The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid remained elevated for a second straight week because Superstorm Sandy forced many people to seek temporary benefits.

...Midland Beach and to see how the houses look now, which I know wouldn't even compare to how they looked the day after the storm, it's definitely an eye-opener," he said.Aboushi was joined by his family in giving out donated items at...

MOBILE, Ala. - Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions from the same fast-moving storms.

...that the Saints stayed here after Hurricane Katrina," Landrieu said in a statement. It was a reference to the days after the storm, when 80 percent of the city was underwater and the damaged Superdome became a shelter for thousands of the displaced...

...mph and higher are expected to be the biggest threat, though the possibility of tornadoes is still being analyzed.After the storm weather passes, another cold front will push temperatures back into the 50s for the rest of the week.Associated...

...much, if at all, for November.Tens of thousands of people were put at least temporarily out of work. Two weeks after the storm hit, about 75,000 people in New York and New Jersey applied for unemployment benefits.Several economists estimate...

...Sinensky, an owner of seven bars and restaurants around the city, was against the sick time proposal before Sandy. After the storm shut down four of his restaurants for days or weeks, "we're in survival mode," he said."We're at the point...

...medications to residents and rescuing stranded motorists.Thousands of motorists were stranded on the interstates after the storm struck.A May 1973 study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the storm resulted in $5 to...

...and the displays are great. Well worth the $4 admission. A HUGE RAVE TO Jefferson EMC for restoring my power after the storm on Middleground Road May 31. Fast and efficient. RAVES TO The Augusta Chronicle. I love your new Sunday section...

NEW YORK - From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it - an 11-foot wall of water.