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Long Islander worried about looters, not voting

(CNN) -- One week after Superstorm Sandy beat up the Northeast, tearing apart homes and lives in New Jersey, New York and other areas, there's another worry on the horizon: A nor'easter is coming.


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Unlikely Congress would extend voting nationwide due to problems in storm-struck states

(CNN) -- Widespread damage in the East from Superstorm Sandy threw state and local agencies tasked with running next week's election into turmoil, sending them scrambling to make sure they can accommodate voters.


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Mayor: Up to 40,000 people could need housing in New York City

(CNN) -- Kevin Cordova's family tried cooking hot food to stay warm. They wore their winter coats inside and buried themselves under blankets.


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Election result will depend on how many voters turn out and vote

It's all tied up according to a national poll, released two day before the election. 


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Washington DC poses unique challenges

Romney has vowed to "bring people together," to govern as president. His critics say, if elected he would face huge challenges in Washington.


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10 Electoral College Votes at Stake

New polls out Saturday in two of the smaller battleground states - where the first votes of this cycle were counted last January -- show a neck-and-neck race in one state and an advantage for President Barack Obama in another.


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Oregon court finds KBR negligent in toxic exposure case

Defense contractor KBR was negligent in exposing National Guard soldiers to toxic chemicals at a water plant in Iraq, a federal jury in Portland, Oregon, found Friday.


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Swing state could go either way in presidential race

Add one more high-profile name to the list of those making surprising, last-minute stops to Pennsylvania just days before Election Day: Former President Bill Clinton.


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Distraught mother tried to enter home but was turned away

Mother tells of searching for shelter only to be refused entry., before her boys, aged two and four, were swept away.


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Case is the latest in FBI sting operations that some have called entrapment

(CNN) -- A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol building and the Pentagon with remote-controlled airplanes loaded with plastic explosives.


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