopes and return envelopes are mailed to all registered voters a few weeks in advance of Election Day.

Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/final-10-mile-trek-for-space-shuttle-atlantis-1.4180352
Marcia Dunn, Associated PressShare. Comments. shuttle atlantis. Shuttle orbiter Atlantis is moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Orbiter Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Hoboken, in Disarray, Calls for National Guard Help
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/10/29/hoboken-in-dissaray-calls-for-national-guard-help/
The mayor of Hoboken, N.J., said she had called on the National Guard to help rescue people in the mile-square city on the Hudson River.

Staten Island Sandy victims: We're being ignored
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57544180/staten-island-sandy-victims-were-being-ignored/
(CBS News) Nearly half of New York City's deaths from superstorm Sandy happened in Staten Island. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is going there Friday.

Source: Secret Service agent dead of apparent suicide
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9650108/Secret-Service-agent-kills-himself-following-investigation-into-affair.html
Rafael Prieto was a 20-year veteran of the Secret Service; He was assigned to President Obama's protective detail; Authorities were looking into a suspected long-term relationship with a foreign national; A law enforcement source says his death last Saturday ...