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  Sewage overflows from Hurricane Sandy analyzed

  Treatment plants, pumping stations and pipelines were overwhelmed and billions of gallons of untreated sewage flowed into hundreds of rivers, streams, bays, and streets from Virginia to Rhode Island.
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  Sandy retired from Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names

  The World Meteorological Organization officially retired the name “Sandy” from the list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names.
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  Bounty crew talks sinking ship and surviving hurricane seas

  Survivors of the HMS Bounty revealed breathtaking details on Friday about the shipwreck last fall that left a deckhand dead and the captain missing.
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  2nd grader helps raise $1,000 for storm victims

  Paris Mason started the “Kids Helping Kids” project and organized a coin drive for storm victims.
• Politics

  House approves scaled-back Sandy aid bill, Senate to weigh in

  Frustrated victims of the massive October storm in the Northeast watched this week as a vote on a much larger $60 billion measure was canceled just before the previous Congress wrapped up its work.
• Politics

  House scraps vote on Hurricane Sandy aid before wrapping session

  “It is disgraceful,” says Peter King, R-New York
• News

  UPDATE: Red Cross offers help for girl’s Sandy teddy bear drive

  Nine-year-old Lizzy Kandris remembers watching television and seeing children her age, being evacuated as Hurricane Sandy destroyed their homes.
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  N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says city will rebuild with climate change in mind

  Mayor Michael Bloomberg said New York must rebuild “smarter and stronger and more sustainably.”
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  Hurricane Sandy survivors hit with electric bill

  Those who made it through Hurricane Sandy say it’s like adding insult to injury.
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  Sandy impact widens: Statue of Liberty stays closed, coaster remains in ocean

  Lady Liberty won’t be getting visitors for the rest of the year–but you might be able to see the Seaside Height roller coaster languish in the ocean for years to come.
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  Red Cross prepares Thanksgiving meals for Sandy victims

  Hundreds of volunteers spent the day getting preparing hundreds of pounds of food to be sent up north to the people still recovering from Sandy.
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  Hurricane Sandy raises the dead on Tangier Island

  Sandy unearths graves and bones on the beaches of Virginia’s Tangier Island.