Megastorm Sandy nears East Coast with dire forecast
East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy as it moves from the Caribbean toward landfall near Delaware. Forecasters warn of 10 inches of rain, up to 2 feet of snow inland, and widespread power outages over two to three days while officials urge prep and possible evacuations.
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Delaware
Irene
Bahamas
Florida
North Carolina
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Louis Uccellini
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James Franklin
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Franklin
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Vermont
Masters
New England
Long Island
New York City
Washington D.C
Roswell Man Wounded In Self Inflicted Shooting
A Roswell man was airlifted to University Medical Center in Lubbock after a self inflicted shooting with a black powder pistol. He said the weapon discharged when dropped. a projectile penetrated the abdomen. Police found two grams of crystal meth and three guns, and the man faces possible drug and firearm charges as a felon.
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Roswell
University Medical Center
Lubbock
Texas
RIG COUNT FALLS ACROSS STATES AS BAKER HUGHES REPORTS
The U S rig count dropped by 13 to 1826 with Baker Hughes reporting 1408 oil rigs and 416 gas rigs. Texas fell seven, New Mexico down five, Alaska and Oklahoma shed three each, West Virginia minus two, while Louisiana and North Dakota rose. Arkansas California Colorado Pennsylvania Wyoming unchanged.
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U.S
Baker Hughes Inc
Texas
New Mexico
Alaska
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Louisiana
North Dakota
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Thieves target garage and vehicles in local theft spree
Police responded to multiple incidents around town including a North Pennsylvania Avenue garage burglary items stolen valued at 655 dollars a mobile home firearms theft on East Country Club Road and various vandalism cases with windows smashed and rocks used as weapons. A University High School threat led to security intervention. Crime Stoppers offer stands 888 594 TIPS.
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University High School
W. Martin St
Treasury to switch to electronic federal benefit payments
The U S Treasury announces a March 1 2013 shift to all electronic federal benefit payments. New Mexico recipients still received over 38000 checks monthly but can switch to direct deposit or the Direct Express card FDIC insured with no fees to enroll.
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Washington
U.S. Department of the Treasury
New Mexico
David Lebryk
Treasury Department
Financial Management Service
Go Direct Public
GoDirect.org
Syria Truce Fails to Halt Civil War Amid Eid Al Adha
Amid Eid al Adha, the plan by Lakhdar Brahimi to halt fighting in Syria yields a fragile pause. Bombings persist with 10 killed in Damascus and 3 soldiers in Deraa as both sides doubt the cease fire's impact. Rebels dismiss the truce as irrelevant while Jabhat al Nusra rejects it.
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Syria
Lakhdar Brahimi
U.n.-Arab League
Assad
Brahimi
U.N
Damascus
Deraa
Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Khaled al-Shami
Jabhat al- Nusra
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