WASHINGTON — Superstorm Sandy drove the number of people seeking unemployment benefits up to a seasonally adjusted 439,000 last week, the highest level in 18 months. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications increased by 78,000 mostly because a ...

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WASHINGTON — Thirteen senators from seven states damaged by superstorm Sandy are asking President Barack Obama to boost federal disaster aid to the states. Senators from Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Delaware asked Obama ...

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OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s iconic fishing pier, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, will be rebuilt in time for the summer 2013 season. By the time the clouds parted after the Oct. 29-30 storm, a large section of the battered pier ...

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WASHINGTON — Widespread destruction from Superstorm Sandy will likely make for the largest U.S. relief effort by the American Red Cross and others since Hurricane Katrina. By Friday, the Red Cross had raised $117 million in donations and pledges. The ...

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MCLEAN, Va. — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expanding their assistance to borrowers whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The mortgage organizations said Friday that they will automatically suspend evictions and foreclosures in disaster areas for ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 355,000, a possible sign of a healing job market. But officials cautioned that the figures were distorted by Superstorm Sandy. The Labor ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Potomac Edison say Monday that about 3,900 homes and businesses in Garrett County are still without power, a week after superstorm Sandy dumped up to 2½ feet of snow in the far western Maryland mountains. That’s about 17 ...

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CRISFIELD — Federal and local authorities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore are working to find housing for more than 275 Crisfield residents displaced by last week’s storm. Officials say 136 units at Somers Cove Apartments, a public housing community, were flooded. ...

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Some of the nation’s biggest banks have extended temporary waivers on a variety of fees and late charges for residents of states hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. It’s an effort to ease pressure on customers to make bill payments when ...

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