Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Last Update: 2:58 PM ET

A DAUNTING RECOVERY

Power Failures and Transportation Systems Crippled by Storm May Take Days to Repair

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Graphic: Assessing the Damage From the Storm

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Graphic: Assessing Damage From Hurricane Sandy

More than six million utility customers lost power as Hurricane Sandy felled trees, downed power lines and flooded electrical substations.

Death Toll Rises From Wind and Flooding

The storm moved inland Tuesday after grinding life to a halt for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states, leaving behind the daunting task of cleaning up.

Vast Area, From Georgia to Maine, in Harm’s Way

The storm, though vastly weakened, was moving west, bringing rain and winds all the way to the Great Lakes.

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State-by-State Guide to the Storm

A state-by-state guide to the storm, with regular updates on evacuations, closings, power failures and flooding and wind damage from North Carolina to Rhode Island.

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Election 2012

Storm Pushes Aside Politics, Mostly

The presidential campaign entered a delicate phase on Tuesday, becoming a sideshow to the hurricane.

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Libya Warnings Were Plentiful, but Unspecific

Interviews suggest the State Department received many warnings, but none focused on the compound that was attacked.

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UBS to Cut 10,000 Jobs in Overhaul

The Swiss bank planned a restructuring of its investment banking division as the firm reported a $2.3 billion loss.

Bahrain Bans All Protests in New Crackdown

The interior minister said that opposition activists had abused the government’s tolerance for freedom of expression by allowing protests to turn violent.

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  • Financial markets in New York are closed due to the storm.

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Back From the Future

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Movies Try to Escape Cultural Irrelevance

Hollywood aims to restore the attachment films have to cultural thinking.

 

This Hero Is So 1982

“Wreck-It Ralph” revisits the 8-bit style of video games from the ’80s.

A Taste of the Next Corvette: G.M. Offers Peek at New V-8

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