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Sandy’s Blackouts Leave 3.5 Million Customers Lacking Power | Mark Chediak, Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
A fourth day of blackouts for about 3.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast taxed the patience of city and state officials concerned that utilities are moving too slowly to repair the ...
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Occupy Wall Street Leading Massive, Volunteer-Powered Recovery Efforts in New York | The Troubadour
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Nov. 2, 2012 (Daily Kos) -- They are thousands-strong and growing: entering devastated neighborhoods yet to see outside help from established aid organizations. They are ...
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How It Could Happen, Part Five: Dissolution | John Michael Greer
Oct. 31, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- This week’s post is the last of five parts of a fictional narrative tracing out a scenario of American imperial defeat and collapse. As a bankrupt and divided ...
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Occupy is the Latest Generation (Know your history) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 2, 2012 “History is not happenstance; it is conspiratorial, carefully planned, and executed by people in power.” - George Carlin A society ...
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The Tribes of New York: Back to the future? | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 31, 2012 “I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the ...
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Occupy protesters were right, says Bank of England official | James Kirkup
Members of the movement occupied the grounds of St Paul’s and remained camped there for more than three months until police evicted them in February last year Photo: AFP Oct. 29, 2012 (Telegraph) -- ...
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Nation's oldest nuclear plant on alert in New Jersey | Josh Lederman
Oct. 30, 2012 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's oldest nuclear power plant, already out of service for scheduled refueling, was put on alert late Monday after waters from Superstorm Sandy rose six ...
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Sandy gives Vermont a pass | Anne Galloway
Early Tuesday morning, near Wesford, Vt. Photo credit: Sara Klemm, Burlington Free Press Oct. 30, 2012 -- (Vt. Digger) -- Vermont Emergency Management officials are reporting no widespread damage ...
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New York City floods as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. | Anna Louie Sussman and Michael Erman
The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it ...
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Apocalyptoween | James Howard Kunstler
A satellite image of Hurricane Sandy, pictured at 00:15 UTC, churns off the east coast of the US Photo: NASA via Getty Images James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 29, 2012 With little to ...
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Sandy Strengthens as Hurricane Barrels Toward New Jersey | Esme E. Deprez and Brian K. Sullivan
Oct. 29, 2012 -- NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Sandy strengthened on its path toward New Jersey, where it is predicted to make landfall today while bringing a life-threatening storm surge as it ...
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