October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Extra inspectors to nuclear plants as storm nears
WASHINGTON — Additional inspectors are being sent to nuclear power plants in five states as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says its headquarters and Northeast regional office are both closed, except for emergency personnel. The ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on O’Malley: ‘Unlike any storm we’ve had’
Marylanders should stay off the roads for the next 24 to 36 hours as potentially deadly Hurricane Sandy lurches toward the state, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday morning. Speaking from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency in Reisterstown, the governor said ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on ‘The Franken-Apoclypto-Nino-Storm-Ageddon,’ or ‘Everything I need to know about emergency preparedness I learned in Boy Scouts’
In Maryland, we name our storms. In Colorado, we call them “Monday.”
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Oil price falls as Hurricane Sandy heads for U.S.
The price of oil fell below $86 a barrel Monday as a gargantuan storm headed for the heavily populated U.S. East Coast, where energy consumption was likely to drop as many businesses closed and transportation ground to a halt. By ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Sandy damages pier in downtown Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — Hurricane Sandy did significant damage to a fishing pier in Ocean City, with heavy surf pounding at the pilings and ripping away part of a longtime structure familiar to residents and visitors. Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Markets drop as New York battens down the hatches
LONDON — Markets started the week on a downbeat note as investors fretted over the cost of a mammoth storm that was heading towards the eastern U.S. and prompted the closure of Wall Street on Monday. Much of the East ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Hurricane Sandy grounds thousands of flights
NEW YORK — Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast Monday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe. The massive storm threatens to bring a near halt to air travel ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Eye Opener: Long lines for early voting
A few government and politics headlines for Monday.
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Maryland Moment – Sand for Sandy
Do you like taking photos? The Daily Record wants your photos for print and online. Send us your Maryland Moment. Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have ...
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Read More »October 29, 2012 Comments Off on Storm leads companies to postpone earnings reports
NEW YORK — A number of major U.S. companies postponed quarterly earnings reports scheduled for Monday, as Hurricane Sandy barreled into the East Coast and caused the first unplanned shutdown of financial markets since 2001. Pfizer Inc., Thomson Reuters Corp. ...
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